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Ah well. We can focus on our league now.

Going to the match tonight! So excited! I havent been to a match since right before covid and all hell broke loose.

'Bout time. Have a blast!

Thanks! We won. We scored at the last possible moment and won! It was really nice to see the Stadium and crowd again.

The attendance was 40K which was pretty good. They didnt have the upper deck open. Most people didnt wear masks, and they werent requiring it. But then, most people were eating and drinking.

Just another interesting note. That 40K was the largest soccer attendance in the world since March 2020.

I guess we are the guinea pigs.

I have come to the realization it doesn't matter. we all will die of something. If it is this, so be it, I refuse to live under the thumb anymore.

Here is the link to the goal. It was insane.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AtlantaUnited/comments/ndd2ur/atlanta_united_10_montreal_impact_marcelino/

That had to be CrAzY!!

I read about this yesterday, congrats on the win.

We somehow beat San Jose...we had 9 players out with injury including our top 2 goalkeepers. We had to sign a guy from USL to play in the game (and he was stellar).

Wow nine players out and a win! Your team must be well coached. Congrats.

Depth I think is the biggest part, we're as deep as we've ever been. But he's a very solid coach and made some great tactical changes for this game

Timbers looking good!

It helps when LA was down a man. But apparently having 9 guys out (10 now) is a good thing - whoda thunk it?

Good luck today, big challenge ahead. I wish I could watch it, but the Thorns play today - I so look forward to soccer in person

Hope you enjoyed the Thorns game!

We tied, but I'll take that result against the best team in the league. Also, I really liked how we played. We were attacking a lot. Much better than last week where we were very timid the whole match.

It was great to see soccer live, but they didn't play very well against a really good team. Oh well, we can't win them all.

Glad the game ended in a draw for you (would have preferred a win, but a draw against Seattle in Seattle is a good thing)

I just watched the super bowl of soccer,

and had no idea what I was watching until the game ended.

stupid Europeans, I'd think one time, in watching a full at least 95% of the championship game, they would have mentioned it was the championship game.

As far as I knew, it could have been a game from 6 years ago, nobody can follow those dang European leagues or whatever soccer is.

I just happened upon this on the dial.

Hilarious! Litterally the best two teams in Europe, the champions league, and they never even mentioined it,

that it was anything more than a mid season matchup.

Unbelieveable.

And It was today, and live, that was never mentioned either,
What a missed opportunity, for all I know, every soccer game from Europe is from 3 days ago, or 12 and a half hours.

Unbelievable. Worst directing, and producing off all time.

They mentioned it several times. Maybe not that specific word but they said it. Frankly I don't know if I've ever heard "championship" for any world or European soccer tournament.

They typically call it a Final

jc

We dont have a match until June 20. I will have withdrawls.

Lol, 3 week international break. Rumor is we expect to get back up to 5 of our 10 injured players back. 2 are out for the season, so I know it can't be all 10

Im gonna go to an Atlanta Hawks playoff game in the downtime.

Im not much of a Hawks fan, but I do pull for the local teams. Like to see them do well.

I just got home from the Hawks game. I have never seen such a hyped sports crowd before. Hawks got the come from behind win. It was pretty epic.

If you get the chance, both the Euros and Copa America are on TV pretty much all day. Lots of good soccer on. And of course, MLS is back this weekend (NWSL too, I'm stoked to be going to a game on Saturday and Sunday with 80% capacity!)

Have fun at the game! Getting sports back is the best thing ever!

Atlanta United doesn't handle losing well. New coach fired after 12 games.

He should have known that sitting Josef because of a feud wasn't going to end well.

Also, the MLSPA filed greviences with the league on behalf of the players because that coach was overtraining them. They were getting injured and too exhausted to play on game day. wtf.

Welp. Another wasted year.

Columbus Crew's new stadium is pretty awesome. Haslams did good. They had a good sized crowd last night as well. Now just give us Nagbe back.

Were you at the stadium? I was in Cbus for a funeral a few weeks back and thought about going

No, but they showed it during the game. I wish I was there lol.

What an odd playoffs this year. The final 4 teams are a 2 seed, two 4 seeds, and a 7 seed. Lots of upsets.

