Hiya. Me and my mate are planning to visit California for a bit of rape and plunder next year, and if possible watch the mighty Quakes. So if anyone could provide a bit of information of what to see and do in and around San Jose it would be very much appreciated. We would also like to know about some good hotels (not too expensive, we are only poor students) also how does the MLS season run? We would like to come over in the autumn, as we are going to Potugal in the summer to follow Denmark in the European championship finals (if we qualify that is) Cheers
I saw on the UEFA web site that the Euro 2004 championship match is on July 4th. The MLS regular season doesn't end until October, so you have a lot of time to fly over to catch a game. Obviously, you'll want to check the Quakes schedule for next year. And yes, please do bring Wade back with you...
Nothing against San Jose, but you will want to stay in San Francisco and drive down to San Jose for the match. Much more to do in SF and its only about a 45 minute drive down to Spartan Staduim. Plus I bet if you ask nicely you could get a Quakes fan to put you up instead of a hotel.
There is some information at this site about travelling to various US cities for soccer purposes. http://www.dansoccerzone.com/SoccerGuide/ Once here, choose Major League Soccer and you will get a list of all the MLS cities. The San Jose entry was written by Darrin Howells (who posts sometimes on here as "casbahman") and Guy Gayle (who posts more frequently as "ggayle"). The information is pretty specific to San Jose, but don't forget we are about 50 miles from San Francisco which has a lot of things to see. For cheap hotels... well, this is not a cheap area. There are relatively inexpensive places to stay, but they can be pretty inconvienent, like nowhere near public transportation or anything you would want to see. Getting around can be difficult too if you don't rent a car -- there are trains and buses but they don't run everywhere and they don't run as often as you would probably like.
RE: San Francisco You don't want to stay in in San Francisco as long as Willie Brown is the mayor there. Chaos in the street, police corruption, murder and mayhem, traffic nightmares, filthy streets and aggressive, homeless bums. Oh, and let's not forget the over-priced hotels and other places to stay and those a student could afford would be in run down areas. Oh yeah, San Francisco is much better
Thanks for the info. We should be able to afford car rent and a decent hotel, I was thinking more of thoose 4 stars hotel and stuff like that, no reason to go on vacation if you dont have any money to spend.
San Francisco has a couple of youth hostels. The one at Fort Mason comes to mind. The pickup games at the Marina Green are nearby. http://www.paasl.org/cgi-bin/build....-template.htm&CONTENT=pickup/sanfrancisco.htm
Here's an idea. If you have the time and a little bit of money, schedule a trip to SJ and LA if they have back to back matches so you can see Spartan and the new Home Depot stadium. If you're looking for a nightlife stay in San Francisco and drive to SJ for the match. I don't know about LA though. I personally can't stand that city.
GREAT idea, Carlos! Season-ending derby week: 10/18 v. LA at Home Depot Center, 10/25 v. LA up here at Spartan. If those Danish guys are fans of all sports, that's a really good time to be over here. NFL is under way, MLB is in post-season, NBA and NHL are in preseason.
Cheers guys. Thanks for all your help. we hope to get the cance to watch a couple of footy and hockey games while visiting, and of course meet up whit some of you Quakes fans as well. besides that we dont really have any plans.
Sorry to sound regionalistic here, but... The entry about Philadelphia on that site is a bit misleading in one aspect. The author says that cheesesteaks come with "cheese, fried onions, and sause"......hahaha! He's right about the cheese part, but no Philly cheesesteak automatically comes with fried onions, and any steak that comes with "sause" is considered a "pizza steak." Cheesesteaks are just cheesesteaks (cheese and sliced steak served on fresh [Italian] rolls). I just love it how people not from Philly have no clue when it comes to the cheesesteak but he's right about Philly having superiorly passionate and knowledgeable sports fans....now when is Philly gonna get that MLS expansion club! by the way, how is Wadey Wade doing over there in Deny Denmark?
Neck punching, raping and Philly cheese steaks - all on a soccer message board. I think that about covers everything.
neck punching....is that an offspring of midget-punching? Speaking of neck-punching....These are things that sound like the Turks want to do to the Brits! http://foxsportsworld.lycos.com/content/view?contentId=1030352 The article mentions "pinching" going on between the sides....pinching!!! Who in the world pinches other players! Sounds like something I'd expect to see at an 8 year old soccer tournament...haha So Beckham was called gay by the Turks, and he responded by blowing kisses at their bench....hahaha! Maybe he should try neck-punching, instead.
What about the mushrooms? And what kind of cheese do you recommend, Swiss, white cheddar or Cheese wizz? Have you been to Pat's latley?
Fecking Beckscum most overrated player in the entire footy historie, I hope Stevie G gives him a good kicking this Sunday. And dont get me started on the Turks, Cheating diving bastards.....