Just got back from an RIFC-Detroit City match at RIFC. Nice new stadium, mostly, but kept thinking about all the MLS bashers and pro-rel deadenders who are always on about how superior USL is. Sure, there are some things that are more interesting (the kits aren’t all templated adidas clones and occasionally they pick off an MLS club in The USOC — like us) but OMG the atmosphere was “nice family night out at the movies” and the play standard was atrocious, which was especially stark after watching our Toluca match. The USL standard was like that Simpsons parody. Boring and painful. Was hoping that with a lot of Providence time in my near future I’d be doing this a lot, but nope.
I hear a number of fellow “small-r” revfugees have adopted RIFC but I don’t think I could do it.
P.s. all the more reason our loss to Pittsburgh should be absolutely mortifying.
P.p.s. Oh, and their regional food/drink nods were pretty good. RI-style hot wieners and the only Super Bock I’ve ever seen in the USA. But lord that match. Oof.