NISA (New NASL-allied D3 league) Mega-Thread

Discussion in 'NASL' started by oneeyedfool, Jun 6, 2017.

  1. Expansion Franchise

    Chattanooga FC
    United States
    Apr 7, 2018
    Someone else is the actual owner, but who knows how patient they are.
     
  2. athletics68

    athletics68 Member+

    Dec 12, 2006
    San Diego & San Jose
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Looking closer, how do they justify $25 per ticket (thanks to TicketFleecer) for the cheapest seats to a third division soccer team playing a glorified exhibition game? And that’s the “reduced” price.
     
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  3. kenntomasch

    kenntomasch Member+

    Sep 2, 1999
    Out West
    Club:
    FC Tampa Bay Rowdies
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Hmmmm. Well he or she has not exactly protected their investment.
     
  4. kenntomasch

    kenntomasch Member+

    Sep 2, 1999
    Out West
    Club:
    FC Tampa Bay Rowdies
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Inexperienced people.
     
  5. Expansion Franchise

    Chattanooga FC
    United States
    Apr 7, 2018
     
  6. truefan420

    truefan420 Member+

    May 30, 2010
    oakland
    Club:
    Chelsea FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Crazy that they’ve sold out a 5k stadium on their first game.
     
  7. athletics68

    athletics68 Member+

    Dec 12, 2006
    San Diego & San Jose
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Where are they playing?
     
  8. kenntomasch

    kenntomasch Member+

    Sep 2, 1999
    Out West
    Club:
    FC Tampa Bay Rowdies
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Laney College football field I believe. Which seems odd that it would seat 5k.
     
  9. truefan420

    truefan420 Member+

    May 30, 2010
    oakland
    Club:
    Chelsea FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Correct it’s Laney. And its not 5k I was mistaken. It’s around 3.5. Still rather impressive considering that it’s their first game.
     
  10. kenntomasch

    kenntomasch Member+

    Sep 2, 1999
    Out West
    Club:
    FC Tampa Bay Rowdies
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Inaugural games are actually when you would expect to see something like that, for a few reasons:

    Teams (those with clues and resources, anyway), understand that a solid start is critical, so they put a lot of resources into building an inaugural game crowd. (Because, again, tickets do not simply sell themselves.)

    There is the inevitable/standard heightened excitement level by fans and the general populace about the "new thing" and about being part of the "first time." And you can hype that way easier than "come to our third game ever!"

    In this case, they have a decent date, which is often what teams look for when scheduling the first one.

    It's much more impressive and a better indicator when the second and third games have good crowds.

    It's not that the first one is "easy," by any means, but it has some advantages.
     
  11. athletics68

    athletics68 Member+

    Dec 12, 2006
    San Diego & San Jose
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I mean at this rate 5k for the San Diego side would be a miracle. And it wouldn’t look good like the Roots will at Laney. 5k at SDCCU Stadium would look like the place was empty.
     
  12. kenntomasch

    kenntomasch Member+

    Sep 2, 1999
    Out West
    Club:
    FC Tampa Bay Rowdies
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Oh, I just realized Oakland only HAS one other home game in this thing and it's October 19.

    It'll be interesting to see if they are able to make their trip to Miami in late October.
     
  13. ThreeApples

    ThreeApples Member+

    Jul 28, 1999
    Smurf Village
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    The stadium itself is just one stand on one side. With temporary bleachers added and SRO, 5,000 might be a legit number.
     
  14. ThreeApples

    ThreeApples Member+

    Jul 28, 1999
    Smurf Village
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    They also have two friendlies, starting with one against FC Juarez next Sunday. I will try to get to that one. The friendlies are there to fulfill the promise of four home games that they were supposed to have under the original Founders Cup plan.

    Do you think they are going to fold?
     
  15. truefan420

    truefan420 Member+

    May 30, 2010
    oakland
    Club:
    Chelsea FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    The game was crazy fun last night. It’s to bad they couldn’t hold onto their lead.
     
  16. kenntomasch

    kenntomasch Member+

    Sep 2, 1999
    Out West
    Club:
    FC Tampa Bay Rowdies
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I am always skeptical of expensive trips late in a first season with few revenue opportunities. There is no reason at this moment to believe anybody (except Philadelphia, lest they shockingly draw a crowd) is in danger of folding.

    It will just be interesting to see, is all.
     
  17. athletics68

    athletics68 Member+

    Dec 12, 2006
    San Diego & San Jose
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Oakland, of all the California teams seems the most interesting and potentially well situated. The other 3 are in direct competition with D1 and/or D2 sides that are far better situated for success (or already have a multi year/decade history of success).
     
  18. wolfp10

    wolfp10 Member

    Sep 25, 2005
    Looks like I accidentally outed myself.

    Yes, I was being mostly rhetorical. DCFC and FCC were big fish in small ponds that figured out a way to make it work at that level. How does joining a league with higher overhead with similar on and off field competiton move them forward?
     
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  19. athletics68

    athletics68 Member+

    Dec 12, 2006
    San Diego & San Jose
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Shame. Based on the response so far they should be one of the teams hosting more games, not less.
     
  20. wolfp10

    wolfp10 Member

    Sep 25, 2005
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  21. athletics68

    athletics68 Member+

    Dec 12, 2006
    San Diego & San Jose
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Yeah I bought tickets to the SD 1904FC game next Saturday fully expecting to eat my ticket cost. They’ve not sold enough online to fill one section of SDCCU Stadium, and the place looks pitiful even with what would be a stellar turnout for a NISA game (9000 people)

    [​IMG]

    This is from an America v Portsmouth exhibition a few weeks after the latter had been relegated.
     
  22. truefan420

    truefan420 Member+

    May 30, 2010
    oakland
    Club:
    Chelsea FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    They have 3 more home games but 1 is a friendly against FC Juarez from League MXN. I believe the other two are NISA.
     
  23. Darkwing McQuack

    Darkwing McQuack BigSoccer Supporter

    Nov 11, 2011
    Morrisville, PA
    Club:
    Philadelphia Union
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
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  24. kenntomasch

    kenntomasch Member+

    Sep 2, 1999
    Out West
    Club:
    FC Tampa Bay Rowdies
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    To be fair, they can't exactly change the schedule now and they were just guessing when they did draw it up. Remember too that Laney has a (very good) football team with first dibs on the facility.

    Despite the cool videos they did when they signed guys, I would venture they didn't exactly say, "Oh, Oakland is going to be our flagship franchise, let's give them five home games."

    And that's funny about the Fury. High six figures in wages is a canard.
     
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  25. ThreeApples

    ThreeApples Member+

    Jul 28, 1999
    Smurf Village
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Also Oakland joined NISA very late. When they pulled out of the Founders Cup, they stated they would play four home friendlies and apply for membership in NISA for the spring. Then sometime in the summer they ended up as NISA members now. Last weekend's game against SoCal United was originally announced as a friendly and then later was added to the NISA schedule without changing the date/tiime/location.
     

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