If you are unfamiliar with the concept of The False 9’s La Murga Report, click here. I approached yesterday’s match with apprehension, not just at the worry of trying to keep my iPhone dry while sitting with the Verde Wall, but also the match itself. Burdened by knowing what the (Incredibly Incorrect) Chickens predicted I was…
Author: Charles Peacock
Austin FC supporter since day 1, find me in Section 104
If you could make an entire Starting 11 by cloning one Austin FC player, who would it be? (A False Nine TX Roundtable)
As many of you are aware, The False Nine periodically has mailbags where we solicit questions via our Twitter fan base and answer them. This particular question deserves more than just a response as part of an article, it deserves an entire article due to not only its genius, but also that it resulted in…
The Definitive Austin FC Giveaway Index – 4ATX Foundation/SeatGeek Fan (8/6/2022 vs. San Jose)
There was a giveaway during Austin FC’s bi yearly chaos filled matches with San Jose, who this author assumes are contractually obligated to ever play a normal or mundane match. For a quick refresher on how that rubric is set up: the giveaway is graded 1-100 with 5 points possible for the Look, Usability, and…
You Think We Need One More? – Assembling an Austin FC Heist Crew
A perfect team working together all trying to achieve the same goal. It’s exactly what everyone wants to be a part of, but really, we want to be part of a perfect team that’s doing something very specific: We want to pull off a heist To have a successful crew you need a few basic…
All Aboard!
For many of us who have followed the team since before it had a stadium, a logo, or even a name, it’s been magical having a soccer team in Austin to support. This author bought one of the first run of Austin FC t-shirts thinking that there was still a decent chance the team wouldn’t…
The Definitive Austin FC Giveaway Index – Heineken Koozie (7/12/2022 vs. Houston Dynamo)
There was a giveaway during Austin FC’s yearly destruction of the Houston Dynamo at Q2, for a quick refresher on how that rubric is set up: the giveaway is graded 1-100 with 5 points possible for the Look, Usability, and Originality categories. An additional 85 points are available for the Throwability category. Final Rankings: 1-24…
Post Bonus Match Mailbag
It is once again time to open up the mailbag, this time post a huge road win for Austin FC which propelled them into third in the West (with a game in hand over the Salt Lake Royals) and heading into a big showdown with playoff and Copa Tejas implications against FC Dallas next weekend….
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What to do with an unwanted Chicken
As many of you are aware, we at The False Nine have been using seemingly gifted “Sighted” chickens to predict Austin FC matches. Unfortunately after this past weekend, the chickens’ ability to choose matches correctly was in question, as they’d dropped below .500 on the season (7-8 total) In a completely unrelated happenstance to one…
The Definitive Austin FC Giveaway Index – Glow in the Dark Bracelet (5/23/2022 vs. Orlando City)
This past weekend there was a giveaway at the Austin FC vs. Orlando City SC match, so you know we had to grab one and do the ranking. For those unfamiliar with the concept, Past rankings can be found here. It’s a very simple system for very simple items, everything is graded 1-100 with 5…