looks a decent crowd, if you go to USLlive.com and check out the video highlights. Well done Barracudas!
Sticky Wicket Stadium is typically a cricket stadium. It's equivalent to soccer being played at Central Broward Regional Park. Strikers fans would know that one from last year. The full replay is now live at USL Live. Keep in mind, those areas shown in the camera along the sideline are NOT the permanent stands. Sticky Wicket Stadium has 5,000 seats. Judging by the overheads and images at Soccerway, the greenish stand is behind the right-side goal, and the game is being shot from the whitish stand.
I knew it was a cricket stadium, just bythe name, i google earthed it and it looks fairly decent from the satalite images. I'm really glad they posted the game, iI was really interested and seeing how they configured it for the USL, looks like they've gone a really good job down there. major props.
It looks like they put up barriers on the far side and let people on the cricket pitch on that side to be closer to the action. Still, it looked like a very good crowd, not seeing how many were actually in the stand they filmed from. I wouldn't be surprised if real attendance was somewhere between what the Antigua Observer said (3,500) and what the LA Blues website said (6,000). Even if it was only 3,500, it's still a good number, and clearly the class of the Caribbean experiment thus far.
Uhh, nobody includes preseason friendlies in official records. LA Blues are 3-0 in USL competition. And it's pretty clear now which teams will not be back next year: Sevilla, River Plate and PRU. Can we swap them out for two higher-attendance PDL teams and Chattanooga FC?
All respect for these organisations, but nationwide/international d3 soccer doesn't make much sense for them
Since we're practically at the weekend, I'll post an update next week after this weekend's numbers. Since the official report for Antigua says 6k, that's what I'll be using.
Even worse, it came after seeing a good Antiguan crowd. Just gotta hope that PRU and RPPR get their issues resolved soon.
Attendance tonight honestly didn't look much thinner than the first match. It certainly didn't sound any thinner, that's for sure. There was a lot of energy, and the supporters really rode United hard for some apparent flops.
Apparently Antigua hosted Sevilla Thursday night, and will again today. Any idea what their numbers looked like?