It's going to be hot and sticky tonight. I just got back from a lil' morning bike ride. It's 7:20am, 75F but with a dew point of 67. I could feel it gettin' hotter / stickier during the ride. Or at least I wanted to believe it was that instead of me gettin' pooped out. I'm nabbin' a few programs for folks tonight. Holla now if you're looking for any memorabilia.
I heard yesterday that RSL arrived last night at 9pm and will be practicing this morning at the Jimmy at 11am. prk166 is right about it being a hot one today, weather reports I've seen is temp in the upper 80's if not in the 90's later this afternoon. Here is the only news report on the game: Thunder eager for MSL foe Yup the paper got the league name wrong and surprisingly the article appears in the St. Paul paper which has given the team little to no coverage. While the Minneapolis paper; which has been good in covering the team, merely mentions the game in passing. I'll take the lack of coverage and the Milwaukee in MLS talk as a bad omen for the Thunder today. peace & futbol good luck RSL fans
90's? Damn, that sounds good. It's going to be 104 in the Salt Lake Valley today....Hot as hell. Go RSL Go!
One of the blueskysoccer writers had a chance to interview DJ Countess on todays game. DJ Countess: RSL GK
I enjoyed the "recipes for visiting RSL fans" on the blueskysoccer site that offer comfort to folks from elsewhere. If you're gonna go with Frog Eye Salad and Funeral Potatoes, you need what I think is the oddest contribution: anything in green jello. Fruit, sure, but other more interesting choices for in-the-jello stuff like corn and peas. Wait, am I somehow trash talking against my own team? Is that why I lost two green blobbies on my rep suddenly?!
Programs?? This year they've been one sheet dealies with rosteres and a camp schedule on the back. That's it. I wouldn't expect any more for tonight's game either.
prk166: see ya in the parking lot at the Jimmy ... bring your own beer and 'drinks' bottle for transport of ale for duration of a half time, after which we retire to tailgate for refill for the second half .... Peas and corn in green jello, now that's one that hasn't made the holidy table polls conducted over the years. Thought I had heard them all, but suspended corn and peas, oh my. FAKE SALT LAKE (my birth place)
According to weather.com, it's 109 here in Sandy right now, 102 in SLC, and 90 in St. Paul. Nice weather, complemented by a first RSL road win... should make for a great night!
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Congrats to the Thunder, good luck with the rest of the USOC. RSL should STILL be ashamed of themselves. I am.
Yeah, that didn't work out so well, huh? Anyone who saw the game -- how did the goalie do? I ask because other than inserting Nolly for Countess, it looks like Ellinger played our regular defenders.
Hello. Your keeper, Nolly, was definitely part of the problem. He wasn't horrible, but was unsure of himself, not always comitting himself with confidence when coming off the line. He did make some very good saves, but I think he cost you at least one goal and maybe half of another. Qualifying the above by admitting that I have all the goalkeeping skills of Stephen Hawking on Nembutol, I remain That little old jersey collector Me
Your keeper did not play bad. It was your midfield and defense that was horrible. RSL was not able to string more than two passes together at any point in the game, and were unable or unwilling to pressure the man on the ball, thus giving to much time and space, to what appeared to be much quicker Thunder fowards and wingers. I'm sorry, but, RSL was lucky the scoreline was not worse. Johnny M missed a wide open net off a cross when he was left completely unmarked on the back post. The PK was a soft award, especially when a return call was not awarded in the waining moments of the second half after Johnny was brought down. Oh, and someone needs to teach Jamie Wattson how to stay on his feet; Soft winds were blowing that man over all night.
Kudos to the Thunder. Well done - you should feel good about the win... to come back and tie it with a couple of minutes at the end of regulation and then to put in two goals in Extra Time - no better way to reward the home fans! Hats off to you. [looks over at the RSL boys and can't tell if it's tragedy or pathos...]
Where in the stadium were you? The raffle table? MOst of the blue sky folks crying about that supposed no-call had THE WORST angle on that so-called PK on Paye in the 86th out of the whole stadium. HOw you can be so sure that it was a PK when you were 70 yards away with most all the field and players between you and the incident is beyond me. Then again, all those MN near-misses seem to go in the "how we could've really creamed ya" column while all the RSL near misses go in the "didn't happen cuz you were completely dominated" column.
I'll make a paper brown bag for you tonight, too. I would've made mine last night but I was too busy complaing outloud to the dog.
OK, we get it, Thunder won. Good job winning. However, this is the RSL forum. If you want to ask peoply to eat poultry or gloat, I believe that you should go somewhere that ppl care, not where you would be violating BS trolling rules.