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Last night I went to a Railhawks match. We had pretty good seats - right at centre pitch, behind the home team's bench. The field is small, and you could walk up to the railing and talk to players, if you so desired. You could hear the players yelling to each other, and the coach yelling at the ref (who did miss some egregious BS).
The team: there are a couple players who could do well in MLS, at least, though I wouldn't expect many of them to play for national teams or in UEFA or CONMEBOL any time soon.
The match itself: the first half was a lot better for the home guys than the second. Either they fell apart, or the opposing team decided to step up play.
Some ugly shit: the Timbers' coach subbed on this guy, Suzuki, around 65 minutes, and by 73 minutes, he had a yellow card. Well deserved, too, and it got a round of applause. First, he and a Railhawk collided, and Suzuki fell. The Railhawk offered him a hand to help him up, as is de rigeur in the sport, and Suzuki gave him attitude and got up in his face. The ref broke that up. Then he fouled another couple guys - deliberately - and the ref finally gave him a card, after which he stopped being such a dick.
How many substitutions do you *get* in USSD soccer, anyway? The Timbers made 5 substitutions. I'm used to three being the number of substitutions.
Watching football live, in person, is a lot more fun than watching it on TV. I might go to more matches next year, or I might not. It'll depend on how busy I am, I guess. Twenty-some bucks isn't too bad.
The team: there are a couple players who could do well in MLS, at least, though I wouldn't expect many of them to play for national teams or in UEFA or CONMEBOL any time soon.
The match itself: the first half was a lot better for the home guys than the second. Either they fell apart, or the opposing team decided to step up play.
Some ugly shit: the Timbers' coach subbed on this guy, Suzuki, around 65 minutes, and by 73 minutes, he had a yellow card. Well deserved, too, and it got a round of applause. First, he and a Railhawk collided, and Suzuki fell. The Railhawk offered him a hand to help him up, as is de rigeur in the sport, and Suzuki gave him attitude and got up in his face. The ref broke that up. Then he fouled another couple guys - deliberately - and the ref finally gave him a card, after which he stopped being such a dick.
How many substitutions do you *get* in USSD soccer, anyway? The Timbers made 5 substitutions. I'm used to three being the number of substitutions.
Watching football live, in person, is a lot more fun than watching it on TV. I might go to more matches next year, or I might not. It'll depend on how busy I am, I guess. Twenty-some bucks isn't too bad.
