AFC Metro - The Legacy Continues...

who is we ?

 

As I said over at MF I'd definitely support this.

 

Pull this off and I think you could get a lot of support. Look at AFC Wimbeldon in England.

 

one thing that would probably be a good idea is to have games on Sunday or Friday and not Saturday. I was looking at the PDL schedules and they have a lot of Saturday games. I don't think that will work.

 

I'll support if this team is founded. Definitely.

 

You'll be competing against the Westchester Flames (a PDL team I've already been supporting) and/or the Reds reserves.

The very idea of this is to keep fans from supporting the local MLS side, isn't it? That strikes me as ultimately detrimental to the sport in the region. So no, you won't get my support.

I'd have been livid if a PDL side paid off Pinton and called itself Cosmos, to usurp the Metros. So no, I won't support an AFC Metro.

That said, good luck to you. But it would hurt to have to cheer against you.

 

Yeah, except Wimbledon actually lost its team. Not the name, but the team itself. Slightly different situation.

 

I suggest a rational exploration of area redundancy.

If you discover a target area where this venture has potential to work toward; then more power to you.

 

That's a much better comparison.

But I never really understood their beef. So they currently have a lousy owner who cares more for profit than the sport or the team. So what? Many teams go through a period of such lousy ownership - you don't abandon your club.

If Yankee fans can live through the disastrous CBS years, so Man U fans can live through the Glazer era.

 

The MetroStars were and the Red Bulls are the team for that entire region. Supporting the Flames or the Knights doesn't conflict with that support.

So...you are asking me to start cheering against a Metros team. I don't like that.

And...whether you admit it or not, you are competing against the Red Bulls for the support of those of us who've bled Red & Black for ten years.

Preserve the memories. Just as Cosmos fans have had to. But just as many Metrofans would become enraged when people like wandering soccerdog would call for the revival of the name, you need to expect the same from those of us who are remaining loyal to this club.

 

So you want to preserve the tradition of ignoring NY soccer fans? Oh okay...

 

Yeah, because the atmosphere at any English Premiership match has become such a bore. Oi vey.

True, its harder to find a good streetfight. We don't need your type supporting what you imagine to be our cause.

Oh, and by the way: Barra Brava=Fascist Scum. Stay out of our discussions.

 

Working 'toward the past' doesn't make any sense. We don't go backward in time.

I suggest you get together with the principles and explore a founding mission that advances your cause. If any of you are vested in confusing emotions 'founded' in the past; then your 'foundation' is imbalanced and will cause more confusion. If each of you can invest in competing with area PDL teams with the common goal of developing yourselves and players; then your mission is valuable.

Each of us that loves this game don't want to see exercises in frustration; so please take this to heart.

 

Please count me in as a supporter.

 

What kind of money would this take for a person wanting to buy some shares?

This is really a good idea and is just responding to what some hardcore Red Bull supporters have said. They have pretty much said, "You can do things your way once you have the money to buy the team." Well, they don't have the money to buy the team, but they can take their advice and start their own to do things their way.

 

Interesting. Good catch.

 

Simply, FC United were against the over-commercialization of Man Utd, being unable to take their kids to the game because of the high ticket prices, not being able to afford season tickets after having them for decades, having no say in the running of the team and finally, the hundreds of millions of dollars of debt that the Glazers put the team in to buy it. They are worried that the team will eventually implode from the debt payments which are tens of millions of dollars per year.

Disclaimer: I'm a member of FC United and love what they are doing.

 

and they're going up next year...

 

Overcommercialization? They were a strong brand long before the takeover. Having Glazer as an owner didn't change anything in terms of "overcommercialization." And even if it did, what does that really mean? Isn't it good to have your club generate profit through shirt sales and sponsorships and the like?