CDNFootballer Posted April 29, 2017 Author Share Posted April 29, 2017 NASL Week 6 Matches & Viewing for Saturday April 29 : Miami FC vs. FC Edmonton 7:30 p.m. ET | Saturday, April 29 Riccardo Silva Stadium | Miami, Fla. Watch | NASL.com (National – Canada) Jacksonville Armada FC vs, Indy Eleven 7 p.m. ET | Saturday, April 29 Hodges Stadium | Jacksonville, Fla. Watch | beIN SPORTS (Canada), beIN SPORTS CONNECT (National – U.S., Canada) Puerto Rico FC vs. North Carolina FC 7:30 p.m. ET | Saturday, April 29 Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium | Bayamón, PR Watch | NASL.com (National – Canada) San Francisco Deltas vs. New York Cosmos 10 p.m. ET | Saturday, April 29 Kezar Stadium | San Francisco, Calif. Watch | Twitter (National – U.S., Canada) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grasshopper1917 Posted May 2, 2017 Share Posted May 2, 2017 Crowds are not looking any better then last year really. Wonder how this will mean for their survival? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Complete Homer Posted May 2, 2017 Share Posted May 2, 2017 3 minutes ago, grasshopper1917 said: Crowds are not looking any better then last year really. Wonder how this will mean for their survival? Most teams actually seem to have had a decent boost, though a tiny sample size that I assume over represents big home opener crowds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatest Cockney Rip Off Posted May 2, 2017 Share Posted May 2, 2017 That is a great resource. Thanks for posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDNFootballer Posted May 2, 2017 Author Share Posted May 2, 2017 20 hours ago, grasshopper1917 said: Crowds are not looking any better then last year really. Wonder how this will mean for their survival? Actually all NASL clubs but 2 are averaging higher crowds and those 2 that aren't are close to even, dropping only less than 4% from last year so looking good so far mostly. FC Edmonton doing very well averaging 3426 per game (last year they averaged around just over the 2K mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Complete Homer Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 14 hours ago, CDNFootballer said: Actually all NASL clubs but 2 are averaging higher crowds and those 2 that aren't are close to even, dropping only less than 4% from last year so looking good so far mostly. FC Edmonton doing very well averaging 3426 per game (last year they averaged around just over the 2K mark. Which is pretty good considering attendance has risen with the temperature in the past, correct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDNFootballer Posted May 3, 2017 Author Share Posted May 3, 2017 9 hours ago, Complete Homer said: Which is pretty good considering attendance has risen with the temperature in the past, correct? Last year there was some pretty poor weather for the first few matches of the NASL season that affected the numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 As an old Lynx fan I never thought I'd say this, but it's sad to see the decline of soccer in Rochester Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDNFootballer Posted May 6, 2017 Author Share Posted May 6, 2017 NASL Week 7 matches and where to watch : Jacksonville Armada FC vs. New York Cosmos 7 p.m. ET | Saturday, May 6 Hodges Stadium | Jacksonville, Fla. Watch | NASL.com (National – Canada) Puerto Rico FC vs. Miami FC 7:30 p.m. ET | Saturday, May 6 Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium | Bayamón, PR Watch | NASL.com (National – Canada) Indy Eleven vs. FC Edmonton 7:30 p.m. ET | Saturday, May 6 Carroll Stadium | Indianapolis, Ind. Watch | NASL.com (National – Canada) North Carolina FC vs. San Francisco Deltas 7:30 p.m. ET | Saturday, May 6 Sahlen’s Stadium | Cary, N.C. Watch | beIN SPORTS TV (National – U.S., Canada), beIN SPORTS CONNECT (National – U.S., Canada) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masster Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 Watched the North Carolina V San Francisco game on beIN last night. 2-1 victory for San Francisco. Was much more enjoyable to watch the Deltas on a pitch that allowed them to pass the ball. Attakora and Bekker started. No Ouimette. Bad mis-kick by Attakora contributes to North Carolina's lone goal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDNFootballer Posted May 13, 2017 Author Share Posted May 13, 2017 NASL matches today & where to view : Miami FC vs. Indy Eleven 7:30 p.m. ET | Saturday, May 13 Riccardo Silva Stadium | Miami, Fla. Watch NASL.com (National - Canada) North Carolina FC vs. Jacksonville Armada FC 7:30 p.m. ET | Saturday, May 13 Sahlen's Stadium | Cary, N.C. Watch | beIN SPORTS TV (National - U.S., Canada), beIN SPORTS CONNECT (National - U.S., Canada) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yothat Posted May 14, 2017 Share Posted May 14, 2017 fced really needs lance laing and daryle fordyce .. some goal scorers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDNFootballer Posted May 15, 2017 Author Share Posted May 15, 2017 FC Edmonton vs San Francisco Deltas Highlights : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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CDNFootballer Posted May 20, 2017 Author Share Posted May 20, 2017 Friday's highlights from SF Deltas vs Jax Armada FC : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masster Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 4 goals and 3 assists for Lance Laing so far this season. He seems to have refound his form. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grasshopper1917 Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 Another weekend where teams struggle to draw 2000 people..... Im not even 100% sure they are drawing enough to pay the canteen workers. This league really should fold - USL has established itself as the tier two league in the USA. Kind of absurd to have Puerto Rico and Edmonton flying back and forth playing each other in front of 2000 fans. The gate may cover travel costs at best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_M Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 Here we go again with the league looking bad with Puerto Rico there...9th in the fall season, dead last now, coach and technical director gone, low attendance... