Ok SBFC folks, here's your chance for post-WWC lift. This game should be a really good one. Kai will be back in town in a Philly uni. The SBFC WWC players will be in town (unclear about on the field). 2 pts behind Boston & mJ for a playoff spot. Time to throw down. I keep seeing announcements on fb by other teams hawking tickets. Rumor out of ATL is that the general admission is sold out. So, what's the word on the street in NJ? Are any of the news outlets carrying info about the game?
Someone should get HAO and Lori Lindsey to tweet Maddow (who was clearly geeked to have them on her show) asking for a re-tweet telling those that follow Maddow about tomorrow's game in NJ.
It was 105 degrees on the street Friday. HAO is suppose to start. Media coveaged?-- that's a funny one.
Yeah SBFC really got screwed over by the weather. Well, the entire WPS got screwed over by the weather this weekend. Was watching the Yankees game yesterday--the umpire had to change his shirt three times and keep ice packs under his pads. I know he's wearing a chest protector and all--but seriously all he does is stand there. Imagine how much worse it's gonna be for the players. Should've delayed the start time and play under the lights when it's cooler...
Thanks for putting the thread up Kool. My soul has been off for the past week or so. I really hope we can pull this off and steal one from the Swipers.
If it's any consolation, it's 97 degrees at RFK Stadium and the air conditioning in the locker rooms is out. Hope the northern England team DC United is playing survives - back home their high was 64.
Good win, Casey came through big time! Play improved overall with the nat'l subs and Casey in. reported # of 1,600 for attendance seemed a little light but not by much.
Was it raining or just hot for the Jersey game? The forecast showed 92 and rain today. It would seem SBFC isn't getting a bump in attendance from the World Cup.
It was around 100 at Gametime and high humidity.. don't know the answers for SB attendance... they are not getting the club support and people in the are have no idea there is a women's team. I am told they do no other advertising other than through social media, and that's almost preaching to the choir The philly contingent was there and making much noise... Reff was dismal, affected the game flow bigtime (including 2 where she stopped play for no apparent reason, wrong throw ins and GK VS Corner, and missed blatant fouls) but did not lead to any diect goals (other than the second goal was offsides and players were expecting the flag... somehow they kept calling Philly off sides the entire 2nd half but I did not have a view to the far side of the field on those 15 calls... but nearly every pass forward that connected with a player was an Offsides (??) Philly did not play well enough to win and looked sluggish - so hats off to SB whose fans got tired of hearing us and did some cheering of there own (more people @ a lower volume - does not make sense)
Posted this in response to a question in the BOS-WNY thread, but it's probably more apt here (and to continue off your point): I think overall management has done a good job with SBFC. They've been feeling the crunch over the past year and a half, but have rolled with the punches. I think two places where they could improve, and thus improve attendance, would be to 1) advertise better throughout New Jersey and especially in and Rutgers and 2) improve transportation to the games--if they provided a bus service, they could capitalize on people from NYC that want to go to the game (they play just an hour out of the city) as well as everyone taking NJ transit. But I think that the heat did play a factor and they're expecting better crowds for the WNY game next week, so we'll see....
One Billboard on 287 near Piscataway or Easton Ave would be worth the money and double or triple attendance... the amount of cars that pass that area everyday is 400K +