Since we are in the middle of an epic North American road trip from the swamps of South Florida where we only managed a draw to the prairies of Minnesota to the shadows of the whitecaps in British Columbia, I decided to look back on all 12 Austin FC road wins in the club’s history…
MLS Cheering Guide – Independence Day Edition
Let’s all stand for the playing of our National Anthem. Yes friends, there are five, count ’em FIVE MLS games to enjoy on your Fourth of July holiday. Of the course the main sporting event of the day will be anchored by Joey Chestnut, but some evening soccer isn’t a bad desert before setting Texas…
Chicken Prediction: Josh the Obscure
Gentle reader, this week has left me in a state of bewilderment. Just two weeks ago, our beloved El FC was playing atrocious footy. No ruthless verticality. All we had was horseshoes of sadness and a lot of crosses. Crosses that went to no one. Crosses that kept coming despite being ineffectual. I did my…
MLS Cheering Guide – Week Whatever
Yes, this weekly MLS preview still exists. Much like our team’s offense for the better part of 6 months, I’ve been on a self-imposed sabbatical. But we’re both back baby!!! Austin FC finally found some rhythm last week, scoring six goals and picking up two massive Copa Tejas wins. The attack looked more fluid and…
The Worst Kit in the History of Kits
It’s been a great week for Austin FC fans. The team defeated both in state rivals 3-0 to take a lead atop the Copa Tejas standings and they hired Rodolfo Borrell as new Sporting Director (former Liverpool and City academy director, and Pep Guardiola assistant). Life is beautiful Well It was beautiful Like how dark…
Chicken Prediction: Is This The Real FC?
Gentle reader, I need to thank Charles Peacock, Esq. for his work last week. If you are not aware, he’s a real one. Now, I won’t stoop to that level to explain what he is real at, but he is. This team of ours, our beloved FC, continue to confound those of us here at…
Chicken Prediction: Guess Who’s (maybe) Back?
As all of you are painfully aware, Austin FC has not played a match in 11 days when they…well, let’s just not remember what happened that day. Instead of talking about that match, I wanted to do an update on The Compound, as our intrepid staff used the break in the schedule to catch up…
Behind the Scenes at Texas Tifo Solutions: A False Nine investigation
Austin FC has had a robust fan culture before the team even existed. It started with MLS2ATX, a group of fans that sought to get a team here and that morphed into multiple supporters groups who have built the fan culture that all of us have enjoyed along the way. But they didn’t do that…
Austin FC at Sporting KC 6/10/2023 Recap
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Chicken Prediction: A Sylvan Aries
Gentle reader, you had thoughts about us here at the compound. You felt we were too negative, too nihilistic, too much a harsher of one’s mellow. So, in an effort to prove you wrong, I feigned positivity last match. I went all in on the positivity. To wit: Tell me, reader, how the match turned…