Dynamo coverage in the Houston Chronicle

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  1. Zxcv

    Zxcv Member+

    Feb 22, 2012
    So you were a football fan that lost interest and then regained it? Not sure how thats the same thing, but okay.
     
  2. Caddman

    Caddman Member+

    Aug 18, 1999
    Houston, Texas
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I'm not arguing with you :)

    I'm just saying that things change.
     
  3. Zxcv

    Zxcv Member+

    Feb 22, 2012
    Fair enough yeah. I've taken a passive interest in other sports myself with time, but I get the sense that like myself most people come back to the thing they grew up on.
     
  4. *rey*

    *rey* Member+

    Feb 22, 2006
    Houston
    but most people in MLS stadiums did not grow up in the sport. they're brand new converts is what i was saying. so there's still hope.

    a friend of mine who had only watched soccer sparingly before the Dynamos came once asked me how i remembered so many players and so many games. the reason was that i watched those games live and they were somehow tied to childhood memories of family gatherings and dinnertime soccer conversations with the uncles. he then asked me how i recommended him to "catch-up" and i told him don't bother because everyone has a starting point and a starting place. for some its George Best, for some its Pele, for other its Maradona, mine was Miguel Marin. from that starting point watch all you can, learn all you can and listen to old timers all you can and in 10-15 years there will be youngsters and new converts asking you the same thing "how do you remember all those players and all those games".
     
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  5. El Naranja

    El Naranja Member+

    Sep 5, 2006
    Alief
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Since when? I see plenty of sports reporters, regardless of sport, be completely biased.
     
  6. Heft

    Heft BigSoccer Supporter

    Mar 20, 2011
    Houston
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    I know it, man. There's no better the Cristiano Ronaldo.:D
     
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  7. Zxcv

    Zxcv Member+

    Feb 22, 2012
    Appreciate what you're saying, but I still think that the majority of people attending MLS games had a prior interest in soccer. Not saying everyone, but a large majority. I have no evidence to back this up admittedly, but it would go against conventional wisdom for MLS fans to be entirely new converts to the game.
     
  8. brahmafutbol

    brahmafutbol Member+

    Jan 29, 2006
    East Bernard, Texas
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Maybe their reporting is biased but on the field (photographers) or in the press box they are "supposed" to be impartial and not wear team's colors or cheer. But sometimes it would be hard to control excitement, but you are supposed to try. I'm not talking about announcers, that varies, I'm talking about the press. I know Nigel, for example, can never wear orange while on the sidelines, even though he does his stuff for free. And I know that's one of Ortiz' big complaints, that often the Dynamo press box is "unprofessional" and wears Dynamo jerseys or t shirts and cheers for the team.
     
  9. Westside Cosmo

    Westside Cosmo Member+

    Oct 4, 2007
    H-Town
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Well what do they do when Ortiz goes outside the press box and unfurls his Mexico flag and gives US fans a beer shower?
     
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  10. The_Ponce

    The_Ponce Co-President of the United States of Dynamo

    Feb 21, 2011
    Houston, Texas, U.S.
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I became a fan of soccer at a late age. I think I was like 1 or 2. :/
     
  11. futballman

    futballman New Member

    Apr 11, 2007
    I then must be an exception. As an old guy who remembers oilers in 78,79 my first soccer match was at Reliant in 2003. Forget who they were (Bimbo and Corona on all jerseys) It was enough for me. Been standing with supporters since 2006. You do not have to grow up with it to appreciate the game. By the way Tigres v Seattle quite a match.
     
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  12. brahmafutbol

    brahmafutbol Member+

    Jan 29, 2006
    East Bernard, Texas
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    It's odd, I was always a soccer fan even though I hardly ever saw or played it. I was a kid and knew I loved it but nobody else did. I lived in Bangladesh as a teenager and saw other kids play but I didn't get to. Then when I came back to Texas nobody played except the Iranian kid across the street, we used to kick some but he played at the Y and I wasn't a member. I remember seeing bits of World Cups on Wide World of Sports and was amazed. The first time I ever played a game was in college, at Southwestern there was no team but we took a soccer class and made it a team and played other local colleges. There were lots of Latin Americans that taught me how to play. I remember people making fun of NASL but I had never seen a game until I moved here the same time the Hurricane moved into the Dome. I still don't remember really understanding the game until they started showing more and more Mex League games on satellite. And I made lots of LigaMex games at Robertson as well as the Cotton Bowl and Reliant (InterLiga games.)
    And that's the history of Brahma's soccer career.
    (By the way, my principal here once asked me if I really liked soccer or if I was trying to be different. :) )
     
  13. Westside Cosmo

    Westside Cosmo Member+

    Oct 4, 2007
    H-Town
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Chronicle really knocked it out of the park today in the print edition with Dynamo CCL coverage
     
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  14. 7seven7

    7seven7 Member+

    May 5, 2008
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    ummmm, hate to tell ya, but that aint beer!
     
  15. tex0313

    tex0313 Member

    Dec 17, 2005
    Houston
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    unfortunately nothing online
     
  16. Westside Cosmo

    Westside Cosmo Member+

    Oct 4, 2007
    H-Town
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I should have put a smiley face on the last post. They have a little info box on the game, just like they do for Aeros games. No article, notes, etc.
     
  17. Transatlantic

    Transatlantic Member

    Aug 17, 2011
    Houston, TX
    Club:
    Celtic FC
    o_O
     
  18. El Naranja

    El Naranja Member+

    Sep 5, 2006
    Alief
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Dinosaurs living by old rules. So long as a reporter can be unbiased in their reporting, I don't care how they act, or dress, while on the field or in the box. One of the reasons Bernardo and Glenn are such great reporters is that they are both fans of the sport in general, the Dynamo in particular, but can give unbiased views on a game, or a player. They tell you how it is, warts and all. The most (in)famous example being the Dynamo/FCD playoff series.

    Ortiz can't, or won't, seperate his bias from his reporting and it shows. One of many reasons people don't like his writing.
     
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  19. tex0313

    tex0313 Member

    Dec 17, 2005
    Houston
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    regardless. its pretty pathetic when you cant be bothered to print anything about a hometown team on gameday.
     
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  20. brahmafutbol

    brahmafutbol Member+

    Jan 29, 2006
    East Bernard, Texas
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Is there anywhere to write to complain about lack of coverage of such an important game? I'm guessing writing to Ortiz won't do much good.
     
  21. troutseth

    troutseth Member+

    Feb 1, 2006
    Houston, TX
    I suppose you could write to the sports editor. Nick Mathews (one T) is the guy in charge of sports coverage.
     
  22. anderson

    anderson Member+

    Feb 28, 2002
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Nick Mathews is the Sports Editor at the Chron.

    If you go to this page, there's a "Connect" section where you can apparently send a message:

    http://www.houstonchronicle.com/author/nick-mathews/

    He's also on twitter, where you can send him a direct message or whatever:

    @nick_mathews
     
  23. troutseth

    troutseth Member+

    Feb 1, 2006
    Houston, TX
    plus his email address should be easy to ascertain. :)

    never mind, his email is public from old blog posts:

    http://blog.chron.com/hottopics/author/nick-mathewschron-com-nick-mathews/
     
  24. The_Ponce

    The_Ponce Co-President of the United States of Dynamo

    Feb 21, 2011
    Houston, Texas, U.S.
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Y'all go ahead and suggest me as a future writer.
     
  25. redinthemorning

    redinthemorning Member+

    Apr 26, 2011
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    No, no, no. Suggest me. I'll be like the white, print version of Gus Johnson. I've watched a UEFACL game before. I'm qualified!
     

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