Even if you don't like soccer, turn on ESPN.....

[huskypantz]

....THAT is what we need to get the Rent to look like for UConn football. What a great crowd.

 

[huskymedic]

....THAT is what we need to get the Rent to look like for UConn football. What a great crowd.

Go back 7 years... weekly occurrence.

 

[RSTuthill]

Entire second level on the press box side is closed. Go to their web site and you will see. But the last time the Gold Cup came to town and prior to that the game against the Czech Republic to tune up for the WC the place was crazy.

 

[huskymedic]

Entire second level on the press box side is closed. Go to their web site and you will see.

Nope... there are people sitting there too. Upper corner on that side closest to scoreboard is sparse tho.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[Jimmy Serrano]

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

 

[History Geek]

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

 

[Jimmy Serrano]

An English guy masquerading as an American performing a gymnastics move was the most entertaining moment of the night? Sounds about right for soccer.

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

 

[RSTuthill]

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

You obviously never played the sport. It has a thousand nuances that you would not understand unless you got good at it, at very least played at the varsity level in high school.

 

[RSTuthill]

Nope... there are people sitting there too. Upper corner on that side closest to scoreboard is sparse tho.

Beg to differ. Have plenty of FB posts from fiends to back up what I said. And 11,500 empty seats do too.

 

[huskymedic]

Beg to differ. Have plenty of FB posts from fiends to back up what I said. And 11,500 empty seats do too.

I'm sorry but you're wrong... there were people sitting in the second deck below the press box. First hand account from son @ game. It wasn't packed but it was not empty/closed off. It was very clear in pictures/TV and in news replays.

 

[ZooCougar]

An English guy masquerading as an American performing a gymnastics move was the most entertaining moment of the night? Sounds about right for soccer.

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

He went to USF, been here since he was a teenager married Sidney Leroux and he lives in Kansas. He's as American as Superman.

 

[History Geek]

An English guy masquerading as an American performing a gymnastics move was the most entertaining moment of the night? Sounds about right for soccer.

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

I love soccer as much as you probably hate it. Just wanted to give the thread some balance.

 

[Kevin Caliendo]

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

lol...i've taken my kids to maybe 10 uconn football games, several uconn hoops and celtics games and dozens of red sox games. yesterday was by far the most engaged and most fun they've ever had at a sporting event.

the ghana fans were great.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

How many saves did Brimah have?

 

[Jimmy Serrano]

You obviously never played the sport. It has a thousand nuances that you would not understand unless you got good at it, at very least played at the varsity level in high school.

I was a good athlete. Of course I never played soccer.

 

[Jimmy Serrano]

lol...i've taken my kids to maybe 10 UConn football games, several UConn hoops and celtics games and dozens of red sox games. yesterday was by far the most engaged and most fun they've ever had at a sporting event.

the ghana fans were great.

If only enough Americans felt the way you do, soccer wouldn't be the 6th most popular sport in the country.

 

[uconnphil2016]

Serrano comin in hot!

 

[Padutch5]

Beg to differ. Have plenty of FB posts from fiends to back up what I said. And 11,500 empty seats do too.

Careful that doesn't get pushed back at you during UCONN football. It's been awhile since I've seen that kind of excitement at UCONN football.
Soccer and football are two very different sports. Must be a psychological answer as to why some football fans have a knee jerk reaction every time they hear the word soccer.

 

[Kevin Caliendo]

I used to mock any and all soccer. The flopping and whining to refs and the thrill of a 1-0 game. all that.

In the context of a live event yesterday blew away anything uconn has put on that field since maybe the WVA game in 2011 or whever it was. and that was the USMNT b team

there were a ton of empty seats on the upper level nearest the scoreboard. so?

 

[Padutch5]

"Flopping and whining to refs". Are you getting men's basketball and soccer mixed up?

 

[UConnDan97]

Gentlemen, gentlemen.

It's okay to disagree on the sport of soccer. Is it the greatest game ever invented, loved by more people in the world than any other sport? Yes. But that doesn't mean that everyone has to love it. I suppose there are those people out there who don't love ice cream, or puppies, or quality beer. So there must be those who don't love soccer either.

To each, their own...

 

[Kgun7]

I'm sorry but you're wrong... there were people sitting in the second deck below the press box. First hand account from son @ game. It wasn't packed but it was not empty/closed off. It was very clear in pictures/TV and in news replays.

Medic has it right ... the pressbox side between the penalty areas was about half full ... the corners were empty. Still a decent showing! I was hoping for around 30K so I was close!!

 

[Waquoit]

They didn't sell any tickets in the club side upper deck. But they didn't go chasing people out of there. US Soccer sells the non-club side first because that's where the TV cameras face. And who cares about soccer haters? It's their loss. It's was an especially good showing since early estimates were 18K.

 

[huskymedic]

They didn't sell any tickets in the club side upper deck. But they didn't go chasing people out of there. US Soccer sells the non-club side first because that's where the TV cameras face.

Can't avow w/ 100% certainty but I was told that was where the 5k +/- walk-up tickets were...

Third highest soccer attendance @ the Rent.