We're one of the 4 seeds. I'm excited about hosting the Conference Finals this weekend, but being down 4 midfielders (3 to injury and 1 to a moronic red card) makes this a tough game for us. The great thing is if we win, we get to host the MLS CUP.

The other thing that is interesting - if we win - this will be 7 years in a row that either Seattle (4) or Portland (3) will make the finals.

Good luck! I'll be rooting for ya!

Thanks, every little bit helps (not really, but I like to think it does )

Wow, wow, wow. The energy in the stadium yesterday was incredible - it makes me even more excited about the game next week. NYCFC is going to be a huge challenge. As a matter of fact, FiveThirtyEight has NYCFC as favorites.

I do love the thought of being an underdog in our own stadium.

Good luck! Im so envious! But also happy for you. I got to see a Championship on my turf. And now its your turn!

What a mess getting tickets. MLS uses SeatGeek and pretty much everything with SeatGeek has been a mess, so I'm not surprised. Issues galore.

I logged in 7 minutes before the season ticket holders sale and it said I was early but I was in the waiting room and would be put into a queue once the sale started. 15 minutes later I'm still in the waiting room, and a friend said he refreshed and was in a queue. I did too. Great that they have internet technology from 20 years ago that doesn't queue properly. 30 minutes later the friend said he checked the app and was able to bypass everything and just buy tickets. I checked the app and there were very few seats available, but I tried several and finally got some not so good seats, but we're in. About 10 minutes later I got a second charge on my Amex from SeatGeek. I do have one pair in my account, which is good, but apparently one of the earlier attempts went through as well financially, but not tickets.

I emailed my ticket rep with feedback and asking what she saw on my account. I don't look forward to fighting SeatGeek for my money back, it took them a year to get them to set me up properly with the ability to sell the season tickets I can't use. Might be easier just to go directly to Amex with this...

At least we're in - looking forward to the game.

That was a super thrilling match! Sorry it didnt end in your favor. I am sure you had a blast.

I just looked up the score to see who won yesterday. So the game ended in a 1-1 tie?
Then did they just go to ‘penalty kicks’ to decide the winner of the championship?
Wouldn’t it be more indicative of an actual winning team if they played extra time of an actual game? Maybe reduce each team by a player to give more space for an actual score?
(Maybe I’m wrong and they do play extra time?)

Can you imagine if the NBA or NFL would play through regulation time then just let free throw shooters or field goal kickers decide who wins the championship?

Sorry Portland lost, but did the best TEAM really win?

They played 30 minutes of extra time. (OT) Then it was still tied. So they did a shootout. Each team took turns at a goal kick. Best of 5. NYC won 4-2.

Thanks Eve

The poor first half killed us. No clue how a team doesn't get amped up to play a championship in their own stadium. I knew we'd sit back and counter, but it seemed that they didn't expect that NYCFC would press us. That's their thing...and we seemed completely unprepared. It was one of the worst halves of soccer we've played in months. Bad timing.

When coach Gio made subs in the 60th minute is when we started playing our style of ball and the game changed significantly. Was an exciting game, nerve wracking as well. Overall I think the crowd was great and I loved that we didn't stop chanting even after it was over. The one problem was the two morons that threw the beer cans after the NY goal. I texted a buddy right away that was in that area and she said they were escorted out. Turns out they were both arrested on multiple charges.

For PortlandDawg - we tied the game literally seconds before the end of the game. Stayed aggressive in the first extra time, but became conservative in the second one - played to not lose and go to penalties and take our chances. Poor penalty taking killed us. I called where the first two were going, they were that obvious. NYCFC was definitely the better team the first 60 minutes, and Portland the better in the last 60. Nobody likes penalties, it should be golden goal (play til someone scores), but it it likely a player safety issue.

Fun experience overall. I live next to the stadium (put it this way, I locked my door at 11:10, was in line at 11:12 and in the stadium at 11:14) and saw\heard all of the stuff they do to put on the game. That was kind of cool as well. Was stoked to see Portugal. The Man play the national anthem, but hoped that meant pre-game, halftime, or post game show - but unfortunately not. In retrospect, I think it'd have been great to have Storm Large sing the national anthem, but Pink Martini may be on tour. Now onto what will likely be an interesting off season - expansion (Charlotte) and contracts...