Thanks for the report. I agree the dead time was a mistake. There should have been some sort of dog and pony show. But you can’t ask volunteer TR board members to take a vacation day to entertain you for 2 hours.I thought it was a nice event. Overall I would give it a solid B. Like I said, my biggest gripe was the lack of foresight that 2-3 hours back at World Class without much structure would lead to people bailing early. It would've been a perfect opportunity to partner with the Third Rail on something. Could've even been a tifo painting opportunity.
Thanks for the report. I agree the dead time was a mistake. There should have been some sort of dog and pony show. But you can’t ask volunteer TR board members to take a vacation day to entertain you for 2 hours.
Listening to SITC pregame, Crooks says club has option to expand facility.
USL team will likely be a hybrid like Houston-Rio Grande with NYCFC controlling sporting side and US owner controlling business side.
Still believe strongly they should do a deal with the LI Roughriders. Great brand, and it would extend City’s reach in to the LI burbs, which is key. Should be enough interest out east to support a few thousand at a USL match too.
Rough Riders already are the official PDL affiliate of NYCFC
Didn't know that, but I like it. I think having a Rough Riders team in the USL would be perfect.
Brining this thread back to life for a brief rant.
Does anyone think our training facility is inadequate/outdated? I feel like a lot of these other training facilities blow ours out of the water and I wish CFG splashed more cash and got the team better digs.
There's a fair bit of that sentiment expressed here, spread around and not just in this thread.Brining this thread back to life for a brief rant.
Does anyone think our training facility is inadequate/outdated? I feel like a lot of these other training facilities blow ours out of the water and I wish CFG splashed more cash and got the team better digs.
Brining this thread back to life for a brief rant.
Does anyone think our training facility is inadequate/outdated? I feel like a lot of these other training facilities blow ours out of the water and I wish CFG splashed more cash and got the team better digs.
What? No.
They haven't posted everything about what's inside the building, but it has everything a player wants and needed? Oh, do they want a shinier, bigger building with glass windows? That's bullshit.
The minimalist response was not what I was expecting from you.
It’s fine for a first team facility. Nothing great.
Team plays at the stadium ~17 times per year. Team trains at training facility ~11 months each year. Current training facility doesn’t have capacity for more than first team - academy teams are transient when there.Save the $25M they should have spent on the training facility to make it LAFC or Atlanta levels of shiny and add those resources to making the stadium, f*cking amazing.