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Post by JVSoccer on Jul 11, 2022 14:35:55 GMT -6
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Post by usasoccerboy on Jul 14, 2022 8:46:49 GMT -6
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Post by JoshuaC on Jul 14, 2022 10:03:27 GMT -6
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Post by Cooldaddy on Jul 14, 2022 10:09:07 GMT -6
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Post by kevin on Jul 14, 2022 17:15:06 GMT -6
It'll be interesting to see if they can get a stadium built by the river. Could be really cool if they could pull that off. If they start up before that's completed, I'd like to see them use Tad Gormley and renovate it to be more soccer-friendly. It's never going to host a top-level track meet again (like it did for the Olympic Trials in 1992). So move the long jump/pole vault pits away from the sidelines and that will be enough space for a 70x110 field.
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Post by usasoccerboy on Jul 17, 2022 11:45:59 GMT -6
I have day dreamed a lot in my 52 years of New Orleans having its own soccer team. I remember going to see soccer in the New Orleans SuperDome with around 9,000 people around 1983 or 1984 for an Olympic men’s game against a Central American opponent. These were the days when the death of soccer was going on and the only thing happening in this country was indoor soccer and it never really was a thing in the Deep South. Yet, soccer had planted its seeds in south Louisiana and it slowly took root and began to grow.
Yet, as it grew around the country, soccer in Louisiana and other Deep South states languished when compared to the rest of the country. So, as a fan, you had to take whatever you could get that came to your state, because there were no sports networks or cable channels showing those games. I was around 16 years old around the 1986 World Cup qualifying, and for me to watch many USA matches, I had to go to a bar in Houma at La Casa Del Sol and get the older Izaquerra brothers to allow me in to watch those games on their Giant Satellite systems which were cool as you could pickup tv channels from all around the world. The new network, ESPN, did not cover the sport much and if it did, chances were that it was indoor soccer, not real soccer, but you might be lucky and watch Preki play in one of those games.
In the mid eighties I attended the Olympic festival in Baton Rouge and had tickets to the Hockey final and then later that evening, the women’s and men’s final. The competition consisted of teams from the North, East, West, and South who played a mini tournament and we went to the final. The women played before the men and the women’s final was some of the best action I had seen in games then. The men’s game was boring as all can be. Later, I learned that that women’s competition was the first competition the coaches used to select the first women’s national soccer team and had players like Michelle Akers playing then.
Other than that, after the mid 90s, the men’s game had an occasional professional game and we saw a few MLS teams come through to play the gamblers and jesters, New Orleans first professional teams. Also, the ladies national team played here at Tad Gormley in the early 21st century. Beyond that, there was not much soccer in this state and if you wanted to attend professional soccer you had to attend lower level leagues or travel to a city like Houston or Orlando to get your nearest professional soccer fix.
Now, New Orleans will get a USL team and this may be disappointing since it is not a MLS team, but with a lack of history of supporting soccer and a small market, this may the best that we can get. How much support will the team generate? Hopefully, we can draw 5,000 fans a game. I would have loved if we could get a team to generate 30,000 fans a game, because I could see New Orleans having the funnest fan base for soccer in the world.
The world? Yes! The world. How can I say this? Because our culture is an ideal fit for soccer even if we do not know it. What am I meaning by this? Because our culture, New Orleans culture, is centered on the second line. The second line is ideal soccer music and culture.
Think of Brazilian Samba. It is a beat, a music that fits with how Brazilians like to play. The music is supposed to infect their players and translate to how they play the game.
We have a better beat and music than samba. Think of that Mardis Gras second line beat. That funky step. Imagine a soccer culture embracing that beat, that music and playing along in the crowd as our team takes the pitch. If New Orleans could foster that enthusiasm and incorporate the cultural vibe into the soccer team, we could be the funnest club to watch in the entire world.
Instead of copying other clubs, we need to adopt and create our own culture that is unique to New Orleans. Do not use the words “United” or “real” or any other copying of some European team. Create our own identity unique to New Orleans. That is why I like Satchmo FC, because it adopts a musical identity I would try to create. If we have to have a mascot, call it the Second Line. Call the field Pockeyway. Jazz music is the only American contribution to world art. Without it, we would all still be listening to classical music. Using Louis Armstrong’s nickname as the name of our team would set the team having a unique culture comparable to no other city in the world. Get Trombone Shorty and Kermit Ruffins as well as all the great musicians of this city, professional, amateur, high school, you name it, if they can play, let them play To lead the crowd in a stadium wide jam second line session of horns and drums, all playing a funky beat as we watch our team take to the field.
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Post by Formerhcpops on Jul 19, 2022 14:17:56 GMT -6
I love the idea. Soccer fans and casual sports fans will dig it. I wasn't a Rugby fan until I went to a NOLA Gold game - fun and accessible. I'm guardedly optimistic that they actually pull it off. The new stadium downtown seems like a stretch goal, partnering with NOLA Gold and renovating the Shrine on Airline is probably more doable. All or any of that is assuming the capital is really there.
