<Insert Name Here> Sucks! - Our Very Own 'Other Teams' Thread [R]

Looks like our favorite referee is hanging up his whistle. I respect his professional accomplishments (how many people get to watch world cup matches from that close?), but it seemed like all our matches with him in charge ended up with more yellow cards than a game of Uno.

https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2019/01/09/mark-geiger-retires-refereeing-take-new-role-pro

 

a lot of people seem upset... soccer fans are funny/not very business savvy. (not claiming to be an expert, and I'm guilty of it too sometimes, but the negative reaction to these things is eye-roll worthy sometimes)

 

As a Saints fan and a Union fan I must finally admit that all the torments I unleashed on my high school refs have come back to haunt me. That was some MLS level reffing at the end of the game yesterday.

 

Dude, Sakiewicz went worldwide for his coaching search. Minor league move, Seattle.

 

It was beautiful.

 

Seemed like a bang bang play, better it was left uncalled

 

https://www.thenutmegnews.com/curre...owl-will-be-forced-to-care-about-his-mls-team

Ha!

 

Wow....jumping the gun there a little aren't they??? NISA has not yet been granted league sanctioning from the USSF..........though they are close to getting provisional sanctioning according to recent reports....

 

they were granted provisional D3 sanctioning 2 days ago.

https://www.foxsports.com/soccer/st...ional-3rd-division-sanctioning-by-ussf-021719

 

People think our FO is bad. Wait til they see one run by Matt Driver.

 

It'll be a fun trainwreck to watch. I wonder if they'll make it a full season and be able to face us in open cup...

I'm still not convinced Franklin is up to USOC standards. The Fury specifically needed waivers for NISA to get sanctioned.

 

People do realize that Franklin Field is only about 60 yards wide, right? It is likely narrower than Spartan Stadium where San Jose played for years (62 yards wide) and is narrower than Yankee Stadium is. And it is turf. Though a narrow, turf field with permanent football lines is exactly what I think of when I think USOC (much like I expect rugby lines when watching certain FA Cup games).

 

Ummm clearly Jay Sugarman would pay money for a temporary sod surface that goes over the track so we can obtain the appropriate dimensions... DUH.

 

As awesome as the location would be, I don't think it would be a good choice for the Union since the field is narrow AND it's on plastic grass...it's a non-standard track with a smaller radius on the curves at each end so the field would be even narrower than fields inside standard tracks. As much as we complain about Yankee Stadium for NYCFC, Franklin Field would probably be worse.

From Wikipedia: "The track in Franklin Field has a rarely used configuration where the 400 metre circumference is achieved in lane 5, rather than in lane one."

 

So much for the Union's version of tiki taka. Narrow field just negates all their technical and skilled players....

 

Cincy are up 3 nil at home against Portland.

Are they planning to build a stadium? That rubber turf looks like crap.

 

The new stadium is scheduled to open in 2021.

 

Attendance looks abysmal for several teams. Houston and Chicago in particular were really low.