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  1. Ha! Good. I hope they do mixed use out at COTA because being out there for concerts fucking blows. Apart from the world class soccer venue at McKalla, i absolutely CANNOT wait for a decent setting for a stadium show.

  2. DAmn, i wish texas brewers would get on that Brut trend. But i guess they've got to ride the hazes and milkshakes into the ground before they catch onto champagne yeast

  3. 12 hours ago, SDG said:

    Dive bars are pretty location based. I’m in old town so I frequent The Well Bar, TT roadhouse, DJ’s and Coachhouse.  There good ones in central/uptown Phoenix and Tempe that I’ve been to, but can’t think of any specific names. 

    Fyi; the local Texas football game watch is at Thirsty Lion in Tempe Marketplace. 

    Phoenix is a GREAT dive bar town since the place really came up in the 50s and 60s. Bikini Lounge, Rogue Bar, Swizzle Inn, and Shady's were my spots.

  4. I guess we should go ahead and start a USL thread apart from the Austin FC/COTA threads. 

    First item of business, name the team, coach, players, and kits

    Second item, sign a top-flight ... track athlete?

    Usain Bolt in negotiations to join new USL Austin franchise

    22 hours ago
    By 
    • Chris Bils, American-Statesman Correspondent

    The United Soccer League franchise in Austin has a seat at the negotiating table with Usain Bolt.

    The World’s Fastest Man has been eyeing a career in professional soccer, and Austin is on a short list of teams ready to make it happen. Bolt’s agent, Ricky Simms, told Brazilian media outlet Globo Esporte on Thursday that the race is between USL Austin and the Central Coast Mariners in Australia.

    “The Australian team is in a better position than we are,” USL Austin general manager Roberto Silva told the Statesman. “Financially, our proposal is far away from the one (Bolt) has over there. I think we beat them on all other aspects of the proposal besides the financial one, and we have our sponsorship team at this moment trying to meet with some local sponsors that could bring us very, very close to having him.”

    The parties have been negotiating for several months. Silva said the offer to Bolt is a long-term contract that extends beyond soccer. The idea would be to make him an icon and spokesperson for the new team, for the city of Austin and “sports overall in the U.S.” But, Silva admitted, “maybe he’s worth more than the (USL) franchise.”

    Reports surfaced last week that USL side Las Vegas Lights FC was interested in signing Bolt, but that the cost would likely be too high.

    Bolt, 31, retired last year after a sprinting career that included nine gold medals. He remains the world record holder at 100 and 200 meters and a global celebrity. The Jamaican said often throughout his career that he would aim to make a transition to soccer, and that his dream is to one day play for Manchester United/

    He appeared in Austin last fall for the United States Grand Prix, where the British media peppered him with questions about his soccer ambitions.

    A career at the top level in Europe remains a long shot, but he’ll have to start somewhere. Silva said USL Austin wants to be that place.

    “Bolt is an icon. It’s very confident and aggressive of him to leave come out of being the best track and field athlete in the history of the sport, and leave that and say, ‘Hey, I’m going to be one of the best in another sport,’” Silva said. “It’s very bold, if I may. That’s the attitude we want from our franchise.”

    The team will announce its brand, coach and several players at a press conference Aug. 3 at Circuit of the Americas. Silva said it is unlikely a deal with Bolt could be reached by then.

    The team currently has verbal agreements with eight players, and Silva expects “three to five” will be present at the unveiling. Some are still on contract with other teams and won’t be announced until the end of their respective seasons.

  5. On 7/15/2018 at 10:38 PM, Hagbard Celine said:

     

    2. VAR works.

    3. All of the big leagues in Europe need to set up VAR immediately for this season.

     

     

    Regarding VAR, i think it worked well when determining a foul (or simulation), but i hate it for determining a handball since the flow of the game w/r/t handballs can't necessarily be extrapolated frame-by-frame*. It usually looked worse in slo-mo than during actual gameplay, and I think the ability to expound on such a violation doesn't do the game justice. But for determining contact/neymar, I'm all for it. One caveat: I don't think i saw a yellow handed out for simulation during the WC and i think that needs to be emphasized as a penalty.

    *this is coming from a lifelong LB

  6. 20 hours ago, Larry T. Spider said:

    Hit up hops and grain, 4th tap, and Celis today.

    Hops and gain is cool if you are really into hoppy beer. They had 16 offerings and I think 12 were ipa, double ipa, or apa. I’m not a hop head so it doesn’t do much for me.

    4th tap is always hit or miss as they have three mediocre constant beers and eight or so orbitals. I always like some and hate some. My suggestion is to ask for tasters until you find something decent and then drink that. Tap room is nice for a lesser known brewery.

    First time at Celis today. Solid selection of beers and nice tap room. They have a lot of stuff on nitro, including their raspberry fruit beer. I asked about that and both bartenders insisted that fruit beers on nitro were going to be big soon. I don’t know if I buy that but it was really good. Their tripel goes down way too easy. The white is pretty damn good for what it is. They have about 10-12 offerings and I haven’t made it through all of them as it was the last stop. 

    Fair weather cidery is on the list for next weekend. Anybody been yet? Not much of a cider person but they do dry ciders, which I prefer.

     

    9

    whats yr yelp handle?

  7. Mbappe has been my favorite player this WC with Lukaku a close second. Overall, France is so much fun to watch and if we're gonna have a final with a team having a crest star, i'm going to root for one without one on the other side. Plus, i think besides Belgium, Croatia has been the most dominant team since groups day 1. France-Croatia is my pick, although you really couldn't beat the circus that ENG-FRA would be.

  8. Statesman reporting BOTH items will pass per Adler. So ... uh ... okay. Isnt that like another neutral decision? Goddam, amazing anything gets done in this city at all with these chucklefucks in charge.

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