Sorry, folks, I was at the game and it was fine that we won, but what a beating this has been. I was hoping there would be another story in the DMN today, that basically said "Oh yeah, white people hate the stadium too" but no such luck. This is never going to truly be my team because I already have a fantasy about a Dallas team. I was driving out the darkened hightway whatever the *#*#*#*# number it is to get to Southlake thinking that Frisco is only going to be about three minutes closer. I was thinking about the way they are marketing this team to soccer moms and kids and the way that the fans were given the big FU. We are building 20,000 stadiums, which to me means simply that if this league continues to grow, we may have the opportunity, sooner than we think, of having subway series, or in our case, a light rail series. I think suburban Chicago/Chicago, suburban Dallas/Dallas, LA/Orange County, and the New York area could all probably have dual teams. I don't think we need to foster strife, but we have some nice comparisons: Ethnicity/Demographics (Frisco Burn: White-Soccer Mom Fair Park: Ethnic/Urban) Religion Frisco: Protestant/Fair Park: Catholic Child in the stands Frisco: Women's soccer team fan/select soccer team member Fair Park: (Baby dragged along to game). Marketing strategy Frisco: Family season tickets/soccer teams Fair Park: Walk ups. Flexipass/individual season ticket packages/Hispanic family season tickets. I want the Fair Park team (no official mascot) to be black and white or orange and white or even green and white and to have a grass field and to sell beer. I think its marketing as a working class team will itself be its own marketing strategy. So I agree. No more talking about different colors for our Frisco team. So in any case, I am going to continue to support the Burn. Until Dallas gets a team. And if they turn out to be the Chicago Cubs, fantastic.
I walked into Dragon Stadium last night and it looked like a playground. Is this the way it's going to be in Frisco? It's sad, all I heard was "who are we cheering for? Red or white?" "Can I get some cotton candy?" "I wanna leave!". Then the jumping up and down and the running comenced. Something has to be done to get the fans back for Frisco. I don't care if we have one of those things like the Cotton Bowl where we can stick all the kids and soccer moms on one side and the REAL fans on the other, but something has to be done. This isn't a professional soccer atmosphere. This is hell. My Grandpa was in town from Iran, where they have a 200,000 seat stadium full of screaming fans for every National team game. What did I have to show him on behalf of US Soccer? Dragon stadium, full of kids and football lines. I had to appologize.
I am sorry he had to witness the Dragon, it is a disgrace to any soccer fan. But don't you find it funny how the elderly love hyperbole? Azadi stadium may be one hell of a place to watch a game and holds more fans than any stadium in the US, but not 200,000. If I don't miss a game next year on the shootout package, that means I only have fifteen more to go. Don't know if I could take another one.
I don't think Frisco will be exactly this bad, but it is going to be different. The key will be keeping the logistics of the Cotton Bowl in Frisco. I co-existed fine with the soccer moms and their puppies--cause they were on the other side of the stadium and I didn't deal with them, they didn't deal with us. The seating arrangement in sucklack year one was a slap in the face of the core fans (including the prices) and it looks like they learned from it. Will HSG learn that the previous seating arrangement maximized fan experience and attendence without producing unwanted fan interaction? We will see in Sucklack II.
Just to be clear Viking, I have always sat "on the other side" of the Inferno -- and the Cotton Bowl was never the site of wailing babies. It's ironic, but the "danger" factor of Fair Park must have kept those parents away. That is my only explanation. Whether or not Frisco is worked out, and I think it will, I still want to dream about a Dallas team.
just had a vision of the Cotton Bowl on a sunny afternoon, with the drums blaring, the soccer kicking ass, and the fans yelling. The sight of downtown to your right and the sight of the huge ferris wheel to your left. Ahh, I miss those days.