Post-match: New York Red Bulls - San Jose Earthquakes (Saturday, 3/16) postgame thread [R]

raindawg · Mar 21, 2019

Quakes05 said: ↑

I’m pretty sure we’re the worst team in the history of MLS though so we at least have that locked down.
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Yes, we do have that consistency.

It just goes to prove that I'm insane. I've been shelling out season ticket $'s since 1998 expecting (or hoping for) different results.

Quakes05 · Mar 22, 2019

raindawg said: ↑

Yes, we do have that consistency.

It just goes to prove that I'm insane. I've been shelling out season ticket $'s since 1998 expecting (or hoping for) different results.
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At least you’ve been there for a few glory years and the greatest comeback in MLS history, imagine the poor folks who tuned for the first time at the start of the Fisher era.

nihon2000 · Mar 22, 2019

don gagliardi said: ↑

I believe there is indeed a lack of understanding on your part as to my position. I seem to recall that you don't believe in the concept of a Club. We're all just customers, right? Maybe I'm mistaking you for someone else in harboring that perspective. If so, I apologize.

Maybe I'm not making myself clear enough. If so, again, I apologize. Let me reiterate: I care far less about wins than I do about the sense of community that following a sports team engenders. I can hardly think of a pro sports team more antithetical to the concept of community than the New Jersey Energy Drinks and their false pretension about representing New York. Certainly a segment of New Yorkers feel the same way, or they would not have bolted at the earliest opportunity in favor of Yankee Stadium.

You may not care how many people show up to Red Bull Arena, but since the Red Bulls win so regularly, what could possibly be the reason for their empty stadium in a region of several million more than we have in the Bay Area? Perhaps it is apathy about the absence of any real sense of community embodied in the over-the-top corporatism and blatantly false advertising about who they are. Perhaps I'm not the only one who attends sporting events for reasons other than merely wishing for a win.

Maybe it's just a Buffalo thing. You wouldn't understand.
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Scott Norwood .. wide left was the most painful one

don gagliardi · Mar 22, 2019

nihon2000 said: ↑

Scott Norwood .. wide left was the most painful one
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The Music City Miracle was up there, too.

Venceremos · Mar 22, 2019

don gagliardi said: ↑

The 2019 version of the Rapids may not be better than the 2018 version, however. It's early but they're currently on pace to finish with fewer than the 31 points accumulated last season, notwithstanding their new acquisitions.
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They are worse than last year because they let Kip Colvey go. Even then, they will not be worse than the team that has the biggest drum and longest bar.

bsman · Mar 22, 2019

Earthshaker said: ↑

Red Bulls are trying to get Judson suspended for the foul that unfortunately ended Valot's season. Imo, this would be a harsh decision. Judson initially intercepted the ball and then tried to poke it further away from a challenging Valot. I don't see anything egregious on the part of Judson. Valot managed to get his body slightly in front of Judson as he tries to poke the ball away. Definitely an unfortunate coming together, but, Judson is clearly trying to play the ball.
https://www.prosoccerusa.com/mls/ne...rmas-seeks-justice-for-injured-florian-valot/
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Unless I'm greatly mistaken, the DISCO normally does its dirty work the Wednesday after a Saturday match, so I think the chickens have flown the coop on this one.

Beerking · Mar 23, 2019

raindawg said: ↑

Thanks sj_oldtimer and Goodsports. So we’re not exactly in an uncharted territory of sucking...
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nihon2000 · Mar 24, 2019

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Long_(soccer)

Who knew about this player?

Beerking · Mar 24, 2019

The red Bulls just lost to Orlando. Orlando.

don gagliardi · Mar 24, 2019

Beerking said: ↑

The red Bulls just lost to Orlando. Orlando.
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But, but, but, the Red Bulls are number one in the power rankings. They're the model franchise. Their fans are happy all the time.

Beerking · Mar 24, 2019

don gagliardi said: ↑

But, but, but, the Red Bulls are number one in the power rankings. They're the model franchise. Their fans are happy all the time.
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Orlando Don, freakin' Orlando...

don gagliardi · Mar 25, 2019

Beerking said: ↑

Orlando Don, freakin' Orlando...
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One of several MLS teams the Quakes have never defeated.

Orlando, NYCFC, Atlanta, LAFC, Cincinnati. More than 20 percent of the entire league is undefeated against our beloved stiffs, although in the case of Cincinnati the Quakes have yet to play them. That will change in a matter of a few weeks.

tvromero · Mar 25, 2019

don gagliardi said: ↑

although in the case of Cincinnati the Quakes have yet to play them. That will change in a matter of a few weeks.
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Somehow I feel that we will still be undefeated against Cincinnati in a few weeks