Seattle v Barcelona

[thisisinternetclash]

On GolTV right now (and presumably online somewhere via myp2p.eu) if anybody wasn't aware and is interested. Another 65,000+ sellout at Qwest Field. I genuinely really like those pinkish orange Barca kits... :facepalm:

[DinamoTFC]

Seattle is playing excellent against Barca. IF this was TFC it would be 5-0 already.

[thisisinternetclash]

Oh, wow... Freddie really should have scored there.

[TFC USA]

Horrible giveaway by the GK but Ljungberg shoots wide.

[TFC USA]

Messi scores beautifully.

[thisisinternetclash]

It's genuinely impressive how many of the supporters are wearing Sounders colours rather than Barca.

Also: Is Keller's captain's armband actually part of his shirt? I hadn't noticed that before.

[Inklink]

It's genuinely impressive how many of the supporters are wearing Sounders colours rather than Barca.


Yep. I like that stadium.

I actually want Seattle to win.

[Davenport]

Have you noticed all the Seattle fans are fat and bald ?
Looks like they got lost on the way to a Bad Manners concert.

[TFC USA]

Does Barcelona ever play a boring game?

I mean, outside of the Chelsea matches. :D

[Inklink]

Have you noticed all the Seattle fans are fat and bald ?


Maybe they're going with the Drew Carey look. (He's almost bald lol ).

[Davenport]

Maybe they're going with the Drew Carey look. (He's almost bald lol ).

Aye maybe...but he's funny, well, he used to be........

[jabbronies]

fuck, they really mic that crowd well.

[jabbronies]

meeeeeeeessi
meeeeeeeeessi

[Inklink]

Screw Seattle.

WOO Messi what a goal.

I don't hate Drew Carey. Whose Line is it Anyway was the greatest show ever on TV.

[Davenport]

GREAT ball by Xavi..

[Davenport]

This is a piss take.
Seattle are playing their hearts out and Barca are training.......
Sadly it shows the level of MLS....

[thisisinternetclash]

Zakuani is a decent little player.

[thisisinternetclash]

This is a piss take.
Seattle are playing their hearts out and Barca are training.......
Sadly it shows the level of MLS....

I think that's a bit unfair. Seattle haven't really come across too poorly in this match, considering they're playing the best side in the world.

[TFC USA]

What an exhibition by Messi.

[Davenport]

I think that's a bit unfair. Seattle haven't really come across too poorly in this match, considering they're playing the best side in the world.
Maybe....just looking at the time each side has on the ball. Barca are at ease..Seattle rushed.
There's a huge gap in ability.
I was also comparing Barca players trying not to get injured, and Seattle's players playing their most important game ever looking to get picked up by some European club.

[jabbronies]

Just a thought....
If the MLS is so gun-ho about having friendlies, instead of having an all star game/break, why not have a friendly break?

a week where the mls shuts down and the teams play thier friendlies.

[loconet]

heheh. LOVING this game. I know it's a friendly but Barca, playing with half of its starters and taking it easy are making Sounders look like a high school team. It could be worse for the greens but you can really tell the difference in quality on this one.

Messssssssssiiiiiiiiiii Messssssssssiiiiiiiiiiii Messssssssssiiiiiiiiiiii

[TFC USA]

Just wait until we get torn to shreds by Madrid.

[billyfly]

Just a thought....
If the MLS is so gun-ho about having friendlies, instead of having an all star game/break, why not have a friendly break?

a week where the mls shuts down and the teams play thier friendlies.

I likey.

[Inklink]

Is the kit pink or orange? It looks pink on my screen.

[Inklink]

Nice goal. 3-0. GREAT pass.

[TFC Kevin]

Nice goal. 3-0. GREAT pass.

I concur.

[Brooker]

for the first time Seattle plays a team with equally dreadful kits

[Blizzard]

Screw Seattle.

WOO Messi what a goal.

I don't hate Drew Carey. Whose Line is it Anyway was the greatest show ever on TV.

It was entertaining. Of course, it was a direct copy of the British show of the same name which was also very good.

[Hooligan69]

What the hell are Barca wearing tonight? WTF?

[Blizzard]

Is the kit pink or orange? It looks pink on my screen.

