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Rob Instigator · 11.12.2007, 05:03 PM

my girlfriend and I bought tix and attended the Houston Dynamo match this past saturday, the western conference final in MLS. This sunday the Houston Dynamo face off for the MLS CUP in washington DC.
It was a very exciting match.

!@#$%! · 11.12.2007, 05:09 PM

oh man!!

i used to go to the dc united games at RFK. they used to cost like $12. made for great weekend fun.

confess, confess-- don't you just love that the game is 90 minutes of nonstop action, with a 15 minute piss break to unload the beer?

anyway, good fun. i don't like watching on tv as much as i love going to the stadium-- no idiot tv commentators talking crap.

Rob Instigator · 11.12.2007, 05:15 PM

It is most definitely NOT 90 minutes of non-stop action man. while there are none of the scheduled time outs that american football takes, there are certainly dozens of play stoppages in soccer/futbol.
waiting around for a yellow card, or a player to stop writhing in pain. hee hee

we had a great time. I do not know when to cheer, but I figured, since I wa sititing in a predominantly Latino section, I'd just cheer when they do. Of coure I know the obvious stuff, but the fans scream loudly everytime the opposing teams keeper goes to kick the ball off. why?

The announcer on the PA at Robertson Stadium was very polite! It wa salways "Ladies and gentleman, may I have your attention. The following player has been given a yellow card warning..." very civiliized.

and once in our seats I was NOT leaving them as it was standing room only and the rules appeared to be "shuffle your rfeet lose yr seat." since there was maybe 1 usher for every 5 thousand fans.

It was great to see the suport the team has from the Houston fans. Great stuff.

!@#$%! · 11.12.2007, 05:22 PM

well sure there are stops & stuff, and sometimes that is part of the strategy, to slow down a game when you're winning, it wrecks the other team's nerves with the clock going down.

the screams are prolly jeers. if he fucks up the kick he could find himself with a nasty counterattack and little defense.

hm those tix must have been expensive for the final. standing room only it's prolly not the fancy section. when the regular season comes around try going to the numbered seat section-- the chicks are hot and you can sit in a numbered seat and relax.

the cheaper sections can get pretty rowdy with drums and drunks and fights & shit. back home when i was in high school we'd go to the games get plastered & high & throw crap at the referees & players of the opposing team. people would pass around joints like free candy. oh the fun!

Rob Instigator · 11.12.2007, 05:28 PM

These were bleacher seats, but our section was the rowdiest of alls edtions and we could get nowhere bnear to our seats, so we found some seats a few ssections down. ha ha!
every man for himself at the dynamo games!

Our side did pelt the other team's keeper repeatedly with paper ballsand streamers and all sorts of crap, especially during our corner kicks. That was fun to see.

Пятхъдесят Шест · 11.16.2007, 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

my girlfriend and I bought tix and attended the Houston Dynamo match this past saturday, the western conference final in MLS. This sunday the Houston Dynamo face off for the MLS CUP in washington DC.
It was a very exciting match.

Congrats to the Dynamo once again, the New England Patriots of MLS. Of course, bummer seeing the Wizards season end.

I hope they beat the cheatin Revs in the final.

USA vs. South Africa on Saturday too. No Cornhusker game, so no worries.

11.12.2007, 05:03 PM	#1
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,976	my girlfriend and I bought tix and attended the Houston Dynamo match this past saturday, the western conference final in MLS. This sunday the Houston Dynamo face off for the MLS CUP in washington DC. It was a very exciting match. __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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11.12.2007, 05:09 PM	#2
!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,581	oh man!! i used to go to the dc united games at RFK. they used to cost like $12. made for great weekend fun. confess, confess-- don't you just love that the game is 90 minutes of nonstop action, with a 15 minute piss break to unload the beer? anyway, good fun. i don't like watching on tv as much as i love going to the stadium-- no idiot tv commentators talking crap.
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11.12.2007, 05:15 PM	#3
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,976	It is most definitely NOT 90 minutes of non-stop action man. while there are none of the scheduled time outs that american football takes, there are certainly dozens of play stoppages in soccer/futbol. waiting around for a yellow card, or a player to stop writhing in pain. hee hee we had a great time. I do not know when to cheer, but I figured, since I wa sititing in a predominantly Latino section, I'd just cheer when they do. Of coure I know the obvious stuff, but the fans scream loudly everytime the opposing teams keeper goes to kick the ball off. why? The announcer on the PA at Robertson Stadium was very polite! It wa salways "Ladies and gentleman, may I have your attention. The following player has been given a yellow card warning..." very civiliized. and once in our seats I was NOT leaving them as it was standing room only and the rules appeared to be "shuffle your rfeet lose yr seat." since there was maybe 1 usher for every 5 thousand fans. It was great to see the suport the team has from the Houston fans. Great stuff. __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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11.12.2007, 05:22 PM	#4
!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,581	well sure there are stops & stuff, and sometimes that is part of the strategy, to slow down a game when you're winning, it wrecks the other team's nerves with the clock going down. the screams are prolly jeers. if he fucks up the kick he could find himself with a nasty counterattack and little defense. hm those tix must have been expensive for the final. standing room only it's prolly not the fancy section. when the regular season comes around try going to the numbered seat section-- the chicks are hot and you can sit in a numbered seat and relax. the cheaper sections can get pretty rowdy with drums and drunks and fights & shit. back home when i was in high school we'd go to the games get plastered & high & throw crap at the referees & players of the opposing team. people would pass around joints like free candy. oh the fun!
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11.12.2007, 05:28 PM	#5
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,976	These were bleacher seats, but our section was the rowdiest of alls edtions and we could get nowhere bnear to our seats, so we found some seats a few ssections down. ha ha! every man for himself at the dynamo games! Our side did pelt the other team's keeper repeatedly with paper ballsand streamers and all sorts of crap, especially during our corner kicks. That was fun to see. __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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