Kudos to the owners/FO for the sound system upgrade. The National Anthem was clear and synched stadium-wide. For the first time in ages we could hear the substitution announcements.
Has anyone ever listened to the RSL postgame show on KSL radio? On my car radio there is no problem. On my iPhone tonight it plays about a minute of the show and then a series of commercials play. I don’t know how many because I shut it down after 4. This has happened twice now. Does anyone know a way to get around it?
Do iPhones allow ad blockers? Not sure if that would even work though. Back when I was a sth, I'd use the TuneIn radio app to listen. Never had commercials that I recall. Although that was years ago so that may have changed. If anything you could just stream the audio from their website?
Anyone else noticing how GD loud the new sound system is at the stadium? We have sat in section 25 for over a decade and with the new system we have to yell just to hear each other when we are just sitting next to each other. The decibels averaged over 91 during the pregame and up to 109. Yes I'm old but it still sucks. Neve had the issue before.
First game attended in person after several years' absence. I was pleasantly surprised by the increased atmosphere tweaks with the red lights under the canopies and a lot of the painted branding, etc. on the walls. Nice touches. Ok, though, now I have to rant although it borders on being political and I try to avoid those sticky-wickets on this site. What a joke of a halftime activity. They had a young man and a young woman of approximately the same age dribble a ball from half and race to shoot it in the north-end goal. The young man was clearly faster and took an on-frame shot just for Leo to block the shot while the young lady came from behind and made a goal with no effort on Leo's part to try and block her shot. Everyone cheers and they give a jersey to the young lady. The young man was obviously distressed by the unfairness and injustice of it all, but did they give him a jersey and a pat on the back with some quiet lesson on chivalry, etc.? No, just a firm hand on the back from Leo as he's escorted off the field. Now, I get that it's just two little kids and a jersey, but what if I'm that boy's parent? How do I explain that the girl was given a jersey just because that's the way it is? And we wonder about higher suicide rates in males and why there are now more female college graduates than male college graduates. How many other subtle life lessons are we giving boys along the way that performing at your best will not get you anywhere and it is better to just go along to get along? Before you think I am a raging misogynist, know that I have two daughters and no sons and I want to provide every opportunity for my daughters. However, I don't want the expectations for them to be lowered so that when they are successful that it comes with an asterisk that it was not really a level playing field. I also think that women can be successful in their own right and it does not have to be at the expense of men. It is not a zero-sum game. They should've run two races. One with two boys and one with two girls and all this nonsense would've been eliminated.
Dude They gave them both jerseys I think whoever got their first was gonna be blocked no matter what just to give a “chance” to the second place person
I hope that's true. I didn't see them give one to the young man, just some cajoling and a pat on the back. I will back down and assume you had a better view of it or that I looked away at the wrong moment.
I think it’s a lot to extrapolate from a halftime show even if he didn’t get the jersey not to say the topics you bring up aren’t worth discussing, I just wouldn’t use that moment as the catalyst
I don’t think it’s gone viral, but it’s definitely getting some play. This is at the RSL game tonight. Seems not great. pic.twitter.com/UlioEPMtvp— Lucas Muller (@lucaswmuller) July 4, 2024
He was removed from the game due to the Nazi symbol. I read a thread about it last night and the commenter claimed the guy has been in and out of prison and got several Nazi and/or racist tattoos in order to survive in prison (apparently this is pretty common). He's currently in recovery groups and is turning his life around and has had the tattoos on his arms removed. He claimed the short haircut is due to him currently working on getting the SS tattoo on his head removed. The commenter shared photos of him working with the guy at the Pride festival and said he's a really good guy. But he should've been wearing a hat... (I'd provide a link to the thread but I don't have access to Reddit right now. You can find it on the r/MLS subreddit.)
Agreed If the rest of the context is true, then I wouldn’t extrapolate more than just being careless and forgetting to cover it up.