I'm now convinced Yankee Stadium contributes to NYCFC's woes.
A new stadium can't come soon enough.
A new stadium can't come soon enough.
Stadium Discussion
- Thread starter Gene
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When we play at YS, I'm pretty sure the other team is also playing at YS. In 4 home games we have failed to score on the SS (non-infield-garbage) side of the field. Our opponents have done better. Our shitty field should be an advantage to us as the team that is used to playing on its shittiness.
Playing on a unique field could even the odds. Especially as the away team is likely to sit deeper, playing very compact, it chokes off the space for the home team. So while nycfc could be "used" to playing at YS, the tactics of the game combined with the impact of the field make it more difficult to properly execute our game plan.
Think of it like playing in bad weather, both teams have to deal with it but the evening effect brings down one team more than the other.
Just a theory.
I get what you are saying, but I wouldn't think of it as "evening" but rather as disrupting. Weather can disrupt both teams, but when Miami plays at Green Bay in December, advantage goes to Green Bay. They are used to that weather. They've even learned to like it. It seems we haven't learned to like our small and screwed up (infield) pitch.
And if teams are going to regularly pack it in against us at YS, we should have a game plan that anticipates and deals with this.
I actually think it's possible we are just in a fluke stretch. We've had plenty of chances (far more than our opposition). We could easily have taken 9 points from this home stand. But our good opportunities didn't turn into goals. Sometimes that happens. It's lousy that it's happened so much, so early in the season, all at home, and all in a row.
Agreed in theory but definitely the case in the first half that we were frequently under pressure in our own half and defensive third, playing balls back to a keeper with horrible ability to make any kind of pass at all.
We never seem to demonstrate the ability to find space or build shape that maintains possession through our midfield. On a larger pitch where space isn't as difficult to find we can get by but YS exacerbates it
Will any current members of the team ever play at our SSS, whenever that may come to be?
Feeling pessimistic, but probably not.
Feeling pessimistic, but probably not.
Add to that, the away team is more than happy with a tie, so there's no incentive to push their game forward. Whereas NYCFC has to play for three points and a tie is always seen as failure. YS hurts us way more than it helps.
would only be the younger guys. location not even announced and I'd "guesstimate" that we wouldn't play our first game until in new stadium until minimum of 3 years from announcement
Was going to be my point. You focus on winning at home and try to steal points away (generally, unless your vastly better then its not stealing but expected). Everyone comes here and play a style to not lose plus the odd chance a set piece goal can steal it for them. It hurts us that this field sucks and we end up getting all these ties. Doesn't help that our set piece specialist sky's every ball over the goal. We are in a bad situation that we need to be getting our points on the road, where the crowd and travel fatigue can influence the game against us.
I have to imagine they are holding onto the information like an ace in their pocket waiting to play it if the fans start to revolt, like say halfway through if we keep looking like shit they are going to release the news, then spam the hell out of it to distract the fans. This and and a new DP will be used to placate the fan base if the season turns south.
Gio Reyna, our first homegrown player will score our first goal at our new stadium... in 2020.
the house that kreis built, Harrison wouldn't be here without him.
Hahaha, yes, the site has been mentioned; there's stuff, though, that has not, in 253 pages, been brought up that's being explored. But, I wouldn't expect any of the info I got to be made public until the team announces anything, and I wouldn't expect that for a while. The tone of what I got was a net negative, but there's reason in "trusting the process" with CFG. Think of it as a microcosm of their entire mission -- they want to engage with as many people as possible. Their Chinese investment, their NYC investment... they want something popular with the masses to draw as many people as possible, and that's part of their focus in the stadium search, it seems. Accessible, attractive, New York City seems to be the message.
I'll add that, once everything is finalized with the training facilities, we'll have a good idea of what the ownership can/wants to deliver for the fans with stadium-related stuff. It's really exciting to think what unlimited amounts of money can get you from a fan experience perspective. I don't really have a clue about the timeline, though. We're in good hands, so I wouldn't really sweat it.
Ok, well now we don't have to speculate anymore. We have a finite number of options. Who wants to sift through this thread and put together a poll of which site we all think it is?
The GAL site. Always was going to be there........
