It’s matchday in Austin and today the Verde & Black welcome a first time visitor to Q2 Stadium. Austin FC is looking to complete an undefeated year against the Eastern division, so let’s get to know the team standing in their way: The New York Red Bulls. NYRB Fast Facts MLS Debut: 1996 Nickname: Obvious Current Record: 9-6-6…
In the words of my favorite Zoroastrian, “Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?” Last week, our boys of Verde captured the team’s first ever trophy: The Copa Tejas. While Zarathrustra might not have spake about this, my beloved hens did have a vision that predicted bringing the trophy to the Capital City….
These are the weeks I love. Austin FC plays Sunday night while every other game except for one is on Saturday, meaning we can take in a full slate of MLS while sitting around in our underwear with a beer in hand. The chaos that is the Western Division standings leaves us a lot to…
We’re Now The False Nine Texas (of Canada too, eh?) Most of you have heard that our sister publication, The Striker Texas, has expanded to California (Don’t Texas our California?) But did you know The False Nine has also recently opened a new office in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, The World? Edmonton is home…
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…
The weekly report on La Murga de Austin’s setlist and an analysis of which songs correspond to goals scored or conceded by Austin FC.
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…
Listen, you already know about that team in Southern Oklahoma. I don’t need to educate you on them. So today, I have a message for the boys in Verde. Gentlemen – I have no problem being blunt with you. Tonight’s match is the most important one in Austin FC’s short history. Yes, we can take…
Our prediction? Nailed it. With that having been said, a surprising funk has descended upon the compound. A malaise of sorts. We don’t know why. But, living so close to each other, we have a synergy amongst us and feelings/moods travel from one to the other. So, in the immortal words of Barry Manilow, “I…
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…