Match Thread: September 9, 2023 - Vancouver FC v Atletico Ottawa

[narduch]

Game is at 7pm PT (10pm ET) on One Soccer and Fubo

[Olympique_de_Marseille]

Any other Ottawa fans in town for this?

[nolando]

I'm leaving for this  a bit; are there still supporters meeting beforehand at a nearby bar or pub? @masster 

[Big_M]

 

 

[Olympique_de_Marseille]

1 hour ago, nolando said:

I'm leaving for this  a bit; are there still supporters meeting beforehand at a nearby bar or pub? @masster 

Just got here. It took me 2 hours by transit from my youth hostel in downtown Vancouver.

♫You're Langley FC!♫

♫You're Langley FC!♫

♫You're not Vancouver; you're Langley FC!♫

[Watchmen]

20 minutes ago, Olympique_de_Marseille said:

Just got here. It took me 2 hours by transit from my youth hostel in downtown Vancouver.

♫You're Langley FC!♫

♫You're Langley FC!♫

♫You're not Vancouver; you're Langley FC!♫

You made good time.

[Lurker]

That was easy.

[jonovision]

Big weekend for the 2 crap teams!

[Lurker]

 

Irving with a major gaffe, 1-1.

[Olympique_de_Marseille]

Over 2000 announced attendance?!?

Ya, OK... doesn't look like it!

[Stanley]

6 minutes ago, Olympique_de_Marseille said:

Over 2000 announced attendance?!?

Ya, OK... doesn't look like it!

No, no no.  Even if you are at the game, your eyes are mistaking you.

[SpursFlu]

7 minutes ago, Stanley said:

No, no no.  Even if you are at the game, your eyes are mistaking you.

Check the scoreboard if someone needs an eye test.

[Olympique_de_Marseille]

16 minutes ago, Stanley said:

No, no no.  Even if you are at the game, your eyes are mistaking you.

8 minutes ago, SpursFlu said:

Check the scoreboard if someone needs an eye test.

Congrats on the win guys.

💩 ending for the travelling fan!

[SpursFlu]

9 minutes ago, Olympique_de_Marseille said:

Congrats on the win guys.

💩 ending for the travelling fan!

Did you enjoy yourself? Hopefully you did

Other than the result of course 

I know people enjoy taking g shots but trust me things will be fine with the Eagles

Edited September 10, 2023 by SpursFlu

[Watchmen]

First game there. Very barebones. It was fine. 2100 is laughable.

[nolando]

Just now, Watchmen said:

First game there. Very barebones. It was fine. 2100 is laughable.

Nice meeting you. Are you a lucky talisman?

[Watchmen]

1 minute ago, nolando said:

Nice meeting you. Are you a lucky talisman?

I account for 20% of their wins. 😉

[Olympique_de_Marseille]

37 minutes ago, SpursFlu said:

Did you enjoy yourself? Hopefully you did

Other than the result of course 

I know people enjoy taking g shots but trust me things will be fine with the Eagles

I did have fun (despite the result)!

The supporters were nice.

Someone named Sebastian just gave me a ride to Scott Road SkyTrain station so it won't take me forever to get back to Vancouver.

[Ozzie_the_parrot]

3 hours ago, Watchmen said:

First game there. Very barebones. It was fine. 2100 is laughable.

...but eyeballing to determine whether a stadium is actually around a third full isn't accurate etc etc so these numbers and other similarly dubious ones from a few of the other cities will still be discussed earnestly in the attendance thread as if they mean something tangible.

Think something they should look at for next season if they plan to have more games played after sunset is upping the average lux value obtained from the floodlights. Wasn't up to what you would expect at a professional game judging from the highlights. More like what you would expect at a high school game.

[Watchmen]

The important thing is that I've now bought a ticket, so I don't have to stfu.

[Ozzie_the_parrot]

Hoping to be able to do that as well next summer because I'll definitely be in the Niagara peninsula area for at least a week for work-related reasons. Forge game is most likely but York 9 might also work assuming they are still around. I will maybe try to track down a certain poster from on here just for shits and giggles to see if he has as much to say when he doesn't have a keyboard to hide behind.

[CDNFootballer]

Really enjoyed the evening game after baking in the sun for the afternoon ones so many times, hope they do more.

Hoped for a bit better turnout but after the last games poor performance twas not to be.

Crowd was similar to the BCproud match that drew over 2k in actual butts in the seats recently (and had a similar annouced attendance), according to my groups inaccurate eyeballing observations. At least they were eyeballing from being in actual attendance instead of looking at a stream or brief highlight package though.

[Watchmen]

1 hour ago, CDNFootballer said:

Really enjoyed the evening game after baking in the sun for the afternoon ones so many times, hope they do more.

Hoped for a bit better turnout but after the last games poor performance twas not to be.

Crowd was similar to the BCproud match that drew over 2k in actual butts in the seats recently (and had a similar annouced attendance), according to my groups inaccurate eyeballing observations. At least they were eyeballing from being in actual attendance instead of looking at a stream or brief highlight package though.

I was not at the pride match, so I can't compare.  If this was similar, I do not think there was 2k for that one either.

[masster]

On 9/9/2023 at 4:44 PM, nolando said:

I'm leaving for this  a bit; are there still supporters meeting beforehand at a nearby bar or pub? @masster 

Sorry as I didn't see this before. Not sure if it is a regular hangout for supporters, but The Barley Merchant was the hangout for the inaugural match.

[masster]

16 hours ago, CDNFootballer said:

Really enjoyed the evening game after baking in the sun for the afternoon ones so many times, hope they do more.

Agreed.