Sunday Nov 30, 2003 Monterrey, Mexico—Sunday November 30, 2003- Emotive Opening Ceremony MONTERRY FURY 5 DALLAS SIDEKICKS 4 (OT) The Opening Night at the Arena Monterrey was plentiful of emotions , the great expectations where fulfilled The great attendance of a crowd of 14,776 fans and the passion of both teams. The Opening Ceremony was colored with Fireworks, pyrotechnics , and Laser the interpretation Of the US and Mexican National Anthem performed by Rachel Moline and Myryam "La Academia" Singer Super Stars, With the complement of the Special Guest for the Night, Steve Ryan the MISL Commissioner, Gillermo Salinas, Melody Falco State Sports Director, Alvaro Ordones Fury Owner. The first ever goal at the Monterrey Arena was scored in the min (11:44) of the first quart by Marco "Chikis" Lopez assisted by Martinez, starting the second Quarter, Dallas equalized the game by Shamu (33"seconds), Sutton with a great combination with Valdivia score the second goal for the Fury min (3.31), the game was very tied in this quarter, Dallas pressure and Fabinho 5:31 scores his firts goal of the night to put the game 2-2 ending the second quarter with the same score. Dallas take advantage in the Third 2-3 (2:19) Doyle, Octavio Perez the Monterrey Fury forward, with a great shot (11:32) equals the scoreboard 3-3. The former Dallas tag team Sutton and Valdivia gave Fury the lead 4-3. Dallas with a sixth man formation tied the game 4-4 just 1:20 before the end of the last quarter. This goal sends the game to overtime. Martinez, The Best defender of the League gave the Fury the dream goal 2:37.
Game 2 vs. K.C. I had the priviledge of doing color analyisis at the Comets Furia game,... again 14k I think even more, turn stiles don't always tell all. GREAT atmosphere,.. could be a glympse of things to come for the MISL south of the border. Definitely an exciting time to be involved with MISL. Kent Blazevich
Kent, how were the broadcast facilities, modern? All of us old CISL announcers have nightmare stories about Monterrey Tech Arena, just wondering if the new building is good for you guys as far as equipment setup and accomodations and stuff.
Facilities Sorry it has taken me so long, I havn't been here in a while. The facilities themselves were horrible, BUT, we worked with T.V. Azteca who does all the outdoor games in Mexico. They new what they were doing but did not show up as we would have wished, I think it was probably the fault of our side and their's though coming in with cultural expectations, we all need to flex more I think, them and us. It is a great arena though and when it is complete I think more of the technical problems will get fixed. All things aside, the broadcast could have been better, but it worked and all the things we griped about all the folks back home did not notice, but the game sold itself, it was a great game and goes to show just how great the game is and how little the true fan cares about nit pick items. I look forward to getting back there. It'd be nice though to see the Fury enjoy a lil more success, I'm scared the poor record will hurt the attendance numbers.