2019 Match Day #30 Union v. Los Angeles FC, September 14, 2019 p/d/p

I think LA leaves some talent at home, Union cruise to a 2-0 win against a B squad.

Then they blow it the last 4 games, because Union.

 

If Vela plays, Union probably lose.

If Vela doesn't play, Union probably win.

 

LAF is a west coast team playing their second east coast game in a row on the road for points they don't really need. We are playing at home after a "break" for points we really need and we should be good enough this year to not blow this kind of game like we have in the past.

 

If NYC finish first, then any path we would take to the cup goes through Yankee Stadium. This alone should be motivation enough to be going all out for wins down the stretch. We're in the playoffs already, not far from clinching a home game. I would love to be playing for first in the final regular season game at Talen.

 

MLS should make NYCFC play their playoff matches in Harrison, NJ. Yankee Stadium is an embarrassment to the beautiful game.

I've not seen LAFC play yet this season. Hopefully the Union bring their 'A' game and come up with the three points.

 

I'm thinking of attending Saturday's match. I'm thinking of taking SEPTA for the first time to the stadium. How often do the shuttle buses run to the Chester Transportation Center?

 

Can't like this post enough times. Single elimination games should be played on regulation fields. At a minimum, make the Yankees move their damn pitcher's mount for a playoff game!

 

LAFC has tied at home, lost at home, and tied on the road at Orlando in the last three games. They are not invincible. If the Union come out strong, they can beat LAFC on Saturday.

 

LAFC only had Vela for 60 minutes during that period. He has been training this week and is expected to play on Saturday.

 

Taking a real look at where things stand it's clear this team is legit. I think it's just hard to say after so many years of mucky muck. Instead of desperately trying to even get in the playoffs we are in and now fighting for home field advantage.

Bring it on home!

 

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LMGTFY

 

Looks like Vela is playing. Changing to loss.

 

Was a hell of a game. I’ll take the tie, but man I thought we had the game winner a few times in the last 10 mins.

 

I'll gladly take this result. Atlanta dropped 3 against the Crew. That puts the Union in the driver's seat for second.

 

1-1 FT. Excellent effort and could easily have been a win. Organization and commitment are as strong as I've ever seen for a Union 11. LA have scary good attacking talent and they were contained. Anyone got any fingernails left?

 

Any word on why Fabian was left out. They said on the broadcast that Curtain was gonna comment on it in the post match press conference.

Decent effort. The U for sure held their own. Gaddis had a great game on defense. Would have been great to get 3 pts but if you told me we would get 4 pts against ATL and LAFC before these games I would have taken it no questions asked.

 

I get that Fabian was out for missing a meeting, but I don't think he should have started anyway.

 

Fun game, right up until the idiots around me in 138 decided they had enough to drink in order for beer muscles and no brains to come out. I'll explain more later I guess cause I know there will be questions. But I'm going to enjoy the result and have a beer now.

 

Was right there with you. I'm not sure how it started, but it sounded like people were upset the one guy was waving the flag most if the match. Alcohol just escalated it. I want to know what sent the capo off because he was ready to fight which is very inappropriate from a SOB leader

 

That was the catalyst for it. And, to be fair, that flag did suck. I think I missed around half of the second half because it did cover almost the entire field when it was being waved. If the whole section was waving flags it wouldn't have been much of an issue, but when one person is waving a flag that blocks just one particular group of people from seeing the game? That is going to make people mad. Their response to it just made the guy say screw these people and wave the flag longer.

Amazingly though, it wasn't even him that was involved in the fracas. That started because someone rows back from him got tired of their yelling to "put the flag down" and told them something along the lines of "shut the f*** up" and pointing at them. That led to one of those guys (Guy A from here on out) coming down and saying "why don't you point at me and say something now tough guy". Which the guy did instead of trying to deescalate the situation. Then his buddy with him took it on himself to shove Guy A in the chest hard enough to send him back almost to the railing. From there those two got into it and one of the people with Guy A came down and he started yelling stuff and getting into it with the guy that started the shoving. They then went over the seats in a grapple and ended up on the stairs. At that point people from all over the place were in there trying to separate people or to yell at the other side because they were the @$$holes of the situation (not realizing they were all @$$holes).

I could get into the reasons why this all happened but someone from the SOB leadership came over and talked to me after the game and I laid out my issues as to why it reached this point. The seeds for this sort of thing to happen were sowed a long while ago. I'm hoping that it is a wake-up call as to the underlying issues that need to be addressed.

He was mad because during one of the biggest games of the year and during the dying minutes people are fighting instead of cheering on the team. He was over the top though and considering he had no idea what the hell had happened to cause the issue.