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Real Salt Lake is opening up it's new stadium tonight against the Red Bulls. Anyone else care besides me?
>> Anonymous
i'll watch it, why not
>> Cleveland Fag !AVztAjVxGg
>MLS
>> Anonymous
OP, I care, because I was at the opening of the Columbus Crew stadium and it's nice to see another quality facility dedicated to soccer.
>> Anonymous
I want my stadium in Houston.
>> Anonymous
so now team NAMES are advertisements? Having ads on the fucking jerseys isn't enough any more.

Good god.
>> Anonymous
>>392880

That's the way it is in every other nation on the planet. Look at Japanese baseball teams.
>> Anonymous
>>392880

are you forgetting the fact that there are NO commercials during soccer matches? (except halftime). If you compare the amount of advertising in NFL, MLB to the MLS its absolutely disgusting. So ads on the shirts aren't a big deal at all.

On topic, the HDC here in LA is good since it was built for the sport, but they sell out to the god damn X-Games, and as a result the field is in shit condition come match time and we ultimately lose the for the 100th game in a row.
>> Anonymous
>>392933
same here fellow MLSfag

i think New York with Red Bull Park will be the class of the league once it opens. i wish here in DC we could get something done like that.
>> Anonymous
>>392940
It seriously boggles my mind to think that a franchise can so completely whore itself out that its fucking TEAM NAME is an advertisement.
>> Anonymous
>>392949

some of the clubs are finally picking up on the theme of "get our own stadiums that isn't NFL owned"

Galaxy played San Jose in a fucking BASEBALL FIELD, but it was because SJ is building their own park (at least I think). But still, a fucking baseball field. it made me facepalm so hard.
>> Sneak !!+y8MDiWrdyT
There's a Red Bull Salzburg (Austria) and they don't complain.

Also, I say Real wins 3-2.
>> Anonymous
>>392995
They can't complain, they had their asses handed to them in the war.
>> Anonymous
>>392995

what? they complained. They complained HARD.

from Wikifailia:

The Red Bull takeover

After the takeover, Red Bull changed the club's name, management and staff, declaring "this is a new club with no history". Red Bull initially claimed on the club website that the club was founded in 2005, but was ordered to remove this claim by the Austrian F.A. The new authority removed all trace of violet from the club logo and the team now play in the new colours of red and white, to the consternation of much of the club's traditional support.[citation needed] A small pair of wings form the motif of the new club crest, displayed on the team jersey, in accordance with Red Bull's commercial slogan at the time, "it gives you wings". This complete re-branding of the team proved very similar to Red Bull's treatment of its two Formula One racing teams, Red Bull Racing and Scuderia Toro Rosso. However, Red Bull would not completely follow this precedent when it acquired the MetroStars club in Major League Soccer in the USA; while it rebranded the team Red Bull New York, it chose to recognise the MetroStars' history.

The traditional supporters tried to resist the radical changes and formed their own movement in order to regain some of the tradition. Several fan-clubs throughout Europe voiced their support in what they saw as a fight against the growing commercialisation of football. However after five months of protests and talks between the club owners and traditional fans, no compromise was reached. On September 15 2005, the "violet" supporters stated that the talks had irreversibly broken down and efforts to reach an agreement would be terminated.

This gave rise to two separate fan groups : the "Red-Whites", who support "Red Bull Salzburg" and the "Violet-Whites", who want to preserve the 72-year-old tradition and refuse to support the rebranded club. The Violet-Whites ultimately formed a new club, SV Austria Salzburg.
>> Anonymous
do i hear bagpipes coming from the stands?
>> Anonymous
>>393092

Yeah. They're honoring their Scottish striker, Kenny Deuchar
>> Anonymous
1-1 wish ESPN wouldn't pipe the crowd noise down but the stadium is beautiful
>> Anonymous
why would a soccer team need a stadium?
>> Anonymous
>>393845

Soccer teams have the biggest stadiums in the world, l2join the global community Americunt.
>> Commissioner Red !5gFoSxriW2
>>393873

They also commit hate crimes on a large scale and kill people for wearing the wrong team's kit.
>> Anonymous
>>393875
Yeah because when i wear my Cowboys jersey in philly i feel safe as fuck
>> Commissioner Red !5gFoSxriW2
>>393896

Safer than your average soccer fan who might get kicked to death and set on fire in the stands because they might be partially of a different race than the predominant home crowd.
>> Anonymous
>>393906


amerikkkans are pussies?
>> Anonymous
>>393873
your 'community' sucks

l2create a global community worth joining

or just football moar