Pre-match: San Jose Earthquakes - Seattle Sounders FC (Wednesday, 9/29) pregame thread

Our record when Chapman is blowing the whistle is 7-4-4.

 

Hi Goodsport, I wanted to ask you about something that we talked about in the LAFC prematch thread, which of course is now locked. I downloaded the NBC Sports app (which as I mentioned previously, I had used in the past but deleted when the Xfinity stream app sort of made it unnecessary for us). I tried to use it on an iPad last night to access the Passarelli/Dangerfield audio while watching the Telemundo video on tv (alas, the Telemundo movie shown in our Comcast menu was pre-empted by Quakes soccer... haha). I signed in on the app as an Xfinity customer, and that worked fine. So far so good. Then I tried both the "NBC Sports BA" and "Telemundo" options for viewing, and had no success finding the Quakes game. The NBC BA "Live" menu only included what was currently airing on that channel (not the Quakes); and the Telemundo option wouldn't even list any live tv (only upcoming broadcasts). So, I gave up. Did it work for you, and if so, any tips or suggestions?

Also, for what it's worth, the NBCSBA website's description of how to stream live sports on the NBC Sports app specifically lists all of the teams (Giants, A's, Warriors, Kings, Sharks) whose games can be streamed. There is NO mention of the Quakes anywhere on the page (and it's also notable that the Quakes are not included among the teams to follow on the "My Teams" app).

 

Thanks GS. I can't say I'm shocked (or even surprised) by anything in your reply. We're in a society where everything is constantly changing, and sometimes just for the sake of doing something "new", and where common sense and concern for customer satisfaction aren't at the level where they ought to be. I could go on a rant here, but it would probably get too long and might not even be coherent. Oh well, these are first world problems, and I guess we should just try to be thankful for what we have. I don't find it so bad watching a game broadcast in Spanish. Even though I don't speak the language and struggle to understand a lot of it when listening, I'm used to it, having watched soccer since back in the 1970's when sometimes it was Univision on UHF, or nothing! When it was a World Cup, that was a no-brainer!

I appreciate all of the efforts you make here, which are almost always very helpful, and which none of us should take for granted.

 

One other app option for Telemundo is the "NBC" app, not to be confused with the NBC Sports app. This app offers live streaming (with TV provider authentication) of a range of NBC Universal channels, including your local NBC and Telemundo affiliates. So the next game on KSTS should be available there, for people in the Bay Area in the range of KSTS. No idea if you can get an alternate audio feed.

However, the NBC app does not have the NBCSBA/NBCSCA channels, so isn't useful for this thread's game.

 

For those who have YouTube TV, it does include Telemundo but the game didn't automatically record for me. I had to go directly to the channel to watch the game. I could only watch it in Spanish (both audio channels were the same Spanish). I actually didn't really mind watching the game in Spanish even though my Spanish skills have nearly vanished.

Now that YouTube TV has NBC, Fox, ESPN, Telemundo, and Unimas they cover every Quakes game. I just hope Telemundo can update their guide info so I can record the game automatically.

 

The Flounders lick themselves like cats.





At least, that’s what I heard.

Go Quakesfans!!

- Mark

 

We lose or draw this one, it has a foul smell to it.

Shittle's backline of Smith, Nouhou and Yeimar are formidable.

 

And Frei is tough too. Don’t know who they were missing in May when they played here but they were really lucky to win 1-0. 1.5 to 1.0 xG (us to them). And that was during our “pre-Nathal” period.

 

Shittle are still one of the top teams in the league and we’re still below the playoff line. I expect us to lose. That foul smell that @Beerking detects is rotting fish at Pike’s Place.

F@#$ Seattle!!

- Mark

 

Nathan and Espinoza were cautioned on Saturday. I am pretty positive Espinoza will miss Wednesday's game due to yellow card accumulation, but am not sure about Nathan, given that he recently served a suspension. I hope we see Jebo as a late sub, but can't say if he'll be on the 18 or not.

 

Correction to the above - Espinoza will serve a suspension for the match, Nathan will not.

In related news:

NOT EXPECTED TO PLAY:
San Jose: Shea Salinas (injured), Jeremy Ebobisse (injured), Siad Haji (injured).
Seattle: Jordy Delem (injured), Jordan Morris (injured).

All in all - I don't think either team has a real advantage there. While I'd like to be optimistic, the realist in me comprehends that the last time the Quakes won two in a row at home was May 1:



I truly hope we turned a corner on Saturday, we still have a rather dismal record at home.

 

Wonder if that injury report is a little stale. Shea played in the last game. Or did he have a little setback? If Espinoza is out would rather see Salinas in there than Fierro.

 

Don't know - I was surprised to see that (wrt Shea) as well - but the article is dated today:

https://www.smdailyjournal.com/spor...cle_ab8f22ef-4849-5b09-b71c-f9054ce572fb.html

 

Don't believe Shea will be effective for the entire 90 so we will see both Fierro and Shea during the game. Personally, I prefer to see Shea come in as a sub early in the second half.

 

Well there's also Cade. If we play the 4-3-3, it could be Shea-Benji-Chofis or Cade-Benji-Chofis or Fierro-Benji-Chofis. Or replace Benji with Jebo if he's ready (I'm guessing not).

My least preferred option would be Fierro-Benji-Chofis. Fierro anywhere is pretty meh, but Fierro as a forward is just....blech. I think Cade could use a start where he's able to work his way into the game and not come in as a sub thinking he has to rake on every one of his few possessions. Plus I think "outside forward" is the perfect spot for Cade.

 

Those of us born in the Emerald City know it as Pike Place Market.

 

. . . “Sometime in the last hundred years, out-of-town yokels began pronouncing it ‘Pike’s,’ with an apostrophe and an s, for no explicable reason,” says University of Washington Professor and all-around Seattle-expert William Butherly. “The market held the line on this for so long, but it’s not surprising to see them buckle now.”

Along with the name change, the Market is also debuting its new mascot, Pikey, a six-foot tall representation of a freshwater fish, sometimes capable of eating waterfowl and small mammals, and considered an invasive species in Washington . . . .

https://theneedling.com/2020/04/01/...arket-officially-changes-name-to-pikes-place/







Satire. (Sorry, Goodsie. No mascot.)

 

Yeah, whatever. The whole city smells. Pass.