Sacramento Republic FC: former partners, future rivals

It is a nice looking place....


Here is a short excerpt from Soccer America....

 

That will be fun when it is 106 in Sacramento.

 

I think Sac plays at night during the summer.

How hot can it get from 8-10PM?

 

Yeah and those temps ain’t getting any cooler.

 

Exaggeration.

For as long as I remember it has been hot in the summer and cool in the fall, spring and winter.

I recall having an outdoor festival in downtown SJ on October 3rd, 4th amd 5th , 1980 and we were burning up.

Last month, it was 98 in San Jose and as far as I know, we all survived.

 

The temperature won't be any different from their current stadium, so might as well have a better stadium.

 

You have obviously not lived in the area. There can be night time lows in the low 90s to mid 80s in the valley in the summer. Game time could easily start in the low 100s at 7:30pm.

 

Oof. And it ain't gettin' any cooler. Oh well, I guess it's manageable. Haven't heard about it being a problem in general for Sac. At least it's not humid.

 

Ok so if that is the case, how does the USL team, or for that matter, many other teams across the country play in similar , hot and humid conditions now?

I'm pretty sure there are many teams in the same boat and this is nothing new.

 

Sac is hot but not humid. Same with Phoenix and Tucson. Phoenix had 70 days over 110 last summer! I guess they manage it somehow. It does cool down a bit at night. The weather might be even tougher to play in at a place like Houston due to humidity, and those places may not cool down as much at night.

 

The Phoenix Rising FC played their home games at night starting at 7:30pm in the beginning and the end of the season and at 8:00pm.

https://www.phxrisingfc.com/schedule/full/

Sac pretty much plays at 7 & 8 PM during the summer.

https://www.sacrepublicfc.com/schedule/

 

Yes and I think average temps in Phoenix during summer at night are in the 80’s. Saving grace. I would guess much more playable than many summer nights in Houston.

 

Not sure how you got here Falvo. You asked "How hot can it get from 8-10PM?" It gets hot. Playing under the lights at a dry 90 still has to be easier than 80 in the humidity of Houston of Dallas. Players play in these conditions all over the world. However, it isn't easy and it isn't great for fans. I don't like going to outdoor games in Sac. When I come out to San Jose from the Central Valley I expect at least a 10 degree drop for the tailgate and more once the sun sets. It's often still in the 80s when I get home at 11:30. These are just the conditions.

 

Either way, the point is, ok it’s hot so what are they going to do, not play during the summer months?

Are they going to play all their games on the road during June , July and August?

I don’t think so and they won’t build the team a domed, indoor stadium.

Therefore, they virtually have no other alternative but to play in the heat.

 

I don't see anyone saying they shouldn't or can't play in Sac. There will just be some hot stretches. You're having an awfully strong reaction to statements of fact.

There is however, an alternative. Many areas with similar climates to California have a winter league. We can't do this because the northernmost states in the Midwest and East Coast get too cold, but to answer that question, taking June , July and August off is exactly what most European leagues do. I know you are aware of this as an avid Serie A fan.

 

Sure, but we are not in Europe and this is North America where pro soccer is played during the summer months.

It's been that way forever and unless the USL or MLS switches to a fall to spring league with summers off, (which I seriously doubt will ever happen) there is no other alternative but to play in the heat and they will have to deal with it if they want a club and a stadium.

 

Either that or we turn the switch on for "negative climate change".

 

I remember it snowed one time in San Jose when I was a kid.

We had snowball fight at school and one kid got in trouble when he hit a slinging snowball at a teacher.

Maybe when the climate gets colder, we can have another snow day?

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We still have snow days. This was just last year, Mt Umunhum, near Almaden…

 

Yes, and climate change doesn't necessarily mean that everything only gets monodirectionally warmer. The sum of the temperature changes globally is that it gets warmer, but there is also just more upheaval in general - more extremes. So it's possible that at some point, at least for a while, we wind up with more snow days in the winter (more being hardly ever but still more).

 

yes, the concept of average temperatures over time can be tricky.

 

No Joe Simitian's on that council, apparently.