Message from Craig McConville the GM of Claddagh!!

I know I had a blast! Cheers!

 

Best "road trip" I have been on in my life. (Being from Dallas) Hope we all can come back soon.

 

The Claddagh's connection definitely made this trip a winner. Great work and I hope to return there some day in the future.

 

Did you stalk try to run the Mexico bus off the road like you did the other one?

Was it the Guats or Hondos that you did that to?

 

That was the Guatemala team. This time, I was on the bus.

 

The SoCal Brigade had an amazing time at Claddaghs ! Thank you !

 

Good times.

I can't wait for 2013.

 

As the English sportscasters would say......BRILLIANT! Claddaghs was up to the task, did a wonderful job of hosting fans from everywhere. To the gentlemen who waited on us and brought our drinks on Tuesday and Wednesday, many thanks. To the establishment, again thanks, and congratulations for a perfect setup.

 

+1!!! thanks so much Claddagh!

Hope you'll give the crew a much deserved day off or some free Calrsberg!!!

 

Awesome! Thanks for posting that. NEW YORK! You guys rock!

 

I took this photo of the AZ folks... well represented BTW!

 

Good thing you backed off my waitress!!! I was about to have fighting words w/ you since you were trying to "steal" her from me after I introduced you to here...

Didn't feel right partying w/o Rishi (quickly recovered thought! ) but it was good hanging out the the gang!

 

Great times. A special thanks to the staff, they worked their ass off.

 

Truth on that, hope they made some good tip money, you cheap soccer fan tightwads!

Props to Craig for understanding that repairing the bar damage (which was accidental) was just a teeny chunk of his take this week and not freaking out about it!

Who cares who was cheering and partying where, or who hosted it (AO or SA)? Claddaughs and Ruby Tuesdays were both heroic hosts! Noise, screaming, cussing, rowdiness, spilled beer were incredible at BOTH places by BOTH groups! Unity rocks, no matter how many places it occurs!

(Wouldn't mind seeing AO mentioned in ESPN articles along with SA, though ... just sayin'.)

 

Did Claddagh both nights, and did Ruby Tuesday early Wed (just before the skies opened up). Both nights, we ended up at Waffle House.

Too many Belfast/Derry Specials...Irish Car Bombs 10, Me 0.

 

Know this guy!?



What about this one in the middle of the chaos!?!

 

wow, you have no idea how hard the regulars are laughing right now!

 

Were you the one doing the Anti-Mexico (pro-Guatemala) chants in Spanish? If you were, my brother got you on video, will send to you when they are available. Good job.

 

Possibly...dunno know if they were "pro-Guatemala"

[/shrugs]

To be perfectly honest, I'm not a native Spanish speaker, but after being an ESC member for over a decade, I've come to learn a little bit...and it's all bad words from Uruguayans and other South Americans who teach nasty/vulgar chants and what not at MLS games to fellow Section 101 types.



And in the 1st pic, the "legend" is NYRMetro.

 

And that was like at 8:45am on our Bus heading out there.

Sorry we missed all the fun both nights. Would have liked to have made it out to the bar after the game but, not having the bus to transport us, it just didn't work out.

Ahh Waffle House. 6 mexicans walk in and are waiting for a table. We come in right after them (all wearing our 2-0 t-shirts). They turn around look at us, then walk out of the place.

 

awesome.

(pic of Matt Schneiderman courtesy of theoffsiderules)