San Francisco Deltas Superthread

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  1. falvo

    falvo Member+

    Mar 27, 2005
    San Jose & Florence
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    Italy
    So when is the folding announcement? Maybe after the playoffs?
     
  2. athletics68

    athletics68 Member+

    Dec 12, 2006
    San Diego & San Jose
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Very likely
     
  3. kenntomasch

    kenntomasch Member+

    Sep 2, 1999
    Out West
    Club:
    FC Tampa Bay Rowdies
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
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  4. falvo

    falvo Member+

    Mar 27, 2005
    San Jose & Florence
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    Italy
    Dude, I was being facetious! Of course it sucks. Its time to close the thread.
     
  5. Knave

    Knave Member+

    May 25, 1999
    No way! This one is going to the bitter end.

    And then I'll start a new one called "San Francisco Deltas 'I Told You So!' Superthread".
     
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  6. falvo

    falvo Member+

    Mar 27, 2005
    San Jose & Florence
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    Italy
    I can't find it online. What is the new SF USL team called? Will it still be called the Dragons?
     
  7. Knave

    Knave Member+

    May 25, 1999
  8. falvo

    falvo Member+

    Mar 27, 2005
    San Jose & Florence
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    Italy
  9. athletics68

    athletics68 Member+

    Dec 12, 2006
    San Diego & San Jose
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I think that's the point though... the Deltas don't have any supporters. Their own data shows people who attend their games never seem to come back. There's not much of a fan core you could conceivably call "supporters".
     
  10. falvo

    falvo Member+

    Mar 27, 2005
    San Jose & Florence
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    Italy
    This thing was doomed from the start.
     
  11. Earthquake FC

    Earthquake FC Member

    Feb 7, 2006
    San Francisco Bay Area
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  12. athletics68

    athletics68 Member+

    Dec 12, 2006
    San Diego & San Jose
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    So he went on local TV BEFORE that low attendance number... I mean credit to him for going on local TV. But it sure didn't have any impact. And repeating the same lines about "transparency", "metric centric", "tech startup mentality", "outside ownership assistance", etc... show they really have no clue. They run their team like a tech startup, not a sports team.

    I think ultimately that's the biggest issue with these guys... they don't have any passion. This is a cold tech style business venture for them. It's why they're ready to cut and run after six months and had no stomach for losses or clue how to get fans. They don't seem like fans themselves.
     
  13. falvo

    falvo Member+

    Mar 27, 2005
    San Jose & Florence
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    Italy
    Who would have though? :thumbsup:


    Sep 29, 2016
     
  14. bnyc

    bnyc Member

    Jan 20, 2015
    New York
    Club:
    New York Cosmos
    Athletics68 I disagree; running a sports team like a tech start up is not their biggest mistake. Their biggest mistake is their inability to change their marketing strategy when it is obvious that strategy is failing. Square peg, round hole.
     
  15. athletics68

    athletics68 Member+

    Dec 12, 2006
    San Diego & San Jose
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Lets just agree that they were both mistakes. We're arguing the degree of cock up, but both were mistakes on their part. Among others.
     
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  16. falvo

    falvo Member+

    Mar 27, 2005
    San Jose & Florence
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    Italy
    #1266 falvo, Aug 21, 2017
    Last edited: Aug 21, 2017
    Their biggest mistake was choosing San Francisco in the first place. There has never been a successful soccer club in the city. Ever since professional started in the late 1960's, no pro team ever lasted in SF or Oakland. The SF Gales, Oakland Clippers , Oakland Stompers , the indoor SF Fog, California Victory all folded after a year or two.

    The amateur teams SF Italian Athletic Club, Concordia , the Scots , the Glens , Greek Americans , El Farolito/CD Mexico and the USF Dons always did well but everyone else failed.

    As far as Bay Area pro soccer is concerned and since 1974, it's always been about San Jose and the South Bay thanks to Milan Mandaric. Thankfully, he ignored everyone's wish to place a team in the city initially.
     
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  17. Earthquake FC

    Earthquake FC Member

    Feb 7, 2006
    San Francisco Bay Area
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    sfdeltas_away.jpg
     
  18. BUSA Bulldog

    BUSA Bulldog Member

    Jan 19, 2007
    NH
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Going out of business sale!
    Everything must go!
     
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  19. Earthquake FC

    Earthquake FC Member

    Feb 7, 2006
    San Francisco Bay Area
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    The latest 2017 USL v NASL Attendance tracker. SF Deltas has plenty of work to do if they survive to NASL 2018 season......

    USLvNASL_2017.jpg
     
  20. 30King

    30King Member+

    Jul 22, 2013
    Rocklin, CA
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    51 pages and two threads later.............
     
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  21. Zoidberg

    Zoidberg Member+

    Jun 23, 2006
    San Fran would be great "if it was done right".

    :D
     
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  22. don gagliardi

    don gagliardi Member+

    San Jose Earthquakes
    Feb 28, 2004
    san jose
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    If you're calling it San Fran, you're not doing it right. :)
     
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  23. athletics68

    athletics68 Member+

    Dec 12, 2006
    San Diego & San Jose
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Being done right means MLS
     
  24. Knave

    Knave Member+

    May 25, 1999
    It didn't take nearly as long as I thought it would to bring @falvo around to see reason. :thumbsup: ;)
     
  25. falvo

    falvo Member+

    Mar 27, 2005
    San Jose & Florence
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    Italy
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