International Champions Cup

Discussion in 'San Jose Earthquakes' started by Old Man!, Apr 15, 2015.

  1. athletics68

    athletics68 Member+

    Dec 12, 2006
    San Diego & San Jose
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Yeah welcome to over a week ago...

    And you host an event vs ManU at a large stadium because you'll sell out the large stadium. Why limit yourself to 18,000 when you can have 65,000 in attendance?
     
  2. athletics68

    athletics68 Member+

    Dec 12, 2006
    San Diego & San Jose
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    By the way, it could be worse. I mean the Quakes get America and ManU, one at home, one in front of a massive crowd near home likely with great weather. Houston just had their Man City friendly pulled out from under them by their recent rain storms and the team's terrible idea to re-sod the field 3 days before the match. Their FO canceled the match mere hours before it was slated to start (with people having already left for the stadium and everything).

    Say what you will about our FO, but they've not done anything quite that boneheaded that I can think of.
     
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  3. falvo

    falvo Member+

    Mar 27, 2005
    San Jose & Florence
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    Italy
    #278 falvo, May 28, 2015
    Last edited: May 28, 2015
    Actually, indirectly , a FIFA scandal like this one could very well put a damper on a lot of FIFA sanctioned tournaments and exhibitions.
    Guess that is why Dom came back home. I'll bet he is glad to outta there!
     
  4. Earthshaker

    Earthshaker BigSoccer Supporter

    Sep 12, 2005
    The hills above town
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I thought RJ was just a compilation of some of the head scratchers we see around. The title certainly fits.
     
  5. TyffaneeSue

    TyffaneeSue moderator
    Staff Member

    Nov 15, 2003
    Upstairs
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    There is a groupon for this game--guess they aren't confident about selling those tickets.
     
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  6. QuakeDaddy74

    QuakeDaddy74 Member

    Feb 14, 2008
    San Jose
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Yeah, but looking at the groupon, it doesn't offer a lower price. Just another way to market the game.
     
  7. athletics68

    athletics68 Member+

    Dec 12, 2006
    San Diego & San Jose
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Beat me to it. The Groupon is for the face value, so not really indicative of anything.
     
  8. TyffaneeSue

    TyffaneeSue moderator
    Staff Member

    Nov 15, 2003
    Upstairs
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Didn't know, thanks, so much cheaper than the Levi's game that I thought it might be a deal.
     
  9. DotMPP

    DotMPP 'Quakes fan in Stumptown

    San Jose Earthquakes
    United States
    Jun 29, 2004
    SE Portland, OR
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    It used to be... It pretty much morphed into the "local, not soccer, bay area sports discussion" and I only go onto it by accident*... If we had an "Ignore this thread" option, I'd pick that one for sure...

    * - Maybe it has changed back?
     
  10. falvo

    falvo Member+

    Mar 27, 2005
    San Jose & Florence
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    Italy
    If its that big of a deal, anyone can always unwatch the thread ....

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  11. TyffaneeSue

    TyffaneeSue moderator
    Staff Member

    Nov 15, 2003
    Upstairs
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Or change the title to NQR, where NQR means "not quite random."
     
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  12. DotMPP

    DotMPP 'Quakes fan in Stumptown

    San Jose Earthquakes
    United States
    Jun 29, 2004
    SE Portland, OR
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    That is not what I meant. I'm not watching it so there is no unwatch to execute. :ROFLMAO:

    On the Club forum there is a list of all threads, either stickied or in order of latest posting. I don't think a user can chose a thread in that list and click on an "Ignore" option...
     
  13. bannerman

    bannerman Member

    Dec 6, 2004
    SF Bay Area
    Club:
    Liverpool LFC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  14. mjlee22

    mjlee22 Quake & Landon fan

    Nov 24, 2003
    near Palo Alto, CA
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Wow, I'm surprised to hear that Berkeley residents were so opposed to having the game there.
     
