[NDR] NASL

I wish I could be Celt and live in ye olden days where players cared about civic pride via their club team, and not a paycheck like today.

(Not to say everyone is like that, but too many are).

#AgainstModernFootball

 

Caring about paychecks and playing in the United States NASL should make a footballer think about local civic pride via his team...in reality that's all that our culture's lower tier players can really shout about.
Playing/cashing checks for Chelsea is something else. As well playing in Turkey, in Brasil's first division or the Argentine Primera is something way different. Those hinchas WILL show up en masse to your training ground!

 

sure-that would be a perfect world. But we live in a world where everyone cares about themselves and their paycheck. One of our own HD players once told me, it's just a business. A job like yours, except thousands of people aren't watching you all the time.

I thought it should be like Celt said with guys at smaller clubs caring more-but I met some guys from a conference side in England and they were all about making a bigger paycheck and moving up the pyramid. They could care less about the club that represented an area of 3K people.

 

I think that most players see the other side of the sport, and are usually not fans. It's a business, and while they may say that they care about the company/team, they know in their head that the company/team does not care about them.It's a way of life, and their career.

Only results matter in sports. That's the bottom line, and sometime the ugly side of sports that pro athletes are all too aware of. If they start to suck, the fans will show little loyalty to them.

 

yup, i think the modern footballer shades a bit towards the above rather than civic pride even in the USL Pro & NASL.

the only thing we can do while theyre with us is make their stay comfortable and show them so much love that they have fond memories of their playing days in Houston once they retire or move on.

 

I don't know but it appears easy to me to sort out the majority "this is how I feed my family" pro players, to the strict out for themselves mercenaries, from the other pros that really rep their respective club's crest n colors. Even more so if they grew out of the club's Academy/cantera like a Maldini or Ryan Giggs or the devotion we witness from Messi.
I always thought that this is what seperates association football from the other sports and what has really helped turn a corner in our domestic soccer culture with our growing of our own players in that there will often be the 2 or 3 players on a team in the U.S. leagues that grew up with the team and thus relay a healthy pressure on his teammates of just what the jersey weighs in the people's hearts. Again, like I said earlier, if your USL or MLS or NASL team has very little fans than the players have very little pressure to be anything but merks.

 

I agree with this. This is why I don't generally say that so-and-so sucks or we should get rid of a guy, at least not in public forums or public comments (you never know who might read them). I don't yell at our guys or boo them. I think it is counter-productive. I would much rather have the guys remember H-town for the good. I prefer to stay positive about this team, because when we lose it ruins my night and I'm grouchy the next day(although some say I'm grouchy all the time).

 

I was at the OKC FC match this past weekend in Oklahoma City when they played the Houston Dutch Lions. They have clean facilities, great sponsors, and great support. I was impressed with OKC FC's organization.

 

Yep, seems pretty good although I tend to agree the winner of the longer season should host.

 

Well they did wait...

 

This is a big blow to soccer's growth and popularity in Boricua land.

 

SA Scorpions coach as been fired.

 

Are they going to hire John Spencer or maybe offer Paul Dalglish to leave the Austin Aztex and to go coach in the Alamo City?

 

What are your thoughts on players moving from NASL to MLS. Thoughts on a guy like Hans Denissen. Has 12 goals this year.

 

I've always had the idea that the Dynamo should invite the #1 and #2 NASL leading scorers to February camp as trialists. I know some of these guys are has beens or never will bees, but you never know if you can ride one of these guys for minutes and goals or worse case scenario, depth.

 

I say blue kits for home and red kits on the road. If they have a 3rd kit, I'm guessing it's all-white.

I wonder if people of Indianapolis will accept this club because Indy's colors resemble the Colts' division rivals, the Texans.

 

Voted.