Re: Home Field: Cass Tech Friendlies are never announced with the rest of the schedule (this is true with any team). I'm sure those will be announced when they put them together. I wonder what kind of clubs they will try to get, whether it's a friendly with the cross-town Bucks or an international U-23 squad. But, I'm sure they're trying to get the best games possible for the team.
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Supporters Group: Bucks and DetCityFC Just wondering how this supporters group thing is coming along. I would like to have some sort of supporters group for Detroit soccer, whose main goal is to attend matches, at all levels (elite high school, college, Bucks/DetCityFC), for both genders in HS and Col. Talked to Bucks owner Dan D today (he missed last week's college games because he was with the U-23 team; he would have been there today if the 23's advanced) about a supporters group for the Bucks. (I didn't see much happen with MCS last season.) Dan referred me to one of his staff members; we talked, with him saying that a fan group will be a task for the interns. I had been running camera for the Bucks for a few seasons; they went to their own guy running webcasts, so now that time is freed for me. If this is something that can happen through the MCS or AO-Detroit (their web site has nothing on it, though), then we could go that route. If not, this may be something that I would have to start up.
Re: Supporters Group: Bucks and DetCityFC So one of the owners works for Dan Gilbert. Is he a investor?
I like how they're playing up the City's French heritage with the team (Le Rouge). We see the French names for roads and such all the time and don't really think about it.
The field at Cass Tech was just re-sodded. Think it will be ready in a month? Ironic that we had the most mild winter ever; could have done this before winter started. http://detcityfc.com/le-rouge-and-cass-tech-kick-off-partnership-with-weekend-of-upgrades/ 150 TONS of sand? What are going to have there, a monster truck rally? ("It's MON-STER TRUCKS! At CASS TECH, Tech, tech, tech, ...") Well, anyways, there are some who think that the 500 pounds of fertilizer describes me better....
When are we getting our tickets I have paid and not seen anything yet no tickets no shirts no scarf nada !! WTF when are you sending this out?
Wow, you guys need to woosah for a minute. Founders Circle members got an email yesterday about our jersey customizations and it said that tickets will start going out next week or they can be picked up at some team events that will be held in the area before the first match on May 12th. They have been very open on communication the whole time, and those of us who are Founders Circle members (myself included, even though I live in DC) have been spreading that info to you guys. You have questions? Just email the team. Anytime I've had a question, I just email them or send them a message on Twitter and most times, I get a response from the president of the club himself. It doesn't help to whomp whomp about it here on BS...just contact the club and they'll let you know. Oh, and the online store is supposed to be open by the first match.
You also have to remember that this is a new club. They're not just getting ready for any season, this is their first, which means a lot of extra start-up challenges, like securing a stadium (which they've done - and improved, to boot), drawing up fans from as many demographics as possible (because they're starting from 0), and getting sponsors to buy in. I applaud them for the work they've put into it.
i bought a season ticket online to specifically get a scarf.... will they mail the ticket and scarves? or do we need to go pick it up... we are trying to get a group from Lansing to head over sometime in june... so i wants to have me stuff!!!
I believe they sent out emails about pick-up events for the locals. I received mine in the mail with a season ticket pass card last week... http://kennysfootballscarves.yolasite.com/united-soccer-leagues---premier-development-league.php
Season ticket holders, to my knowledge, are getting season ticket cards instead of paper tickets. You just show the card to get into every game.
