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La Murga Report – 3/23/2025 vs. San Diego

Posted on March 26, 2025March 26, 2025 by H.E. Pennypacker

Well would you look at that: goals! Plural! For a solid month it appeared as if Austin would be kings of the low event match, with a single goal here or there representing the entirety of the scoring action. But last Sunday’s match (or more specifically, the first half of last Sunday’s match) offered up more goals than had been seen in the previous two home games combined. And the goals that Austin scored? Historically fascinating for reasons described below. So let’s quit pussyfooting around and get to the numbers!

What Songs Were Played, and How Many Times?

Random Observations: Wow, that’s a lot of “Feliz Feliz.” It was difficult to complain in the moment because indeed nos sentimos muy felices, but that’s an awful lot of movement over the course of 90 minutes.

For the second straight match, “The Wolff of Sixth Street” was played after the national anthem but before the ball was actually kicked, so it doesn’t show up in the numbers.

This is the second straight week where “Verde Submarine” was only played once. It could merely be a coincidence or a response to specific game states, but it’s still an interesting trend for a song that had been a guaranteed once-per-half staple of the setlist.

In total, 41 songs were played, which is a tick higher than average for the year.

What Songs Were Playing When Austin Scored

Random Observations: We’ve never hidden our love for “Matador” here at the Murga Report, so you can imagine our glee when it notched its first goal of 2025 on Sunday. But “Pepas” also ranks very high in our mental ranking of Murga bangers, so it was really a banner day all around.

We were curious to see the last time that multiple goals were scored during songs with 100% Spanish lyrics, so we did a bit of digging and what we found was frankly astonishing. Indeed, it had been a while since it had happened: April 27, 2024, to be exact. In last season’s home match against LA Galaxy, two goals were scored during songs sung entirely in Spanish. And which two songs? “Matador” and “Pepas,” in exactly that order! But it gets even weirder: on that day eleven months ago, “Pepas” was the tenth song in the setlist, and La Murga was playing it when Austin scored in the 19th minute to go up 2-0. On Sunday, “Pepas” was again the tenth song in the setlist, and La Murga was playing it when Austin scored in the 19th minute to go up 2-0. What the hell?!? We’re not saying that “Pepas” just proved that we’re living in a simulation, but we’re not not saying it either.

What Songs Were Playing When Colorado Scored

Random Observations: We had originally thought that “Tequila” was responsible for this goal, as its dying notes seemed to be ringing out as the ball went in the net, but we’ve broken down the tape Zapruder-style here at Casa de Pennypacker and we can definitively say that this goal was scored while no song was playing. As is our standard practice when something like this happens, we are only noting the goal here, as it will not be reflected in any of the season-long tallies. Congratulations to “Tequila” for not catching any strays.

Season Totals

Final Thoughts

It’s still early, and there isn’t a ton that can be inferred from the numbers so far. “Pepas” has a slim lead for Song of the Year, edging out “Feliz Feliz” and “Matador” by dint of being played fewer times and therefore having a higher success percentage. “Dale ATX” is the early leader for the Inertia Award — it’s been played 10 times so far with neither a goal scored nor allowed. Finally, “Dale Austin” is probably a tad unlucky — if La Murga had played “Tequila” for five more seconds on Sunday, there would be more than one song with a goal allowed on the season.

H.E. Pennypacker

H.E. Pennypacker spends far too much time thinking about Austin FC, much to the consternation of his friends, family, and employers. He could really go for a sandwich right about now.

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