I've been to MLS games in Orlando, Houston, Dallas, and Cincinnati, a USLC game in Louisville, and I don't know how many college games in various states. The conversation during and after inevitably turns to how dumb it is that NOLA doesn't have a pro soccer team - or even a college one. I don't think it not being MLS is a big deal, there are many very successful USLC teams and the NOLA market seems like a great fit.
I really hope these guys pull it off.
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Post by usasoccerboy on Jul 21, 2022 1:57:47 GMT -6
I love the idea. Soccer fans and casual sports fans will dig it. I wasn't a Rugby fan until I went to a NOLA Gold game - fun and accessible. I'm guardedly optimistic that they actually pull it off. The new stadium downtown seems like a stretch goal, partnering with NOLA Gold and renovating the Shrine on Airline is probably more doable. All or any of that is assuming the capital is really there. I've been to MLS games in Orlando, Houston, Dallas, and Cincinnati, a USLC game in Louisville, and I don't know how many college games in various states. The conversation during and after inevitably turns to how dumb it is that NOLA doesn't have a pro soccer team - or even a college one. I don't think it not being MLS is a big deal, there are many very successful USLC teams and the NOLA market seems like a great fit. I really hope these guys pull it off. . Louisiana had three college men’s teams before Title 9 killed them around 1989, ULM, UNO, and Nicholls State. Almost all the major schools have women’s college soccer. The same is almost identical In Mississippi and Alabama. But let’s be honest, these 3 states are not good in producing pro athletes in other sports either, right? |
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Post by Formerhcpops on Aug 2, 2022 11:42:09 GMT -6
While in Birmingham for the UAB camp a couple Saturdays ago, we caught a B'ham Legion match (USL-C); great new facility with a new entertainment district across the street. I sure hope we can pull off something similar here.
Funny thing about ticket prices: The orientation of the stadium has one side staring into direct sunlight for most of the match (6:30 KO), those seats were as low as $7 for midfield. I paid about $40 each for the same seats across the field to be comfortable in the shade. I hope they consider that in the design phase, the people in the direct sun looked absolutely miserable. We had a great time in the shade!
The officiating in that match was awful to the point that the league overturned a game-changing red card a couple days after the fact. I applaud the correction but I'm sure it provided little solace for Legion and their fans. However, it inspired my son to take action and get trained and certified as a referee.
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Post by usasoccerboy on Aug 8, 2022 16:23:18 GMT -6
While in Birmingham for the UAB camp a couple Saturdays ago, we caught a B'ham Legion match (USL-C); great new facility with a new entertainment district across the street. I sure hope we can pull off something similar here. Funny thing about ticket prices: The orientation of the stadium has one side staring into direct sunlight for most of the match (6:30 KO), those seats were as low as $7 for midfield. I paid about $40 each for the same seats across the field to be comfortable in the shade. I hope they consider that in the design phase, the people in the direct sun looked absolutely miserable. We had a great time in the shade! The officiating in that match was awful to the point that the league overturned a game-changing red card a couple days after the fact. I applaud the correction but I'm sure it provided little solace for Legion and their fans. However, it inspired my son to take action and get trained and certified as a referee. Good post. I like people who tell us what they are seeing when they travel and see how other places are doing soccer. Tell your son that doing refereeing on weekends is a great way to earn some extra cash. Good for him. |
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Post by usasoccerboy on Aug 16, 2022 20:42:55 GMT -6
I love the idea. Soccer fans and casual sports fans will dig it. I wasn't a Rugby fan until I went to a NOLA Gold game - fun and accessible. I'm guardedly optimistic that they actually pull it off. The new stadium downtown seems like a stretch goal, partnering with NOLA Gold and renovating the Shrine on Airline is probably more doable. All or any of that is assuming the capital is really there. I've been to MLS games in Orlando, Houston, Dallas, and Cincinnati, a USLC game in Louisville, and I don't know how many college games in various states. The conversation during and after inevitably turns to how dumb it is that NOLA doesn't have a pro soccer team - or even a college one. I don't think it not being MLS is a big deal, there are many very successful USLC teams and the NOLA market seems like a great fit. I really hope these guys pull it off. . I hope we pull it off too, but it is going to take all of us to be fans. Not, some fair weathered friends. We need to get enthusiastic. |
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Post by loJic on Aug 29, 2022 9:47:26 GMT -6
They do it right, they’ll be successful. Warren seems to know what he’s doing, so I think they’ll be good.
However, if they start meddling in the youth realm without proper communications with certain established entities, it can go South real fast.
MLS and USL aren’t friends. MLS Next Pro was created to start picking off USL markets one by one. There’s a reason they accelerated this announcement.
Im excited for it.
While we all wait for USLC to kickoff in nola, Crescent City FC would like to invite y’all to get your fix in. We have fun. Come check us out.
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Post by usasoccerboy on Aug 29, 2022 12:03:30 GMT -6
Give us some posts and threads about Creacent City FC. Make me a fan by educating me. Tell us what you are seeing .
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