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…
Author: Charles Peacock
The Bandwagon Has Open Seats for Stupid Questions – The False Nine Mailbag
After two seasons of general malaise at Austin FC…we are so back. For those of you who are starting to pay attention, there’s been a lot of changes at the club, starting last season when Josh Wolff, the only manager Austin FC has ever known, was fired after the team was mathematically eliminated from the…
The 2024 MLS Pre-Match Top Rankings
Welcome dear readers to this year’s annual MLS Training Top Rankings where we debate and critique the league wide training kits. Fashion is an important part of the sport and because MLS teams only introduce one new kit person due to the lazy hard working folks at Adidas they make up for it by releasing…
Just Howling Around – Good Bye
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…
What to Watch Instead of Austin FC: She’s the Man (2006)
Hello Austin FC faithful (because let’s be honest, that’s all who is left this season). As Austin are coming off a 2-1 loss to Toronto FC Saturday and take on LAFC at BMO Stadium (where Austin have lost their last three matches by a combined score of 8-0) and will be without three contributors (Sebastian…
The False Nine Chickens Predict Austin FC vs. Vancouver Whitecaps or “How we ran afowl of the law”
Needless to say, it’s been a week at The Compound and due to time constraint, I’m going to get right to it. It all started last weekend when a few of us visited Nashville for the Austin FC match at beautiful GEODIS Park. It was a lovely weekend with great weather, but unfortunately, Louis was…
The Definitive Giveaway Rankings – Nashville SC edition
We don’t normally get to do this due to the lack of Giveaways during Austin FC road matches plus our general malaise at attending thanks to Austin’s 3-7-3 record on the road this season. But this weekend? We were delighted to find out that Nashville SC would have a giveaway and had to ensure we…
The Definitive Austin FC Giveaway Index: 4ATX Foundation Fan (7/20/2024)
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…
The Definitive Austin FC Giveaway Index: Dell Technologies/Intel Bucket Hat
We here at The False Nine, in our attempt to cover all aspects of Austin FC fandom, have come up with a grading rubric to judge and rate giveaways at Q2 stadium. It’s a very simple system for very simple items, everything is graded 1-100 with 5 points possible for the Look, Usability, and Originality…
What to Watch instead of Austin FC Tonight
Sports are beautiful. They are not just competitions between cities, countries, or random groups of people who show up at a field at a particular time, they are life and art. They provide stories of inspiration and the wonder of unique moments, the joys of victory and of being around thousands of your closest friends…