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  1. foozer

    foozer Member

    Dec 19, 2005
    Indy
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Here are some details (and a rumor) from yesterday's Indy Pro Soccer announcement. The team received more than 2,500 season ticket pledges. As of 6pm last night, they began accepting deposits. After the first hour, more than 250 deposits for season tickets had been collected (keep in mind a good number of the fans were still out at celebrating). In the chance you're interested, you can put down a deposit of $25 at www.indyprosoccer.com.

    As far as team names go, the ideas for fans to vote on were: Speed, AC (Athletic Club), United, Majestic, and a write in. The only horrible candidate in there is Majestic and know one seems to know how that choice made the list. Rumor going around the post-announcement celebration (they rented out one of the top soccer bars in Indy- free drinks and food for everyone!) were that the Indianapolis Motor Speedway didn't want the team to have any sort of connection to them. So, goodbye to Racing Indy FC and all the other names that were weird, but unique enough for people to like.

    Everyone likes some eye candy, so I'll leave you all with this picture. A reconfigured Carroll Stadium at IUPUI fitted for NASL in Indy.
    [​IMG]
     
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  2. Bill Archer

    Bill Archer BigSoccer Supporter

    Mar 19, 2002
    Washington, NC
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I'm glad you brought this up because, just for the record, I want to say something about this very topic and now I can sort of blame you.

    I do not, have not ever and doubt if I ever will in the future claim to have any kind of "inside information" or "secret sources of information who have pinky-sworn me to secrecy". You can scan my (absurdly voluminous) public writings until there's snow on the hills of Hell and you will never find phrases like "my sources tell me" anywhere in any of it.

    Now in fact I do communicate through various means - phone and email mostly - with various people who are in positions to know things and sometimes they pass along stuff which is not for general consumption. If they say "Please don't write this" then I don't write it, hint at it, allude to it or say "wink wink nudge nudge say no more". Homey don't play that.

    So anyone who wants to talk about my "sources" and whether they're better "sources" than someone else's "sources" is just farting into the keyboard.

    What I can say however is that some absolutely astonishing people will return emails and answer phone calls, but that's because you're approaching them on process questions or procedural issues and that kind of thing. "How does that work" or "whose decision is it" or "when will it be voted on?"
    are questions that people are generally happy to answer.

    "Give me the secret scoopy-poop" so I can spread it around and make myself look important generally doesn't work so well.
     
  3. Psycho_Derek

    Psycho_Derek Member+

    Nov 18, 2005
    excellent
     
  4. west ham sandwich

    Feb 26, 2007
    C-bus
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Went back and looked... The RSL supporters groups were already starting to plan activities with Sam's Army. There were a lot of people using "if", etc., around here so there wasn't all lost hope, but it was more than just a bunch of Columbus haters.
     
  5. Kryptonite

    Kryptonite Fancy Title Here

    Apr 10, 1999
    Columbus
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States

    That almost sounds like a trivia question. Who, and when, was the last expansion team to actually BUILD a stadium from the ground up. Not re-configured, heavily renovated, or whatever, but actually put a shovel into the ground...you know, what the league supposedly insisted on at one point?

    I know San Jose is building one, but they've (essentially) been around since 1996.

    Toronto?
     
  6. Kayak

    Kayak Member+

    Feb 16, 2007
    Columbus
    Are you talking in any league? Houston last year. San Antonio is building there's right now.
     
  7. Bill Archer

    Bill Archer BigSoccer Supporter

    Mar 19, 2002
    Washington, NC
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    So a bunch of delusional Utahians (Utahites?) decided - based on absolutely nothing at all - to start planning events around a game which they never had the slightest chance of getting.

    Proving what, exactly?

    Perhaps "Columbus haters" was a bit of a misnomer; how about "People who figure that Columbus has a rinky-dink stadium in a rinky-dink town in the middle of nowhere and now that much better places have much better stadiums that they can fill with much more attractive and interesting people than a bunch of cow town losers, of course the game will go elsewhere" would have been more appropriate.
     
  8. CBusAlex

    CBusAlex Member

    Jun 17, 2011
    Orlando, FL
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I remember Dan predicting the housing market collapse back in 2005. He's the real deal.
     
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  9. GoCrew1996

    GoCrew1996 Member+

    Jan 20, 2007
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    It was only a matter of time ;)
     
  10. Kryptonite

    Kryptonite Fancy Title Here

    Apr 10, 1999
    Columbus
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Houston. You're right on that. I was thinking of Seattle and Portland who both didn't build from scratch and just thinking of recent teams.
     
  11. Smithsoccer1721

    Smithsoccer1721 Member+

    Feb 16, 2007
    Middle of the Table
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Twelleman tweeted the FC Dallas got a 3 million dollar bid for Brek Shea from an EPL team.
     
  12. NewEnglandClamChowder

    Jul 28, 2012
    The Eyetalian Village, OH
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Hahahahahahahaha

    When did TFC join the EPL?
     
  13. Smithsoccer1721

    Smithsoccer1721 Member+

    Feb 16, 2007
    Middle of the Table
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Then he said something about moving him to LB
     
  14. Psycho_Derek

    Psycho_Derek Member+

    Nov 18, 2005
    Everton would be my guess....
     
  15. DAK77

    DAK77 Member+

    Nov 10, 2008
    Merion Village, OH
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Egytpian Premier League?
     
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  16. Smithsoccer1721

    Smithsoccer1721 Member+

    Feb 16, 2007
    Middle of the Table
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Wouldn't be mine. We don't have 3 mill to spend let alone on a left back. Got Baines and Oviedo no need for him.
     
  17. Psycho_Derek

    Psycho_Derek Member+

    Nov 18, 2005
    left back?

    the toffees will have some of the 22 million to spend once the afro'd one goes to Spurs/ManU/Arsenal etc
     
  18. Smithsoccer1721

    Smithsoccer1721 Member+

    Feb 16, 2007
    Middle of the Table
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    He isn;t leaving this window and when he does it will be for more than 22 (that number is made up and has been run without anyone checking, It's actually 27 or more)

    Twellemans tweet suggested they would move him to LB, whoever that team is.
     
  19. Psycho_Derek

    Psycho_Derek Member+

    Nov 18, 2005
    Liverpool....
     
  20. BrickStreetBoy

    Oct 3, 2012
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Spurs aren't spending 22 million on anyone but Joao Moutinho, Daniel Levy might be able to talk the price down to Jenas + the train fare necessary to bring him to town
     
  21. patricksp

    patricksp 91.9 Crew Fan Rating

    Nov 4, 2007
    Columbus
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  22. cam5fc

    cam5fc Member+

    Sep 23, 2008
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Updated to give Rent proper credit... if in fact he was the first to do it
     
  23. KHT_Crew

    KHT_Crew Member+

    Mar 29, 2003
    Queen City, OH
    Of course, Rent's celebration was probably just a variation on GBS's 'Toot the Boot' celebration...
     
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  24. NC Soccer United

    NC Soccer United BigSoccer Yellow Card

    Jan 25, 2011
    Club:
    Flamengo Rio Janeiro
    Tight Shirt Taylor says Brek Shea is Stoke bound for $3.5 mil transfer.
     
  25. Psycho_Derek

    Psycho_Derek Member+

    Nov 18, 2005
    Stoke?
     

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