MLS in the U.S. Open Cup [R]

Discussion in 'MLS: News & Analysis' started by ArsenalMetro, May 23, 2012.

  1. DynamoEAR

    DynamoEAR Member+

    May 30, 2011
    HoustAtlantaDMV
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    On a lighter note, check out what the Fire will be playing in.:eek:

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  2. Totoro

    Totoro Member+

    Dec 3, 2009
    Colorado
    I don't know...we're definitely talking a suburban venue here.
     
  3. Q*bert Jones III

    Q*bert Jones III The People's Poet

    Feb 12, 2005
    Woodstock, NY
    Club:
    DC United
    What, Dragon Stadium isn't available?
     
  4. DynamoEAR

    DynamoEAR Member+

    May 30, 2011
    HoustAtlantaDMV
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    que?

    That's the Buck's home "stadium".
     
  5. tab5g

    tab5g Member+

    May 17, 2002
    Do they restart with a throw-in, free kick, or drop ball after the ball contacts the ceiling?
     
  6. DynamoEAR

    DynamoEAR Member+

    May 30, 2011
    HoustAtlantaDMV
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Is this a joke?
     
  7. Yoshou

    Yoshou Fan of the CCL Champ

    May 12, 2009
    Seattle
    Club:
    Seattle Sounders
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Based on the venue, I'm going to say no. :)
     
  8. tab5g

    tab5g Member+

    May 17, 2002
    It was an honest question. And more pictures available here:


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    Good value on tickets there, though.


    Wonder if any Fire fans will be making the trip to snap up some of those only 2,000 tickets available.
     
  9. RoyalNonesuch

    RoyalNonesuch Member+

    May 10, 2009
    Club:
    Real Salt Lake
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    One day, growth and reform might turn the US Open Cup into soccer's "May Madness" - where upsets abound and everyone tunes in to see the Fresno Los Muck-a-mucks top the New York Red Bulls like it's mating season.

    Until then...FIFA style maneuvering is pre-eminent! Some teams roll the dice, others sit back.

    Petitioner, you may now KISS HERR BLATTER'S RING!
     
  10. Jossed

    Jossed Member+

    Apr 23, 2011
    Club:
    New York Red Bulls
    Don't blame the Minnesota FO. Blame the NASL since they own the team.
     
  11. Yoshou

    Yoshou Fan of the CCL Champ

    May 12, 2009
    Seattle
    Club:
    Seattle Sounders
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I thought Traffic owned Minnesota, Atlanta, Carolina, and Ft. Lauderdale?
     
  12. crookeddy

    crookeddy Member+

    Apr 27, 2004
    I wonder if the Galaxy will bring Beckham to Carolina. If they do, will that make this game a huge deal?
     
  13. LordRobin

    LordRobin Member+

    Sep 1, 2006
    Akron, OH
    Club:
    Cleveland C. S.
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    All I care about is one thing: can I watch some games? Will anyone be keeping track of available streams? Is it too much to hope for some next week?

    ------RM
     
  14. Yoshou

    Yoshou Fan of the CCL Champ

    May 12, 2009
    Seattle
    Club:
    Seattle Sounders
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Seattle with have a stream going.
     
  15. cleazer

    cleazer Member+

    May 6, 2003
    Toledo, OH
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  16. ElJefe

    ElJefe Moderator
    Staff Member

    Feb 16, 1999
    Colorful Colorado
    Club:
    FC Dallas
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I agree with this, and I'm not terribly bothered by lower division teams' selling their home game.

    But I'm amused as hell as how precious the Sounders are being about having to fly to Atlanta on May 29 when they don't have a league game until June 16. Yeah, it's not a short flight, but it's not as if they're playing an unbalanced schedule with almost all of their geographically closest rivals in the other conference.
     
  17. JasonMa

    JasonMa Member+

    Mar 20, 2000
    Arvada, CO
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    So an interesting aside to this discussion. Rapids Media Director David Lindholm appears to be as disappointed as some posters here at the news that teams can buy home field advantage from other teams for the USOC, at least according to his tweets today (@Lindholmes).

    BTW, the Rapids have been drawn on the road for an 11th straight time in today's 4th Round draw. Odds of that are .05%. I knew Haig would want that info. :D
     
  18. Yoshou

    Yoshou Fan of the CCL Champ

    May 12, 2009
    Seattle
    Club:
    Seattle Sounders
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Are you equally amused that RSL now doesn't have to fly all the way to Minnesota when their next league game also isn't until June 16, or is this just a "I don't like the Sounders" thing?
     
  19. Yoshou

    Yoshou Fan of the CCL Champ

    May 12, 2009
    Seattle
    Club:
    Seattle Sounders
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    But only because if he had known that was a possibility, he would have bid for the game and then sold it to the lower division team that the Rapids would face in the third round. :)
     
  20. JasonMa

    JasonMa Member+

    Mar 20, 2000
    Arvada, CO
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Nah, that assumes a competency level of the Rapids FO that their track record doesn't support. ;)
     
  21. ElJefe

    ElJefe Moderator
    Staff Member

    Feb 16, 1999
    Colorful Colorado
    Club:
    FC Dallas
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    No, I'm just amused by the spin being put forth:

    Like I said, as a fan of a team who has to make lots of trips out to Seattle, Vancouver, Portland, LA, and San Jose, while very few to the three teams that are actually in our time zone, I'm not terribly sympathetic on the travel complaints.
     
  22. tk421

    tk421 Member

    Aug 11, 2007
    New York, NY
    Club:
    New York Red Bulls
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  23. Yoshou

    Yoshou Fan of the CCL Champ

    May 12, 2009
    Seattle
    Club:
    Seattle Sounders
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    You are aware that Sounder At Heart is just a blog, right, and that a significant number of Sounders fans are annoyed by the team buying out the Silverbacks home rights, including the leadership of Seattle's largest SG.
     
  24. Ganapper

    Ganapper Member

    Apr 5, 2009
    Club:
    Seattle Sounders
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Well that's a fail on their FO. Maybe their ticket sales weren't going very well and Seattle offered compensation that would exceed the money they would have received from hosting the game.

    It's also useless to get mad at teams for playing by the rules. The real people we should be mad at is the ones that made the rules.
     
  25. ElJefe

    ElJefe Moderator
    Staff Member

    Feb 16, 1999
    Colorful Colorado
    Club:
    FC Dallas
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I'm pretty familiar with the concept of a blog, and I suspect that for all the "significant number of Sounders fans" who are "annoyed," there'll be at least as many who are comfortable with the purchase of the game and with that justification.
     

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