Props to Utah [R]

[Freestyle2000]

Some love to Utah for a great looking and sounding crowd today. Definitely earned repeat visits, in my book.

RS

[Fires Of Fulham]

Some love to Utah for a great looking and sounding crowd today. Definitely earned repeat visits, in my book.

RS

The United States was looking for a pro-home venue and they've found it. Playing at elevation with a hostile United States crowd will now be a daunting task for years to come.

The only problem is playing at elevation might actually play in Mexico's favor. But the other teams are screwed.

[Goalkeeps7]

The United States was looking for a pro-home venue and they've found it. Playing at elevation with a hostile United States crowd will now be a daunting task for years to come.

The only problem is playing at elevation might actually play in Mexico's favor. But the other teams are screwed.


Hostile?

[Fires Of Fulham]

Hostile?

Hostile in that it's United States fans. As you probably know, a lot of our qualifiers end up with more fans for the opponents than for the USMNT. My understanding is it wasn't that way in Salt Lake City.

[BWMcTell]

The fans looked great. It was also nice to see so many fans in their Real Salt Lake jerseys or shirts. Salt Lake City and soccer are in the midst of a torrid love affair. Let's hope it lasts.

[Agogwe]

Kudos to Salt Lake City. Crowd looked great, and they sounded great too. They definitely deserve another qualifier the next time around.

[pylon]

JP and Marcello were going on near the end of the match about the local media coverage for the game. They were very impressed. Articles on the front page (and second and third pages) of the Salt Lake Tribune. A look at their website (http://www.sltrib.com/) mirrors this.

Surely this has a lot to do with the Utah Sports Commission and their support of this match and they should be commended. It just takes a bit of effort to get at least some of the local media in sync with an event like this. Then this creates a knock-on effect, with coverage generating publicity, making both local and traveling supporters feel more connected with the event, etc. We should see more of this in other host cities. SLC look to have made a good argument for hosting another match. I'm looking forward to hearing about how things went in the Sam's Army sections.

[Nogra Rover]

Very well done. The crowd was great. Maybe this helps seal the deal on a SSS for RSL.

[Sempuukyaku]

I saw on TV....MAYBE 2 Costa Rican flags.

The rest were all red white and blue! It looked freakin awesome on TV! THAT is what a home crowd is supposed to look like! Well done SLC!

[Sempuukyaku]

Very well done. The crowd was great. Maybe this helps seal the deal on a SSS for RSL.


Yup...I was thinking the EXACT same thing during the game. The support for soccer there is just massive...a 25,000 SSS should do it.

[capitalist]

Utah should get future USMNT games, no doubt about it.

[BayVol]

I think the US may have found one of the best places to play internationals

[Scrambles]

Good lookin' out, SLC. You guys rock. I can't believe I ever doubted you.

[stevewhit0]

Salt Lake will become a WCQ site agian in the future once they get a stadium. Right now its good but having to bring in sod will create future problems but that should all be solved by next world cup run when Réal gets it's stadium

[suppitty]

Salt Lake will become a WCQ site agian in the future once they get a stadium. Right now its good but having to bring in sod will create future problems but that should all be solved by next world cup run when Réal gets it's stadium
That was the problem I saw also. But that was a fantastic crowd. Best home crowd I have ever seen for the US. I think RSL should try to build a stadium that could seat 25-30k, so it would become the national stadium (except for the mexico games which should be played in cbus).

[drew_VT_6]

That was the problem I saw also. But that was a fantastic crowd. Best home crowd I have ever seen for the US. I think RSL should try to build a stadium that could seat 25-30k, so it would become the national stadium (except for the mexico games which should be played in cbus).

Whoah whoah whoah. IT was a great crowd, pro-usa, but the people are still learning soccer culture. Hopefully this event will serve as a good starting point. But let's not go crowning SLC as the home for the national team. We are too big of a country to have a single national stadium.

[suppitty]

Whoah whoah whoah. IT was a great crowd, pro-usa, but the people are still learning soccer culture. Hopefully this event will serve as a good starting point. But let's not go crowning SLC as the home for the national team. We are too big of a country to have a single national stadium.
I don't know, I'm sick and tired of being outnumbered by Hondurans and Guatemalans. You won't get any of that in SLC. Every major city would yield 50/50 crowd. Not in SLC. You could get away with playing in other places for the likes of Jamaica and T&T, but other teams will outnumber us.

[USvsIRELAND]

I don't know, I'm sick and tired of being outnumbered by Hondurans and Guatemalans. You won't get any of that in SLC. Every major city would yield 50/50 crowd. Not in SLC. You could get away with playing in other places for the likes of Jamaica and T&T, but other teams will outnumber us.

Me Too

Although, they are kinda handy because you can see over their head's easily....

;)

[Alianza]

The best match I have ever seen. Props to SLC.They were loud and very into it. I sat with the Loyalist and never stopped Chanting!!!!!
Bring on another WCQ.

[denver_mugwamp]

It was a great crowd and Salt Lake should be proud to have done such a good job with the event. The only real negative was the field--I've never been a fan of putting temporary sod over Field Turf. It always seems to make for a choppy game where players keep slipping and falling down. To my eyes, the turf isn't bonded to the ground and comes up too easily. Not only were the US and CR teams affected, but I noticed that it was just as bad in the RSL/ Dallas game. Either let's just play the games on Field Turf or start a fund to replace the stuff with some real grass.