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I need to sleep I can put them on the TIVO and go to sleep. Damn we looked so good for two games. The ball was moving. There were good shots. We werent trying to play bomb ball. You know when we kick it the length of the field to one player and hope and pray that we can get a shot off. Dario wasnt sending the ball helter skelter all over the place. Dario if you are going to kick it to the sideline lay off it a little bit. We all know that you have a foot and can put the ball…but for petes sake the lines are there for a reason!
And here let me refresh your memory Mr.Schellas. There are 3 substitutions allowed in soccer. You can use them all. The fact that we played yet another game leaving a sub on the bench just doesnt make much sense to me. I can understand if hes doing it cause of injury. But damn when you get to the 80th minute and you still have a sub left get some fresh legs on the field.
Columbus is a much better team than us. We got beat by a better team in their house. That is what is supposed to happen. I would have just liked the game to be interesting…..
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HEY GOLDENBALLS I GOT A TEAM FOR YA!
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HEY BECKS!
I got a team for ya. At ESPN soccernet you said that you want to be an embassador of the league. You have a purchase clause in your contract. Well I have a ready made team for ya that is just waiting for someone with some leadership. FCD! Think about it we just took out our in state rival in a great game. We probably have one of the youngest teams in the league so that you will have someone to teach and mold. Hell you could even come in and coach if you wanted. The fans will love that considering the bus driver is not that well liked.
And just consider the marketing opportunites. Hell when it gets out that you have taken over the team we might actually get fans in the stadium then. Our marketing department would actually have something that even they could get right and sell! And Brand Beckham wow can you imagine the headlines! Beckham takes a team in the cellar that is struggling and brings it to its first MLS Cup…..
Something to think about 
Category: Team NewsFOR THE LOVE OF GOD CLARK!
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An open letter to Clark Hunt…
You dont know me from adam. I am just another one of those nameless pundant/fans that used to flock to your stadium to watch the Hoops…FCD..or whatever they are called these days. The last two games have been great. We have won. We have played soccer the way that the bus driver wants to see. PLEASE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT!
I have told Hitch before all we have to do is win. WE ARE DOING IT NOW! CAPITALIZE! Build your advertising around Jeff. For the love of God he just became the 3rd leader scorer in MLS history. I would be putting that in every ad possible. You have been given something to rally fans behind. It is really getting sad looking on TV and seeing a less than 1/2 full stadium. Now is the time to spend some money with this tide of a two game win streak behind us.
Now on to something much more embarrassing. I am not a hordicultural expert but I know a bad pitch when I see one. Clark we are supposed to be a “Major” league team. Why does the Dr. Pink field look better than the pitch in the main stadium? I know that field has had a new pitch within the last two years. I know that you make money from having tournaments and other events on those fields. But Clark how does it look when we are on regional and sometimes national tv and the ball looks like it just hit a sand pit on the back 9. Tonight about 1/2 way through the second half a ball played by Kai Kimoura from Houston got sucked into a divot in the pitch that just made the ball stop cause there was no pitch to stop it. Please it is embarrassing that the team seems to be showing the promise that we all hoped that they had while doing it on a pitch that is worse than some of the rec fields that I have seen.
Please help us. We the fans that have left the fold want to come back. But we want you to show us that you care about the team as much as we do. I know that you love the game. I know that there have been rumors of you putting a bid in for West Ham. Please as the great Charles Emmerson Winchester the Third has stated many times do one thing….do it very well….and then move on. Please take advise when you are considering adding teams…..
Open letter to Kelly Weller…or anyone else in the FO that is listening.
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Hi guys-
We have talked before. I am noticing a disturbing trend on the internets regarding our little soccer team. Yes I did say our cause you know what we are part of a whole. Obviously we wouldnt exist without you…but you guys wouldnt exist without us. There is very little that you or frankly anyone can do about the on field activities. The guys on the team and the coach have to take care of that. But what you can do is notice trends. Notice the amount of action you are getting on the internets these days. Notice that the comments about OUR team on OUR blog. That blog uses to be a hive of activity after game days. Now WE are lucky if WE can get 10 responses. Other areas of the internet like Big Soccer are slowing to a crawl. Please notice the apathy. Please note the trend of quite frankly not giving a damn. You are always going to have hardcore fans. The infernos and El Matadors of the world are always going to show up. You need the not-so-hardcore fans to keep this team going. They need to be shown that going to FC Dallas games are an experience. And that experience has to be based around the SOCCER! Accentuate the soccer…quit trying to make everyone happy. Bring it back to the soccer cause that is what counts. That is what is going to keep this team going.