now that this thread is back, from the Big Soccer rebuild, here is Saturday's scrimmage: http://detcityfc.com/detroit-city-scrimmage-supporter-rally-and-pick-up-event/ Any word when the other game times will be known? It is neither on the DetCity site, nor the NPSL site: http://detcityfc.com/#timeline http://www.npsl.info/schedules/2012/44024025.html
This year will see the debut of AFC Cleveland and Detroit City FC. They’ll join longtime NPSL side the Erie Admirals, fellow newcomer Greater Binghamton FC, and still novel FC Buffalo. Nine hours of travel separate the two farthest teams making this conference a close-knit, serious regional affair. The newest clubs, AFCC and DCFC, have some savvy supporters. The Northern Guard Supporters/Le Rouge Supporters have created a serious stir in Detroit. Not only have these supporters made it a point to foster close ties within the community, they’ve demonstrated that they have a serious sense of style. DCFC’s supporters will be decked out in some slick scarves and shirts, and the DCFC squad will look less like a fledgling amateur side and more like a seasoned pro side with its kit. Detroit has raised the bar for semi-pro soccer in the region. AFC Cleveland and FC Buffalo have stepped up to the challenge. Not to be outdone, AFC Cleveland (newly nicknamed “Royals”) has built a team store that is well worth a perusal and their supporter group, the 6th City Syndicate, has been digging in its heels American-Outlaw-style and creating chants, songs, and its own swag. Buffalo’s supporters, The Situation Room, finally have a team that they can have fun with whereas before they were a lonely footy group having to hone their craft against the remarkably un-tech savvy Erie (the team can’t seem to craft a website to save their lives, have virtually no Twitter or Facebook presence, and seem to make it a point to make it as difficult as possible to actually get to know anything about the team). These three supporter groups have been trash talking each other for a few weeks now via Twitter and Facebook, which is truly amazing considering that AFCC and DCFC haven’t yet filled their rosters. Buffalo, Cleveland, and Detroit—these are working class cities, each with a deep immigrant history, cities that have seen better days financially and culturally. These cities are the very definition of hardnosed labor, and as such they love their sports. Cleveland continues to believe in the NFL Browns even though they will never succeed, Buffalo has given its heart to its NHL Sabers and much like Browns fans think their own NFL Bills will one day win something, Detroit with its Pistons, Lions, and Tigers keep faith through their attachment to each team’s deep history in their respective league. These are cities that persist. They even persist when it comes to soccer. Once a city gets a taste of soccer, they want it. Even though teams have come and gone from each city due to financial concerns, each city has rebounded and built back up. The current incarnation could very well be lasting. These supporters, these regional, historical and cultural rivals have decided they need a cup. So these supporters have created The Rust Belt Derby going into their inaugural season together. They have taken it upon themselves to make their conference play something more than mere points on a league table. Created and sponsored by supporters, it can’t get much better. This is how the Cascadia Cup started out and we can see what it has bloomed into—huge crowds of boisterous fans in Portland, Seattle and Vancouver that are arguably pushing MLS into respectability and profitability. This bodes well for the Rust Belt teams as they look to slowly but surely pick themselves up by their own bootstraps and play their game the way they want.
Game times have been announced, and I put them into my calendar (see my signature line): 4 May 2012; http://detcityfc.com/game-times-announced/ Not listed on that news article are the two friendlies: July 7 at 1:00, and July 18 at 7:00. These were on the schedule cards distributed at the Fort Wayne scrimmage today (cards were available in both English and Espanol). I received my scarf and season pass at the scrimmage. They did mention that the jerseys for Founders members were not ready today. A bit more explanation on the "Rust Belt Derby" that msilverstein47 mentions above, from the Buffalo site (with a logo and everything): http://www.fcbuffalo.org/uncategorized/announcing-rust-belt-derby/
The opponents for the friendlies were not listed. I didn't even know until a couple days ago, that yesterday's friendly actually had an opponent. (I was guessing that it would be an intra-squad, or against a team of fans. Or even copy the idea of having an 11-v-100 game, against kids.) A couple of other points about the sched: as I said before, May 26 has both the Bucks and City playing afternoon home matches. It is the only case I see for the reguar season, but it may also happen for any playoff games (conference F, NPSL SF, or NPSL F). (The Buffalo schedule lists the divisional playoffs at Erie, PA. http://www.fcbuffalo.org/2012-schedule/ ) And those friendlies are oddly-scheduled. The first occurs after their regular season (the other teams in their divison would be playing that weekend), and the second occurs after the divisional play-downs.
It would be cool if one of the friendlies were against the Bucks, as a nice cross-town meeting of teams.
DCFC is different then the bucks I assume. Bucks are in for the money and DCFC are not plus Duggan is a jerk just saying.
No, but they are competitors for the limited market for minor-league soccer in the area, and I doubt that Dan sees a reason to help DCFC establish themselves any more than he did for the Detroit Arsenal or any of the other NPSL upstarts. I would imagine that the feeling is mutual, judging from a couple of lines in the essay that msilverstein47 posted above (which I gather was written by DCFC): "Detroit has raised the bar for semi-pro soccer in the region...Even though teams have come and gone from each city due to financial concerns, each city has rebounded and built back up. The current incarnation could very well be lasting....." Neither is true unless you ignore the Bucks' existence. The Bucks are not in it for the money, that's just ignorant. They don't do much better than breaking even in their best financial years. Dan does it because he loves it, and will likely never recover all of the money he's put into the Bucks over the years.