no not for 6 PM, but if we had kickoff at 8 like atlanta i think we do, just barely breaking 10K.
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no not for 6 PM, but if we had kickoff at 8 like atlanta i think we do, just barely breaking 10K.
Sometimes that happens when you play soccer in a football stadium.
Yes I think automobile culture might play a part in Atlanta attendance but I also think the oversaturation of sports teams in New York (possibly mixed with just so much to do in general) hurts us in comparison to somewhere like Atlanta. My brother has lived in Atlanta for 20 plus years he's not especially a soccer fan but he's well aware of what United are doing and tells me they get a decent amount of media coverage there. They have been the most successful Atlanta sports team since their founding and since Atlanta lost their NHL team and only have one team in each of the other sports there's a lot less competition for room in the sports section.
You are spot on. Atlanta's newspaper did a 5 full page Season preview of the team within the last week. There are soccer fans in NYC who don't know NYCFC exists and plays at Yankee Stadium.
I can’t be the only one who wants every MLS team except Energy Drinks to do well in CCL?
LAFC looked good. Hard to believe Leon was the same team from the first leg. Home game may have helped but can’t explain how LAFC was so dominant. NYCFC is gonna need their A+ game just to keep in the game when they visit the Banc.
I'm rooting for all the MLS teams, but admit some guilty pleasure in seeing Seattle lose, with a little extra zing, on PKs. So much for the easiest path to the finals. That probably belongs to NYCFC right now. If we can take advantage by beating an out-of-form Tigres team who has 7 points in 7 games and a -1 GD (though they finished second in the Apertura regular season table), our semifinal opponent will be Montreal or Olimpia.
Now look at the other side of the bracket with 4 monsters and realize NYCFC cannot play any of them until the final, with 3 of them having been knocked out. The path forward is there if Ronnie and the boys can grab it. Or now watch Olimpia make a run to the finals.
Now look at the other side of the bracket with 4 monsters and realize NYCFC cannot play any of them until the final, with 3 of them having been knocked out. The path forward is there if Ronnie and the boys can grab it. Or now watch Olimpia make a run to the finals.
Playing at home in the 2nd Leg for the Semifinals and Finals is based on performance in the preceding rounds. Here are the standings among the 8 quarterfinalists
Pts GD GF GA
Cruz Azul 6 5 6 1
NYCFC 6 3 6 3
Atlanta 4 3 4 1
Tigres 3 1 5 4
LAFC 3 1 3 2
Olimpia 2 0 4 4
Montreal 2 0 2 2
America 2 0 2 2
If When we advance to the semis we are guaranteed to host the 2nd leg if we win either home or away against Tigres. Same result if Montreal and Olimpia tie in either leg.
Pts GD GF GA
Cruz Azul 6 5 6 1
NYCFC 6 3 6 3
Atlanta 4 3 4 1
Tigres 3 1 5 4
LAFC 3 1 3 2
Olimpia 2 0 4 4
Montreal 2 0 2 2
America 2 0 2 2
I didn't watch the match, only the highlights on the MLS app, and with it being MLS edited highlights, who knows what I didn't see. But LAFC should have won the leg last night 6-0. And that Rossi goal was just straight drunk.
NYCFC was about 30 seconds away from having Alianza, Montreal and Olimpia as their side of the bracket to the CCL final. Damn it.
MLS having 4 out of 5 teams advance where they represent half of the quarter finals team is pretty damn good
we may still go out, by the way alianza was playing that was not going to be an easy game by any means. playing in cuscutlan is also a hard task. the team could easily been shook and taken a few goals in.
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fuck seattle and their constant bitching about YS.
EDIT: also fuck atlanta for same reason
the system of hosting is freaking confusing and even ridiculous at times. i remember montreal hosting the second leg of the final just because they beat the number 1 seed like two rounds before, even though in every ranking they were behind america.
Wow.
did not get to watch either match but read some post games and saw the highlights. insanity.
LAFC looked like a team with a purpose. A team with reckless abandon. They sent people forward into the attack like madmen on a mission and Leon had ZERO answers for it. Was this a result of LAFC being so purely dominant or a Leon side that felt overconfident and got caught with their panties at their ankles? The Leon manager was angry and basically said his team did not come to play, unlike LAFC. It's great to see LAFC advance!
Seattle getting knocked out is almost like karma. The fans are already making excuses and saying they were missing lodeiro. it's rather comical to see and i love it. Olimpia are looking like the fairy tale story of 2020 and that's fun to see. Montreal are gonna have their hands full.
These major upsets have added such great excitement to CCL. This next round is going to be so much fun.
did not get to watch either match but read some post games and saw the highlights. insanity.
LAFC looked like a team with a purpose. A team with reckless abandon. They sent people forward into the attack like madmen on a mission and Leon had ZERO answers for it. Was this a result of LAFC being so purely dominant or a Leon side that felt overconfident and got caught with their panties at their ankles? The Leon manager was angry and basically said his team did not come to play, unlike LAFC. It's great to see LAFC advance!
Seattle getting knocked out is almost like karma. The fans are already making excuses and saying they were missing lodeiro. it's rather comical to see and i love it. Olimpia are looking like the fairy tale story of 2020 and that's fun to see. Montreal are gonna have their hands full.
These major upsets have added such great excitement to CCL. This next round is going to be so much fun.
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I get that playing in a baseball stadium presents plenty of challenges that they don’t face at home, but I have a lot less patience for those teams that football stadium.
They’re only in the spot they’re in now because there already happens to be a NFL stadium in a decent spot. Not because they built a SSS.
I’m sure we could have played our home games at MetLife if the owners truly wanted that. But we all know that would end in disaster considering that location.
