Pre-match: San Jose Earthquakes - Houston Dynamo FC (Saturday, 4/1) pregame thread

I LOVE THE WORD C U N T LMFAOOOOOOOOOO

@Beerking can confirm this

 

I hope Penso throws out some of their guys. She usually calls a pretty tight ship.

 

Tonight’s undershirt, dredged from the bottom of a Quakes t-shirt shelf.

 

I was at that game, but, don't remember a shirt. Was it one of those, "free to the first 10 people through the gate" promotions by the Quakes?

 

Chris Penso is Tori’s husband, not her brother.
And yes, she is better than him, but I consider him one of the worst MLS refs.

 

Thank you and yes, he's terrible bordering on horrible.

 

Kari Seitz once did an FC Gold pride game at Buck Shaw, which I charted in order to practice my ref assessments. She was amazing. There was a referee post-game thing afterward, where I asked her why she wasn’t refereeing in MLS. She said “they never asked me.” I think she said she was doing all other levels of men’s games at the time.

she used to give great talks to the SJSRA group and was our star. Now our star is Joe Dickerson, who just got his fifa badge.

 

The worst ref is Geiger, and Frotos Barackos or w/e his name is. WORST ever. Back in the day Gus St. Silva and Michael Kennedy were pretty bad too

 

Well, I always liked Geiger, but I agree 110% on Fotis Bazackos. In our game last week, he was making a lot of calls from 30+ yds away.

I wasn’t that referee-knowledgeable when the last 2 guys you mentioned were working.

 

Best refs I've seen, Alex Prus, Paul Tambrino, Brian Hall and the unfavorable Ricardo Salazar. I also like Ian Anderson, Sandy Hunt, Tori Penso, and Ishmale Elfaf

 

I guess it's how you look at it.

Growing up, my older sister could throw, hit and swim better than me until I was in my teens. She could also kick my ass - her nick name was Cassius. My little sister was a mult-time All American @ Cal, a German national champion and capped with the USWNT.

They played like girls.

 

Here’s a blast from the past: Richard Heron. I got hit by a shoe escorting him up the tunnel at Spartan Stadium.

 

Heron was a good one, so was Abbey Okalawaja (Sp?) and Esse Barharmest.

 

WOW I love that thread

 

Yes indeed! Same year at an open cup game at Negoesco Stadium between the Clash and Galaxy I had to literally fight my way back to the locker room with three of the four refs behind me after it ended in kicks from the mark and a save by Cannon was retaken. Scott Weyland managed to find his own way back. IIRC Michael Kennedy was the CR. I knocked a few people down with the electronic sub board and took a few punches.

 

Alex and Ricardo are friends of mine.

 

Fk! No bibimbap tonight! We are so disappointed.

and the speaker system is even louder tonight. I guess they are trying to look good for Apple TV tonight because we are the free game.
85 dBs ouch
89 dBs stop it

 

And the Wi-Fi is so slow I had to turn it off. Even tho it is 6:45 and few people are here

 

No love for Kevin Stott?

 

Marie staying in at LB with Trauco on the bench. Not surprised. Monteiro back in. No Gruezo yet but Judson available.

Let's get it! #VamosSJ pic.twitter.com/RJZuXqZtW1

— San Jose Earthquakes (@SJEarthquakes) April 2, 2023