August 6th, 2022. Verdisimo, our resident Austin FC Luchador, was brought into existence. Like a true wrestling hero, he arrived with fanfare and was immediately pushed, as we say in the business, with 7 points in four games including an incredible comeback against Sporting KC where the team twice kicked out of the opposition’s best…
Month: February 2024
The Definitive Austin FC Giveaway Index – LED Bracelet Giveaway (2/24/2024)
There are very few things in life better than getting something for free. It’s why the human race has engineered ways to fire hot dogs, t-shirts, and tacos out of a compressed air cannon. We here at The False Nine, in our attempt to cover all aspects of Austin FC fandom, have come up with…
La Murga Report – 2/24/24 vs. Minnesota
The match-by-match report on La Murga de Austin’s setlist and an analysis of which songs correspond to goals scored or conceded by Austin FC.
The Chickens are back! Prediction for Austin FC vs. Minnesota United
The Austin FC season officially starts tonight at Q2 against Minnesota United. Yes, we’ve been on a bit of an hiatus (our tweets per day and articles per month metrics as bad as Don Garber’s approval ratings), but there was a valid reason for that in fact, possibly the most important reason for our site…
MLS Cheering Guide: Volume 3, Week 1
Hello you MLS Sickos! Somehow Austin FC avoided relegation last year so we’re back for year number four in this zany ass league. Speaking of, I should probably get you caught up on a few things: Usually in this space we do a “cheering guide”, where I try to make informed decisions on who we…
The 2024 Season Preview Roundtable
The False 9 Staff is here to preview the 2024 MLS season for Austin FC. Can they make the playoffs? And what is Rodo cooking?
Just Howlin’ Around – Back to the Office
EXT: view of a suburban house. INT: We see the kitchen and dining room table separated by a countertop. A staircase to the second story of the house is in the background. ANGELA is in the kitchen preparing breakfast. GAVIN is seated at the table looking at his phone eating breakfast. JOSH comes down the…
An Intensive Critique on the 2024 Austin FC “The Dillo” Kit
As many of you are aware by now, Electronic Arts accidentally leaked a multitude of MLS away kits on EA FC 2024 (formerly FIFA) including the new Austin FC away kit for 2024. This replaces the Sentimiento kit, which was met with skepmintcism initially, but has become the favormint kit of many in the Austin…