LOL. I had that same problem. It was my TV. I reset the tint and now the 15 year old beast is bang on!

http://www.subsidesports.com/uk/images/product/xlarge/BarcaASS0607a.jpg

[the-lower-eastsider]

4-nil

[Brooker]

4-0

it really is a treat to watch them pass.... after watching MLS for the last couple months, i forgot what real football looked like.

[Hooligan69]

I am very much enjoying this game tonight. Alot of fun to watch Barcelona in action. This has been great compared to the hideous piece of trash that was TFC-PR.

4-0.

[Ladies Love Julius James]

This is fuckin bullshit. Took the under 3.5 at +250. Fuckin hell they couldn't hold off another 120 secs.

[Rudi]

4-0

it really is a treat to watch them pass.... after watching MLS for the last couple months, i forgot what real football looked like.
If Barcelona is 'real football', then real football is only played by 4, maybe 5 teams in the entire world.

[james]

If Barcelona is 'real football', then real football is only played by 4, maybe 5 teams in the entire world.

very true, besides the few billion dollar Europe Giants, the rest of the teams around the world dont play nearly as good.

[Kevvv]

Just a thought....
If the MLS is so gun-ho about having friendlies, instead of having an all star game/break, why not have a friendly break?

a week where the mls shuts down and the teams play thier friendlies.


Not a bad idea, but not all int'l clubs may want to show up the same week.

[Yohan]

Not a bad idea, but not all int'l clubs may want to show up the same week.
doesn't have to be same week. could be half the teams get one week off, and other half gets another week off

MLS has enough bye weeks to make this a workable solution to mid season friendlies.

[Inklink]

It was entertaining. Of course, it was a direct copy of the British show of the same name which was also very good.

Honestly, I found the American one MUCH better than the British one. Maybe it's just me.


On topic:

That game [Barca's passing, and some of Zakuani's work] was a treat to watch! The crowd was great also and maybe they were better mic'd, but still, they sounded great. Messi .... wowness.

[james]

The seattle crowd sounded awsome on TV, but i have noticed even some MLS teams that play in half empty stadiums or even the fans at the Puerto Rico game often sound better then we do on TV when we play at home. Whats the deal? are speakers not located in the right spots? are they just crappy mics? is it the way the stadium is open and on the windy lake?

Seattle sounded crazy, but really for most the game it was only maybe few hundred fans singing those songs that on TV sounded like thousands of fans singing. One part they did amazing tho was when the whole crowd chanted "Seattle"...."Sounders". Well done on that!

[Blizzard]

The seattle crowd sounded awsome on TV, but i have noticed even some MLS teams that play in half empty stadiums or even the fans at the Puerto Rico game often sound better then we do on TV when we play at home. Whats the deal? are speakers not located in the right spots? are they just crappy mics? is it the way the stadium is open and on the windy lake?

Seattle sounded crazy, but really for most the game it was only maybe few hundred fans singing those songs that on TV sounded like thousands of fans singing. One part they did amazing tho was when the whole crowd chanted "Seattle"...."Sounders". Well done on that!

A crowd of 66k is going to sound better than 21k in any technical scenario.

Certainly the lack of a roof at BMO is a huge factor.

No, it's not crappy mics. Mic placement, ya possibly. Most importantly, it's the guy behind the audio board and to a degree, the producer.

Another problem is that we've spoiled it for ourselves to a degree. Our special lyrics to "Wheels On The Bus" are a good example of scaring off any close micing of the 112/113 corner.

[prizby]

The seattle crowd sounded awsome on TV, but i have noticed even some MLS teams that play in half empty stadiums or even the fans at the Puerto Rico game often sound better then we do on TV when we play at home. Whats the deal? are speakers not located in the right spots? are they just crappy mics? is it the way the stadium is open and on the windy lake?

Seattle sounded crazy, but really for most the game it was only maybe few hundred fans singing those songs that on TV sounded like thousands of fans singing. One part they did amazing tho was when the whole crowd chanted "Seattle"...."Sounders". Well done on that!


seattle management play the chants over the loud speakers

[AdamZ]

seattle management play the chants over the loud speakers

plus it's an NFL stadium which by structure is crazy loud.