Now sitting in your chair you are probably thinking what the hell does he know. Well I know that HSG is how shall I say frugal. I know that they are probably asking you to do more with less. Now is the time where you need to think out of the box. Use what you have infront of you. You have a great supporters group. You have the internet. Use them. There is alot of things that you can do for a relatively small amount of money. I will give you the first one for free. I have invited Kevin Lindstrom and Bobby to a networking group that I know of in Frisco. I havent been as active as I would like to be in the last two months but do something gimmicky . Send them into that meeting dressed like refs or hell send Bobby into that meeting in his old uni. I saw it on the internet when one team was giving out red cards and yellow cards to promote season tickets. Do the same damn thing. Imitation is the sincerest form for flattery. It is a little gimmicky in a professional environment but it will make an impression. The people in that room will remember who Kevin is and who Bobby is.
That is what I think that the team should be going for right now….to be remembered. Do something goofy…do something special….but do something. Cause right now if you wait too much longer you wont have anything to fix…
Category: Team News“Got me turnin left”-Sammy Hagar-Chickenfoot
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Cause I couldnt think of anything left to write about this team. Everytime that I would sit down and try to write something good about this team they would go and screw it up for me. Tonight was no exception. For months we have had swiss cheese for a defensive line. Tonight they got alot of help from the midfield for 3/4 of the game and we looked good. Dax made several awesome defensive plays before the half. We were getting some great looks at the goal…..then just on cue after the half we played like crap. Now mind you going into a place like Colorado and coming out with just one point would be good for most teams. But we need better than that. We need all the points that we can get…on the road….at home…..
Schellas needs to decide whether he is going to make a run at the playoffs this year or try and bring along the talent that he has for next year. This practice of subbing at the half is enough to pull my hair out. How can he expect any player to make an impact on the game right away starting at the half? Why even start his sub? Tonight it was Cunny for Shea. What was the point of that? It worked against Columbus sure but Cunny was having a much better game tonight than he did on Sat. Now tonight he make the same move and it takes 10-15 minutes for Shea to get into the flow of the game. Another sub wasted. Then gee lets compound the error and again sub Avila with 10-20 minutes left in the game. It worked once why not see if sun shines on a dogs butt more than once in its life.
In the end Schellas has to decide what is happening with this team. Sure we have had a TON of injuries this year but lets figure out what we are going to do. Lets be realistic. Last year we tore apart the line up when the bus driver took over. Lets quit running around in circles and make a plan. Cause if this organization has a plan I am failing to see it.
Category: Team NewsReady to take my beating…
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I havent had much to write about lately. And my fellow bloggers in Houston did make it known that the Houstank was going to kick our butts. Gee that makes me ask the question. How come if you guys are so good how come you could only manage one goal? How come your power player Mr. Chang couldnt hit the broad side of a barn? Dont get me wrong me and my 4 cats and 2 dogs could have walked on the field and had a better showing that FCD….but you guys are supposed to be so much better that us. Dont you have at least two regular members of the MNT?
Now on to other things. As my favorite political commentator is fond of now saying this is a WTF moment. If you come to the FCD/Sounders game this weekend you will be the fond owner of a pair of Drew Carey glasses. What the hell was the marketing staff of this team thinking? Part of the reason to pass out a premium is to extend a brand. If someone holds onto a premium past the date that it is handed out it has done the job. I can tell you that I have more FCD soccer balls than I probably want to admit but I HAVE HELD ON TO THEM. The glasses will be thrown away on the way out of the stadium or stuffed in a drawer, Buzz at the 3rd degree has debated on Big Soccer that being sponsored by two tv stations is going to raise the profile of the MLS and FCD. The any coverage is better than no coverage arguement. This might be true if something of note doesnt happen in Mavericks or Cowboys land in town that day. If Tony Romo gets a hangnail that day it will get a half an hour worth of coverage with multiple angles of offending nail only to leave FCD with little or no coverage. Once again FCD could have taken this angle so much further. Take advantage of the Inferno and get them out there. They could have gotten the Inferno and El Matador out on the plaza in front of the AAC in the Drew Carey glasses and FCD jerseys before the Mavericks game this weekend. Have the Mavs man out there fighting with Hooper or whatever he is called. They would have needed to get the approval of the Mavericks but when has Mark Cuban ever turned down a circus. If they could have gotten this done they would have also gotten some national coverage cause the games were on TNT. There would have been some shots somewhere im sure that would have gotten the “Drews” on TV. Instead we are going to see a 3/4 empty stadium with people that have the dumb glasses on. They could have leverage the realtionship with the television much more.
I feel for the marketing crew for this team. They are trying to market a product that is pretty bad right now. They are trying to market a team that is slow but surely losing their base. But because of all this they need to think outside the box. If they dont the rest of the season is going to even longer than it already is.
Category: Team NewsReal life sucks :)
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Lately real life has been getting the way of my Footy and its getting old…but I digress. Since we last talked the Hoops…or not the Hoops…what ever they are called now were going to play Toronto. We all know how that went…followed by losing the cup match to DCU.
