Pre-match: New York City FC - San Jose Earthquakes (Friday, 5/31) pregame thread

Quakes haven't won a single game, in any competition, since the refs insinuated themselves in Portland.

 

How many games is that?

 

Seven.

Three against HOF QB Brett Favre, two against HOF QB Aaron Rodgers and another against Buffalo boy Don Majkowski.

 

Well, I guess we'll have a chance to rotate out our fullbacks this game:

Carlos Akapo (SJ) - Suspended: Yellow Card Accumulation

• May 31 vs. NYC

Vitor Costa (SJ) - Suspended: Yellow Card Accumulation

• May 31 vs. NYC

 

Probably Marie or Munie on the right, Beason left, or Munie right, Marie left.

 

Please no Beason as LB.

 

I bet he does play Beason on LB and Marie at RB.

 

Fans of other teams expect a win every game, we just hope that we don't lose.

 

walking from the Caltrain to the Moscone Center is an excellent preview.

 

MLS Player Availability algorithm broken by the Friday night game I guess. I mean techincally we are not playing on Saturday "matchday" but seems to me that weekend "matchday" should include Saturday, Sunday, and Friday night, and player availability is just as relevant on those non-Saturday days.

 

SF is a very walkable city - it's very small relatively speaking. I've often taken Caltrain to get there and then just walked to wherever I'm going. Haven't ridden BART yet since it expanded to N. San Jose. And Diridon is just more convenient to get to from where I live. Manhattan is also small relatively speaking, though very long north to south.

 

Is this a MLS eff up or an Apple eff up?

 

Not sure when this whole "matchday" thing started. Was that an Apple thing? But anyway I'm sure MLS runs their own websites.

 

I now have a better idea which players travel light and which have massive roller luggage. Edification. Noble purpose.