[james]

seattle management play the chants over the loud speakers

k playing songs before a game or after fine, but durring play if thats true that they play chants on speakers then thats crap, i do not agree with that. Thas like Cheatting!:drum:

[james]

A crowd of 66k is going to sound better than 21k in any technical scenario.

Certainly the lack of a roof at BMO is a huge factor.

No, it's not crappy mics. Mic placement, ya possibly. Most importantly, it's the guy behind the audio board and to a degree, the producer.

Another problem is that we've spoiled it for ourselves to a degree. Our special lyrics to "Wheels On The Bus" are a good example of scaring off any close micing of the 112/113 corner.

but even half empty stadiums sound louder then us. Seems like are chants are always very faint on TV, like the noise is way off in the back ground or something. Other teams chants are much more clear on TV.

However i have also noticed some other teams having a similar atmosphere as us on TV. I remember watching a few games on Goal TV in the Brazil league where you can see the crowd going crazy, but could barely here them. I noticed this in a few Italina Seria A games on a different channel as well, so we arent the only ones. But I really do like it when the noise comes across on TV much better, makes it seem more exciting and like you are almost there.

[Cashcleaner]

If Barcelona is 'real football', then real football is only played by 4, maybe 5 teams in the entire world.

Barca, Port Vale, Woodlands Wellington, George Town SC, and who else? :D

[edmundo]

Barca, Port Vale, Woodlands Wellington, George Town SC, and who else? :D
w connection apparently

[Cashcleaner]

^ Nice! Savonetta Boys For The Win!

[Gazza_55]

Maybe....just looking at the time each side has on the ball. Barca are at ease..Seattle rushed.
There's a huge gap in ability.
I was also comparing Barca players trying not to get injured, and Seattle's players playing their most important game ever looking to get picked up by some European club.

Barca payroll $170m

Sounders FC payroll for 23 players $2.3m plus Ljungberg makes $2m(?) as a DP.

[mastermixer]

At least seattle was able to substitute almost all of ther starters after the half. Does Toronto even have 5 subs at this point?

[mdc 77]

Does anyone think these matches against huge clubs are benefitting MLS? I'm not so sure.

[Brooker]

If Barcelona is 'real football', then real football is only played by 4, maybe 5 teams in the entire world.

what i meant was seeing a great team play. doesn't have to be a team of Barca's skill.... just decent.

[Dirk Diggler]

seattle management play the chants over the loud speakers

I'm quite certain that is a lie that Portland fans spread on the internet. I remember a couple of Seattle fans clearing that up and denying anything of the sort. It is just a carry on from the NFL where other teams complain about how loud Qwest Field is and they accuse the stadium of feeding crowd noise through the PA system.

Anyways, it was a pretty entertaining yet one-sided game to watch last night. It was the first time I saw a Seattle home game on TV and was really impressed by the crowd. It is quite sad that they had about 90% Sounders support in the stands where as in Toronto, the ratio for TFC support won't be nearly as high tomorrow. I haven't been following up on Real's pre-season form but if they are nearly as good as Barca were last night, we might me in for an embarrassment. Hopefully their management has the sense to tell their players not to run up the score on us.

[Gazza_55]

Does anyone think these matches against huge clubs are benefitting MLS? I'm not so sure.

I think the fans that go to the matches have a new appreciation of what football at the highest level is like. Most American fans don't ever get to see Barca or Chelsea live and it gives them an indication of what MLS could be like in 20 years. It also crystalizes to the owners what the goal is. Adrian Hanauer was quoted last night saying, "We are going to do everything humanly possible to play and be a club like Barcelona".

If MLS teams don't play these friendlys I think alot of MLS owners would be satisfied with a US Open Cup Final berth, 4th place in the Eastern Conference, averaging 11,000 fans a game, and taking a nice writeoff to offset the NFL profits they make with the New England Patriots (Yes I am looking at you Robert Kraft)

[mdc 77]

I tend to think that the people who attend these matches are either there simply because its the trendy thing to do. Example; the stars that attended the Chelsea match in Passadena. Or they are people who only follow football in la liga, premiership or serie a etc.

Most TFC supporters won't be at this match and the people who are there simply to see REal madrid but would never go to a TFC match aren't going to have their mind changed about TFC in a friendly. Hey maybe I'm wrong but its just the feeling I get.