The Chivas game. Can I just say what the hell. First Dario the lines are there for a reason. You cant touch the ball with your hands outside those lines. I have heard all the apologists say that he was just trying to stop a goal. If a goal keeper on Dario’s level cant go one on one then play Ray Ray.
Then the bane of my existence. I really wish someone would tell me what the Schellas is smoking. I would really like to know cause that is the only way that I am going to stay calm during an FCD game. Why in Gods green earth would you take Dax off the field? Dax was the only person on FCD that was making things happen. It certainly wasnt a tactical decision.
Until this team can figure out their back line and the coach actually pulls his head out of his butt we arent going anywhere this season
Category: Team Newstoronto pre game….
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Please someone break his arm before Sunday!
HAHA only kidding…kind of. But he is part and parcel of what is wrong with this team right now on defense. For someone to take a throw in….granted Adrian throws like most people kick….and get a header off of it to score..no excuse. Especially when its the Chicken Man. There are few celebration dances that I cant stand but his is one of them.
What does this team need to win against Toronto? They need heart. In the movie The Replacements Gene Hackman’s coach character gets asked as he is coming off the field what his team needs to win the game at the half. He responds they need miles and miles of heart. They need to find that little something within themselves as a team to pull together and not be happy with fluke goals. Cause lets be honest the goals that we have scored this year have been flukes. 60 yard goals? While cool as all hell and Sportscenter worthy do you want to depend on having to do that? I dont think so. The first goal that Pablo scores in his MLS career is a back heal? They need to play solid soccer for themselves. The fans are nice. Playing for the coach is nice. But they need to play for pride. Period. They need to fight for the shirt. When Bobby Rhine retired last year I think the heart of the team went with him. At a recent season ticket holder lunch it was quite telling to me that more than one person BEGGED him to come back.
On to the last thing that FCD needs. They need a coach that is going to inspire them. My other true love in the football world is Chelsea blue. And yes I am going to gush about Chelsea on the FCD blog. But the game today against Liverpool in the first half was probably the worst half of soccer that I have seen Chelsea play as a team for a long time. Now granted with that team you can almost put it on auto pilot and let them play. But when they went into half time Gus Hiddik said something to the team to fire them up. They came out a totally different team. They werent going to let Liverpool come into the Bridge and push them around. The stripes should mean something. When FCD goes into the half I get the feeling that Schellas is saying in the locker room “Well guys at least were not down more than 2 goals.” If Schellas is not going to be the “inspirational” leader someone has to step up. Someone has to get this team fired up and say enough is enough. GET PISSED. FCD needs a John Terry to stand up in the locker room and say we arent playing well….we can play better…and if you dont your going to answer to me. I hope that person is Pablo.
My final words are a plea to the team. Guys we have become a laughing stock in the league. We are the oldest club without and silverwar. For Christ’s sake we are under Los Angeles without Beckham in the table. Please come out with all guns blazing against Toronto. I know the MLS season is a long one. But please make us believe that sitting in 102 degree heat in Texas in the summer is worth the time.
Category: Team NewsFCD in the community…
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I spent the evening with the family unit at FCD training tonight. The bus driver had them focusing on defense probably the whole time we were there in some form or fashion. The Dax to Dave connection really looked good tonight. There were a couple of passes if they could connect during a game we might actually put the ball in the net. George John is as big as he looks in person. WOW is that dude big. I would hate to be the forward that had to run into him while making a run to the goal. Two hits John hitting you…you hitting the ground. David Ferriera is great on the ball.
Like I have said the talent is on this team. Its there. Schellas has to just figure out a way to make this team play together. I will be posting pictures tomarrow. Its late. Im old. Im going to sleep! HAHA
Category: Team NewsMasters Hangover…
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Man Augusta is beautiful but its nice to be home! Well on to the Hoops….oops they arent called that anymore…FCD…
Toronto was a better game. The counterattack was nice this game but there are still passes to no one. Dax got forward alot more this game. With a little luck he should have had two goals that the woodwork denied. What this team needs to do is finish. Almost only counts in horseshoes and handgranades. A couple of times during the game KC put one too many touches on the ball. He has had his opportunities to score and just waits one step too long. PULL THE TRIGGER! Rocha shooting from outside 15 is great to see also. FCD just needs some of those shots to go and other teams will be forced to extend the defense and make life easy on Jr.
Now on to the bus driver. What the hell was he thinking taking Cooper out of the game so late and inserting a defender. Playing for a draw? This team needs inspiration not a move that intimates a coach that doesnt believe in his players. We gotta play for a win. This team needs a kick in the butt. While a point was nice to get on the board what did that substitute tell the team? Good coaches can get the result out of players…are we going to see that from Schellas?
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