And a Happy Birthday to you big guy!!! (not intended to be a jinx)
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And a Happy Birthday to you big guy!!! (not intended to be a jinx)
Same. The article is from last year, so his contract is done.
We'll see if he can get his heart into the game here. I'm sure Dome will help bring him along with everything else. He'll be a backup but when we need him it will be imperative that we not drop points going into the playoffs.
Somebody figured out why I would remember we played Orlando on the same day 3 years ago. Thanks!
Because you’re getting really old and a geek?
I agree with you but I am encouraged by what I have seen. If I remember correctly the Academy started 4 years ago at the U14 and below level so that fact we don't have any Academy kids playing successfully at the professional level isn't an indication that the system isn't working -- its just too early to tell for sure.
Now that NYCFC won the U19 trophy with mostly underage players next year the challenge is to do it again while having additional developmental opportunities for the 6 players that shone the brightest this year.
For some reason I thought it was significant that Dome had Sands sitting on the bench right behind him the day after Sands played 120 minutes. Its not rational, but I thought it was a signal that he is going to be getting playing time.
oh! Happy birthday, month-sharing buddy! hohoho.
July seems to be quite the popular month- Dome the day before me, July 14th... and then I've heard a bunch of other birthdays this month as well!
This is why we want to use a hybrid affiliation. It's like in minor league baseball where the owner of the team controls business operations and the major league club controls the technical side. I think the USL DIII helps lower the barrier. Long Island already has plenty of venues that would be fine for a DIII team.
Yeah, and perhaps my post was missing another point, which I realized after seeing several of the other responses, and that is with the USL team affiliations, which we have not taken advantage of at all (or our "partner affiliations" weren't willing to really use). I definitely realize there is a lot that can be done on that front, though I'm not certain that Sands and Scally are going to be traveling away while they are still this young.
My main point was to talk towards having the USL/Second Team such as NJ, Seattle, LAG, etc. I think that that brings a whole host of logistical items that it's not as easy as just, spend $X and have a team.
I agree to a certain extent that maybe we should compare to Atlanta, but let me posit this.
Atlanta was brand new last year, awesome stadium, great fan support right out of the gate.
If Atlanta finished with the second fewest points in the league their first year, do they still have the current attendance and popularity that they have now? I would bet that if we were a top 5 team in our first year, a bunch of those that bought tickets because of the "its new" factor still stick around.
The truth is that averaging over 20k fans in this saturated sports and entertainment market is pretty solid. It feels so much worse because we play in a venue that has a capacity of 54k plus which exacerbates the appearance of attendance woes. If our temporary home was Columbia University and we filled the 18k (or whatever it is) every game, it's a completely different feel. It's not a perfect comparison for several reasons (including the fact that they do it over twice as often), but the Knicks and Rangers get 18k fans. And yes, it's to capacity, but the point is that an equivalent (actually greater) number of fans in our case ignore all of the other attractions of the big city to show up at a baseball stadium to watch MLS. The dips are another issue, but numbers are positive.
In a vacuum I agree with you that our attendance is impressive. But the fact it's dipped is what should be concerning to the front office. Why are fans not coming back, and how do we get them back?
For the record, I don't think Yankee Stadium is as big a turn-off for most fans as it is for some of the people on this forum. If you know where to sit, it's can be a very good place to watch a game, and the atmosphere for the soccer games is better than most people would expect.
The problem is that a good view is the exception. In most of the SSS, almost 100 percent of the seats have optimal views. In YS, there are a few pockets of decent views, but it's mostly a very poor fit for soccer viewing. I think that most STH learned this the hard way in season 1, and there were probably 18k STH who were disappointed with being 100 yards from the pitch.
That’s the problem, really. Agree with
JayH here. YS just isn’t purpose-fit. Having a SSS would do wonders for casual fan retention just in making it more likely you have a good seat no matter where you wander in. Keeping the noise in and other atmosphere perks are a nice bonus, too.
Even filled,
isint that football field still small? i think when the cosmos tried to go there there was plans to add sod around the track
Adi, at his best, is a top tier MLS Striker.
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