"We also found out about (Jeff) Cunningham and others in Columbus guaranteeing a victory. It got us fired up in the locker room." http://msn.espn.go.com/soccer/s/2002/1012/1445092.html
We'll JC can add that lesson learned to the one touch passing and moving OFF the ball he can work on in November through March.
"So it was fitting that their Major League Soccer semifinal series-clinching 2-2 tie over the Columbus Crew on Saturday was played amid spraying rain, mud and temps dipping into 40s at the immaculate grounds of the Big Razor." immaculate grounds of the Big Razor? I thought their stadium was a pile of ****. It really was terrible and i felt bad for them having to go there every week.
it is a beautiful stadium. I have been for 3 Rev ganes and one USA friendly( Holland).The weather sucks but it is a spectacular place with an immaculate field. You will be seeing the USA men playing there a lot.
The Razor is excellent. Great pitch (even in the rain), excellent seating, and selling only seats in one-half of the stadium does work for atmosphere and I guess makes financial sense.
On another Jeff Cunningham matter: On Saturday, IMO he did not seem to shoot on goal when the opportunity presented it. Is that a problem with his play, or was Adin Brown getting into his head?
The razor is a very good soccer venue except that it eats the crowd noise. We first noticed it during the USA Holland match.
splarg, was that some sorta' tounge in cheek thing? i don't know who wrote that description....but it never dipped into the 40's, there was little to no rain for the vast majority of the match (at least from 20 min on, when i got there, i felt zip), and that pitch drains better than your food supply on buck a brat night. have to go now. wish i could write more. i'm headed over to the l.a. bds now to see if califf is preparing his "we guarantee" victory statement.
I was there this summer, in beautiful weather (when it was CMGI) and I was very far from impressed. I felt bad for the fans there because of the ground. It may be nice and new and shiney, but not the kind of place the god's game should be played at. Stadiums for soccer should be nicer than that.
Come'on Splarg. Surely it's not the hallowed grounds that you're used to in Engerland, but it is NOT that bad. I thought the field was in beautiful condition for yesterday's game. As far as what Bill said, I completely concur. Shut your damn mouths and play the game. Unless your Nostrafriggindomus, you can't possibly predict the future...or, in Cunny's case, how many bad touches and missed opportunities you're going to have.
Maybe I'm getting old and missed this but I thought that Ralston played for the Tampa Bay Mutes from 1996-2001. Somehow he must have pulled double duty in Florida last year if he played for Ray Hudson and the Miami Fusion. Or maybe I'm getting old and can't remember this...
i agree. when we were there, it was pathetic. new englands fans are embarassing, too. i swear to god that we heard presthus cough from 80 yards away... i dont think its that good for soccer, and $15 parking?
Au contraire, it is rather BECAUSE you are somewhat "seasoned" that you DO remember correctly. Steve Ralston is a historical Crew killer in the playoffs. 1996 Crew v. Mutiny in Ohio Stadium; Ralston had two assists as the Bats won over CBus 2 - 1. Of course at the time we were just happy to be there, after having started out so dismally under Timo.
huh, this is so interesting coming from a fan of a club that has decided to augment their apparently loud raucous crowd with an intra-game soundtrack. with all the chanting, singing, PLUS the intermittant club music....it must be deafening. (i've been to crew stadium i don't think you're really fooling anyone that's been there into thinking your general run-of-the-mill fans are any more "into it" than ours are) look, not many of us serious n.e. fans like the team playing in an nfl venue either....one of the reasons being that sound gets absorbed into the vast space. but, i can tell you that the reduced crowds over the playoffs have been 5x more vocal than our standard 17k game regular match. in addition, EVERY mls team has mostly the same crowd problem. crew are no different. american fans generally wait for something to happen before the react (goal, foul, whatever). don't get on your high horse and start calling the fans here "embarassing"....all right? embarassing is throwing crap on the field when things don't go your way. thank god there's enough crew fans on these bds that make enough sense to offset some of these "embarssingly pathetic" posts again...all the best in the usoc. i'll be watching and hoping crew take l.a. down a notch.
We were even trying to get the NE fans to make noise. It was honestly really funny. We met some other crew fans, and spent a good amount of time just laughing at the home support. I think the group of 7 of us made more noise that the rest of the place. It was pretty funny, but i did feel bad for people that have to go there for every home match. The league gave them a team, what they really should have gotten was a proper stadium.
I was going to post the same thing. Nice PATRIOTS logos in the endzones and nice logo in midfield, too. Then I see the ************ that is Mile High Stadium, where NO removal of lines was done and want to win 15 consecutive lotteries.
i'm sure you ************s act like angels when you lose as well. and you all play no music during the games either. none. not even 1 second of a song. when you do that, come back here and we can talk. just go eat your "chowda", ok?
Here is one last things about New England.... We were there for the FOURTH OF JULY match. Do you know what music they blast through the PA just before kickoff? Rage Against the Machine of course! Figure that one out...
no splarg....here's one last thing about that fourth of july match. after your boys got spanked....they didn't even have the decency to hang on the pitch for the 4th of july post game and fireworks. that's not about revs or crew, winning or losing...that's about u.s. stuff. that's about the first 4th of july after 9/11 and after the showing at the w.c. and they walk off with their tails down. now, stop putting your ignorance on display post after post and move on. my god, you really are lowering the bar for your posting fanbase. (edit: i just noticed you're a moderator here....god help your board)
you know, you could very well be right there krypto. i have absolutely no idea what goes on in the endzones when the revs lose. i don't think i've seen anything flying out of there though. but, correct me if i'm wrong.....was there a bottle throwing incident at crew stadium during the us wcq match v mexico? i'm being honest when i say that i can't remember 100%. but you know, i don't really give a damn what other countries do...that was pathetic if it happened during a win no less. and sure, they play music at the new place: right b/f kick off, beginning of the 2nd, and after the game's over. but, i'll tell you what....why don't YOU come over to our bds and let us know when hunt (god bless him..really) stops playing hansen songs in the middle of one of the crew's 3-headed attacks. in fact, first match in the new place...they played a ubid.com tv ad right over play. they got complaints from about 100 people (that i know of) and it didn't happen again....they moved them to halftime. hey, and i'm the first to say the krafts aren't that great of an investorship and that what they're doing here is somewhat shortsighted and doesn't really have the best longterm interest of u.s. soccer in mind....but at least i know when i get my season tix i'm only get gouged financially to watch generally horrible soccer (up til now) and not getting spice girls and bon jovi remixes. and...."that's the way uh-huh, uh-huh i like it, uh-huh, uh-huh"
should John Wilmar Perez, or Daniel Torres have stayed out there as well? hell, i left before the fireworks. you must also think that having those flags on your car and whatnot makes you more patriotic. its not a competition, you jackass.