Nice little article, I can’t wait to see step up!Quote:
Originally Posted by noxx98
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Nice little article, I can’t wait to see step up!Quote:
Originally Posted by noxx98
Not the greatest look to kick things off in Charlotte. You are playing in a NFL stadium with seats to spare for god's sake. Fans priced out? Charlotte FC’s cheapest season ticket seats are most expensive in MLS.
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/sp...249452735.html
2 interesting tidbits
The next most expensive seats in the league - Austin (Precourt FC)
St. Louis refuses to go down the route of seat licences.
*******
I think the Charlotte people have no clue how much papering they are going to have to do if they don't sell those seats.
Sounds like a recipe for failure. The only reason NFL stadiums are useful to this league is for launching new teams and selling cheap tickets to create a broad based appeal. Guess they missed that memo.Quote:
Originally Posted by Red CB Toronto
Wow, what a stadium.Quote:
Originally Posted by OgtheDim
When is TFC going to get a proper home?
Honestly just do something on the north end please. Even something like Boca Juniors has on that one end with all the boxes would be cool.Quote:
Originally Posted by Richard
I still think the north end gets rebuilt for WC 2026
(You want to feel old - we are closer to that WC then to when Seba signed for us)
On a sad note, Sacramento seems out of it for the #30 MLS team. Their sugar daddy - sorry - main investor has backed out. Rumour on twitter is stadium costs got too much.
Speculation the replacement might be Phoenix or Vegas.
If it's Vegas, then think of the road trip we can go on! Especially if it kicks off the season!Quote:
Originally Posted by OgtheDim
https://hosting.photobucket.com/albu...ps9673321e.jpg
LAFC stadium naming rights given up but they haven't found a successor yet so using the old name for now
JHams to Indy 11
Athletic reporting TFC leaning towards Orlando over Tampa for where to play at first.
At the Citrus Bowl or Exploria Stadium?Quote:
Originally Posted by OgtheDim
I saw Exploria mentioned.Quote:
Originally Posted by Red CB Toronto
It's a nice stadium, went there for a game back in 2018 when TFC played Orlando. It's got good facilities.
Argh, I hate playing in other team's home stadiums...
^100% .... lazy on managements part. Hartford was not ideal but good, Tampa was ok. This is laaaazy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Auzzy
The Raps bubble in Tampa has totally broken down. 11 players and coaches out tonight. Suspect that may be playing a part.
Coaches not wearing masks correctly. Argh.Quote:
Originally Posted by ensco
You'd think groups of people that went through stringent bubble situations for months on end would know better.Quote:
Originally Posted by Auzzy
Somebody in Raptors management there did not take the maintenance of protocols seriously, let people of a certain level within a certain workgroup get away with stuff & its biting them on the arse. Covid doesn't care about your internal status within a company. I'd like to think TFC's internal management & culture is better then that but you never know.
A WHOLE lot of the issues in North America related to mask use come down to Alpha male behaviour, and sports teams are filled with alpha males.
That doesn’t help!Quote:
Originally Posted by Auzzy
Tampa a bit bigger than Orlando, but has 3-4x the cases they do. Orlando much more of a gated community area generally, so easy to see how the team might feel they can set up there and have some ability to influence/control players in off hours.
Inter Miami being investigated over their transfer of Blaise Matuidi.
https://twitter.com/samstejskal/stat...765795840?s=20
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-56164159
Interesting article on how teams are using data.
One interesting tidbit is that a lot of teams aren't taking shots outside the box as much, because the odds of those going in are low.
So, we complain about how TFC tries to walk the ball into the net... well, closer to the net you are, better odds of an goal.
Taking a shot outside the box isn't only to try and score - A well taken shot on the ground can also be used to get a rebound.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yohan
Sure.Quote:
Originally Posted by jabbronies
You do need a balanced approach that takes in all the variables, such as taking rare shots from outside the box to keep the opposition from crowding the box.
But factoring in a lucky bounce that might fall on one of your player isn't something you should be taking into account when you're designing tactics. The whole point of data based approach is to eliminate or attempt to control as many variable as possible to produce the highest amount of quality chances to score.
On the Miami thing - some interesting speculation here that the rest of the league is ticked off at Beckham
Check out this tweet at https://twitter.com/samstejskal/status/1367844041002524674
I get that - and I hope footy doesn't get to the level of control that baseball has gone to.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yohan
Too late. Data driven decision making has been part of football for a while now. And esp with COVID's effect on economy, teams will be looking for ways to be more efficient with their money. Sifting through data looks way more attractive to find that best bang for buck.Quote:
Originally Posted by jabbronies
Vancouver is supposedly all in on moneyball.
I suppose that sounds better than “being cheap”Quote:
Originally Posted by Yohan
And they are pretty shit at football LOLQuote:
Originally Posted by Yohan