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub Narcotic Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 12 hours ago, grasshopper1917 said: Another weekend where teams struggle to draw 2000 people..... Im not even 100% sure they are drawing enough to pay the canteen workers. This league really should fold - USL has established itself as the tier two league in the USA. Kind of absurd to have Puerto Rico and Edmonton flying back and forth playing each other in front of 2000 fans. The gate may cover travel costs at best This league has been a dead man walking since the Traffic situation blew up a couple of years ago. It was reasonable to present a Division 1 alternative a few years ago but they clearly failed and it's time to wind it up. I'm surprised more CPL fans aren't cheering for the death of this league given that a free release for FC Edmonton would go a long way towards ensuring that a CPL actually exists for 2019. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringBackTheBlizzard Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 13 hours ago, grasshopper1917 said: Another weekend where teams struggle to draw 2000 people..... This is what non-MLS pro soccer usually looks like in North America when you check out the reality rather than the inflated announced attendance numbers in many/most cities. It remains to be seen if the Hamilton Ticats and Winnipeg Blue Bombers have figured out how to make it work any better than this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macksam Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 It's what non-MLS pro soccer usually looks like when teams present themselves as fly by night operations, which is 90% of North American non-MLS pro soccer teams. We have Cincinnati and Sacramento drawing a lot higher than those numbers and Phoenix rising FC packing its pop up stadium on a weekly basis, which is a good indication for a team like Halifax. Being in MLS has nothing to do with drawing well. Building a professional, respectable product does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDNFootballer Posted May 23, 2017 Author Share Posted May 23, 2017 On 5/21/2017 at 9:29 PM, grasshopper1917 said: Another weekend where teams struggle to draw 2000 people..... Im not even 100% sure they are drawing enough to pay the canteen workers. This league really should fold - USL has established itself as the tier two league in the USA. Kind of absurd to have Puerto Rico and Edmonton flying back and forth playing each other in front of 2000 fans. The gate may cover travel costs at best SF Deltas unlike others announce turnstile and with 2200 they're last game other clubs would be announcing over 3K. PRFC have been drawing poorly their last few games and are around as long as their owner Melo wants to lose $ which could be 1 year or 10. Indy drew 7400 plus on Saturday so their doing fine. USL hasnt established itself as THE tier 2 league actually, close to half (14) they're clubs draw less than the worst NASL club, some in the hundreds per game, and many of their teams don't meet the D2 standards. USL needed more waivers for the provisional D2 status than NASL did this year in fact. FC Edmonton's drawing aclose to 3000 fans per game this year not 2000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDNFootballer Posted May 23, 2017 Author Share Posted May 23, 2017 13 hours ago, Dub Narcotic said: This league has been a dead man walking since the Traffic situation blew up a couple of years ago. It was reasonable to present a Division 1 alternative a few years ago but they clearly failed and it's time to wind it up. I'm surprised more CPL fans aren't cheering for the death of this league given that a free release for FC Edmonton would go a long way towards ensuring that a CPL actually exists for 2019. Says the USL fanboy. Traffics long gone and what kind of fan would wish for a league of other fans clubs to die? Oh, yes, a fanboy of another league.Do you wish for the USL to die as well so Ottawa will join CPL? This "dead man walking" also averages more fans per game than the USL and has consistently since 2011. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub Narcotic Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 I'm always impressed by your and @shermanator's ability to cling on to an argument long after it is lost. Was this really your vision for NASL in 2017? Clinging on to USSF division 2 status with a minimal complement of teams, a rotating cadre of clubs and borderline solvency for the league? If NASL is not going to challenge the MLS/SUM/CPL model of business what is the point of it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grasshopper1917 Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 15 hours ago, CDNFootballer said: SF Deltas unlike others announce turnstile and with 2200 they're last game other clubs would be announcing over 3K. PRFC have been drawing poorly their last few games and are around as long as their owner Melo wants to lose $ which could be 1 year or 10. Indy drew 7400 plus on Saturday so their doing fine. USL hasnt established itself as THE tier 2 league actually, close to half (14) they're clubs draw less than the worst NASL club, some in the hundreds per game, and many of their teams don't meet the D2 standards. USL needed more waivers for the provisional D2 status than NASL did this year in fact. FC Edmonton's drawing aclose to 3000 fans per game this year not 2000. To me the reality is the USL has 10 clubs drawing 5000+ fans the NASL has 2 clubs. The league is just not feasible. The logistics are absurd when you look at the map. Teams flung all over the place Puerto Rico, Edmonton, Florida and California. The 'flagship' franchise 'Cosmos' who at one point wanted to challenge MLS drew 2200 to its last game. A couple of their sturdier franchises (Ottawa and T. Bay) jumped ship to USL while their revamped 'Cosmos' and the San Fran expansion club cant draw flies. USL also has lots of weaker clubs but many of them are MLS2. Also USL has come up with a plan to have a division 2 and division 3. Im assuming many of the weaker clubs will drop with DIV 3 while the stronger ones with solid followings will play in division 2. At the end of the day I just don't see the purpose of 2 leagues competing for division 2 status. Ideally USL and NASL would merge with maybe the top 20 clubs playing division 2 and the weaker 20 playing division 3. This way the logistics would be much better and the leagues would be much stronger. However I think at the end NASL will just fold and a few of the stronger clubs move to USL. The losses clubs are sustaining in a league structured like this has to be heavy. Eventually deep pocketed owners get weary of multi million dollar losses year after year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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