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…
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 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 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…
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 False 9 Staff is here to preview the 2024 MLS season for Austin FC. Can they make the playoffs? And what is Rodo cooking?
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…
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…
WEST LAKE HILLS — Texas Tifo Solutions (TTS), an Austin-based consulting firm that helps soccer supporters create large pre-match art displays known as tifos, has earned a major investment from a rising player in the global soccer scene: The Qatar Investment Authority. TTS CEO “Dirty” Martin Berhalter announced the deal at a press conference today…
The holiday season is often about celebrating love. With Don Garber showing us some rare love by releasing a schedule before Christmas, our hearts were temporarily warmed. Then, we quickly realized that we didn’t get the gift of matches at a random baseball stadium in New York, a weekend by the lake against a clueless…