[Gazza_55]

I tend to think that the people who attend these matches are either there simply because its the trendy thing to do. Example; the stars that attended the Chelsea match in Passadena. Or they are people who only follow football in la liga, premiership or serie a etc.

Most TFC supporters won't be at this match and the people who are there simply to see REal madrid but would never go to a TFC match aren't going to have their mind changed about TFC in a friendly. Hey maybe I'm wrong but its just the feeling I get.

You may be right but I think 'most TFC supporters won't be at this match' is due to the fact that we are not crazy enough to pay $175 Loyality Price for a friendly. If the tickets were $40 to $50 a pop or included in our STH package probably 80% of the crowd Friday night would be supporters.

[Roogsy]

Just a thought....
If the MLS is so gun-ho about having friendlies, instead of having an all star game/break, why not have a friendly break?

a week where the mls shuts down and the teams play thier friendlies.

That's a GREAT idea.

[rocker]

Most TFC supporters won't be at this match and the people who are there simply to see REal madrid but would never go to a TFC match aren't going to have their mind changed about TFC in a friendly. Hey maybe I'm wrong but its just the feeling I get.

i know people going who haven't even been to BMO yet.

will they be converted? who knows. But awareness is the first step.

Playing on the same field as RM may raise some awareness and convert some people. At very least it's a celebration of soccer on a general level.

Never a bad thing.

[Cashcleaner]

^ Hmmmmm. I like the cut of your jib.

I think that's a fair way of putting it. I don't think there is any doubt that a good chunk of people watching the friendly have a lot more knowledge of RM and the rest of the Spanish league compared to Toronto FC and MLS. But, at the end of the day, it will be our squad up against the giants of Europe and the club will be enjoying at least some exposure.

[BallardSounder]

k playing songs before a game or after fine, but durring play if thats true that they play chants on speakers then thats crap, i do not agree with that. Thas like Cheatting!:drum:
And we kill puppies and rape nuns for sport too!

Once again, for fun...

Crowd noise is NOT amplified at Qwest.

Some TV, mainly ESPN, DO put microphones to pick up crowd noise which they then put on the telecast. You may have heard the end of one ECS chant that goes, "WE DON'T HEAR A FUCKING THING!".

At the stadium, however, the noise is simply the result of the fans plus natural acoustics of the stadium.

Again, crowd noise is not amplified or played over speakers at Qwest. Qwest is, however, designed to naturally focus the sound and make it loud, but there isn't anything electronic about it.

[Shakes McQueen]

Hey BallardSounder, eventually you're just going to have to accept that some people here don't know what they are talking about, instead of trying to correct them all the time.

Believe me, we all get used to it. :D

- Scott

[Cashcleaner]

And we kill puppies and rape nuns for sport too!

Once again, for fun...

Crowd noise is NOT amplified at Qwest.

Some TV, mainly ESPN, DO put microphones to pick up crowd noise which they then put on the telecast. You may have heard the end of one ECS chant that goes, "WE DON'T HEAR A FUCKING THING!".

At the stadium, however, the noise is simply the result of the fans plus natural acoustics of the stadium.

Again, crowd noise is not amplified or played over speakers at Qwest. Qwest is, however, designed to naturally focus the sound and make it loud, but there isn't anything electronic about it.

We invented killing puppies right here in Toronto! :D

Naw, I hear what you're saying, Ballard. If people take just one good look at the design and layout of Qwest field, they should be able to see with their own eyes how well the acoustics should be in the stadium.

http://images.art.com/images/products/regular/12985000/12985980.jpg

Parabolas, people. Parabolas.

[ilikemusic]

http://images.art.com/images/products/regular/12985000/12985980.jpg

Parabolas, people. Parabolas.

Agreed.
RiV_ue-PbL4


I love the idea of a 'Friendly break' thats been mentioned BTW.

[BallardSounder]

That's wisdom there using the visual aid Cashcleaner, I'll have to remember to do that should the impossible happen - and I'm forced to point that out again.

By the way, did they show the ECS owning up to our tifo fail?

A little grainy in this video, but you can see the "This End Up" two poles and upside down Oops banner.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9x6zx0KnGXk