Newcastle United's US Tour

Other than Club Atlas... the other teams as opposition are a bit weak aren't they?

 

Portland is an MLS squad. They're not top of the table, but they have one of the best crowds in MLS. Probably will sell out the friendly.

Thx,

Jay!

Edit: I just saw on the NUFC.com website that it's the Portland Timbers 2 squad. Nevermind. They are like division three here.

 

Should be a fun night, I WILL be there. You'll love the crowd
Haway the lads

 

exactly

 

To paraphrase Uncle Clint, 'A club's got to know their limitations.'

Perhaps we'll find our level in that game. Perhaps not?

 

Possibly. The last tour here they lost 1-0 to Orlando and then went on to reach 5th in the league. I will take that again.

 

Supposedly Portland will put a mix of senior and reserve players, a la a typical MLS friendly. I'm taking my two older sons to that game.

Oh, and hello again fellas.

 

Hers the match report from a Sac Republic FC supporter:

Yes, you got the 0-1 win but Sacramento kept Newcastle keepers far busier than our keeper. Krul had to make maybe 5-6 full stretch saves and whoever your backup keeper is had work to do as well, while our own keepers only had to deal with handling a few tricky crosses. An own goal gave you your own only serious chance on goal. An unlucky red card put you down to 10 men. Both sides handled the incident very well.

Newcastle had the vast edge in athleticism, but your front line was strangely held in check by far less athletic Sacramento defenders. Our attacking play was superior.

I'm sure going into the game Newcastle must have been thinking wtf? We've got a tiny "stadium" of only 12,000 and the facility housed within the confines of a campy state fair, which is going on right now. Ferris wheels turning, people milling about everywhere with their cotton candy and churros and fireworks going off during the game. And of course the indignity of playing an American third division club that didn't even exist two years ago, albeit now the reigning national champion. Surely they had heard we soundly beat Sunderland earlier in the week, but it had to be a freak result, right? Wrong. Anyway, it was a good workout for both clubs, but Sacramento played better football and can feel a bit cheated by luck.

 

Objective achieved then.

 

I really wanted to but was unable as I have been in England. My good friend flew out for the Sacramento game though. If you saw a small bald Geordie running around, that was him.

 

Neither. I saw those pictures earlier and didn't find him... it was a lot like a Where's Wally book!