Owning the soccer conversation

I can attest that I have told Hicks, personally, almost exactly this at least twice. The dude just doesn't listen to anything that isn't ass-kissing from anyone who doesn't pay him.

 

At least N-Rod dumbed down his rhetoric when doing the Homegrown Podcast interview.

 

Doug Hicks is still a douche bag.

 

Actually owning the soccer conversation - in the real world


http://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2016/...n-messi-real-salt-lake-facility-plan-big-step

 

Give yourself a pat on the back, Hicks.

 

So where is the Why not us ad?

Most teams advertise this stuff.

 

I saw this, and I have to admit I felt the inspiration.
Looking at it from an inert perspective, there are limitations, holes, and flaws...but there is an undeniable actual vision.

Something you won't see from #hauptmanout.
His unique vision has been "fan will love me" (they don't?)...okay, ******** them, I will magically find a way to be totally awesome without ever doing a single thing they have ever suggested and then I won't have to apologize for anything I ever did wrong because they will have to admit I was right all along = genius!

...moron.

 

One tiny fix for you.

 

I bought two packs of 2016 MLS trading cards, produced by Topps. Impulse buy killing time at Target. Whatever.

One of the twelve cards I got was the Chicago Fire Soccer Club team card*.



Text on the back of the card reads:

"A 3-2 home victory over the eventual Supporters' Shield-winning New York Red Bulls highlighted a rebuilding 2015 season for the Chicago Fire Soccer Club. Collin Fernandez made his MLS debut at age 18, while Ghanaian striker David Accam tied for 15th in the league with 10 goals."

If 2015 was a rebuilding season, I can't wait to see what the fine people at Topps use to describe 2016.

*I also got a Jonathan Campbell rookie card, and a signed Alexi Lalas "admired alumni" card. Whatever. Should have used the $4 on something useful, like candy.

 

Being stuck in an elevator with Andrew Hauptman after he's eaten six cans of Busch's Baked Beans?

 

or an elaborate, long-running performance art piece.

 

Sure.

 

Looks like LA is going to own the soccer conversation worldwide shortly:

The journalist from Sky Sports Alessandro Alciato, through its Twitter account, has spoken of the future of Zlatan Ibrahimovic, now close to a turning point: "In the coming hours Ibra will announce his farewell to PSG. Destination more likely: Los Angeles."

Nelle prossime ore Ibra annuncerà il suo addio al Psg. Destinazione più probabile: Los Angeles @SkySport #adieu

— Alessandro Alciato (@AAlciato) May 12, 2016

 

As of 1600 hours this thread is retired due to lack of conversation. That will be all.

 

It's a sample size and control conditions that cannot make any definitive conclusion, but for the last 15 years or so I can't recall a major soccer/futbol event in Chicago I've attended without at least one Chicago Fire scarf/cap/shirt/jersey seen . . . until last night at Soldier Field. Hey, Andell Holdings Fire, how is that soccer conversation ownership going these days?

 

Owning the conversation has been sold for TAM/GAM and a half-hearted shrug.

 

Mortgaging the soccer conversation.

 

The soccer conversation is being taken away by eminent domain.

 

This is what we got.

I guess I'm okay with it.
(It took me way too long to find this gif)