  15. TyffaneeSue

    TyffaneeSue moderator
    Staff Member

    Nov 15, 2003
    Upstairs
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
  16. athletics68

    athletics68 Member+

    Dec 12, 2006
    San Diego & San Jose
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Bezerkley? Of course they were opposed to it. They're opposed to everything on reflex in that town unless it's the legalization of weed.
     
  17. mjlee22

    mjlee22 Quake & Landon fan

    Nov 24, 2003
    near Palo Alto, CA
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    well, but I assume they went along with the renovation of the stadium. what did they think, that only a few football games would get played there in the fall? it's not fair to keep UCB from recouping their investment, since they are a taxpayer-owned entity (as opposed to the 49ers - screw them).
     
  18. falvo

    falvo Member+

    Mar 27, 2005
    San Jose & Florence
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    Italy
    #293 falvo, Jul 1, 2015
    Last edited: Jul 1, 2015
    The town of Berkeley, California has a total population of 115k. The majority of the people living there are homeless, college faculty ,students and/or graduates. then you have the professors who mainly live up in the ritzy hills. How many resident can possibly complain about one soccer game being played over a 2-5 hour period? Did Nancy Thomas move up there too?
     
  19. leocal11

    leocal11 Member+

    Feb 7, 2005
    San Francisco
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    wealthy Cal athletics donors who probably scoffed at paying for grass to be put in for a game that was only going to be half full. a soccer game at that.
     
  20. falvo

    falvo Member+

    Mar 27, 2005
    San Jose & Florence
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    Italy
    I can't imagine the Real Madrid vs. Inter Milan played at Cal's Memorial Stadium last year didn't make a ton of money for both the athletic program as well as the university as a rule. Why would they want to forgo that for a few hours of noise? Sounds like a lame excuse to me.
     
  21. athletics68

    athletics68 Member+

    Dec 12, 2006
    San Diego & San Jose
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    You don't follow Cal football much do you? The politics surrounding that stadium have been a cluster******** for years. The neighbors are the ultimate NIMBYs, the city is more than willing to entertain foolishness of it's citizens (I mean this was the stadium whose renovation was delayed by a bunch of whackjobs in trees), and the University has no clue what it's doing having bit of way more than they could chew with the renovation in the first place.
     
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  22. falvo

    falvo Member+

    Mar 27, 2005
    San Jose & Florence
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    Italy
    #297 falvo, Jul 1, 2015
    Last edited: Jul 1, 2015
    Just follow Cal Bears soccer program with longtime coach Kevin Grimes at the helm. The team plays in the decrepit 85 year old Edwards Stadium which has a track between the stands and the field and the one set of bleachers that supposedly hasn't been touched since the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake and is unusable. It seems to me that the city owes the university more than the university owes the city. If it weren't for the college, the city probably wouldn't exist as we know it.
     
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  23. bigdumbgod

    bigdumbgod Member+

    Jun 25, 2005
    San Jose, CA
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Funny, the jocks won the battle vs. the tree-sitters, all for a shiny new thing that's rarely going to be used.
    I would rather have the trees.
     
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  24. Socarchist

    Socarchist Member+

    Feb 21, 2010
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    My understanding is that the promoter was balking at putting down a natural grass field (like last year) probably because slow ticket sales couldn't sufficiently cover its cost so ManU refused to play at Berkeley.

    The cancelled community meeting was irrelevant to Relevent's decision. Only $'s mattered.
     
  25. bannerman

    bannerman Member

    Dec 6, 2004
    SF Bay Area
    Club:
    Liverpool LFC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Remember, last years match was on a Saturday. Have they done a weeknight event at the stadium since renovation? The Oregon game (on a Friday) was moved to Levi's last year.

    Read the comments for what some fans thought about traffic flow last year--on a Saturday, when most fans could arrive hours early. http://www.dailycal.org/2014/07/29/berkeley-scores-real-madrid-vs-inter-milan-game/
     
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