MSG Network has been airing there weekly Metrostars TV show since the start of the MLS season. The show consists of Interviews with players as well as there coach, a look at the Upcomming game and Highlights from the Metros last match. And get a load of this. it is actually airs twice a week at the same time. Go figure. Just when you think we US football fans were the arm pit of society a network smacks you with the contrary. OK im not going to go overboard as MSG lost the Yankees and had to fill up Air time, but it is a start. Next step will be Jim Rome with an interview with Bruce Arena. Nah Bruce wouldn't lower himself. I would do it though I would Love to shove OSF's dirty sock in his mouth, But that would ruin a pair of good socks No matter how dirty they were.
Times they ara a changing.
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They fixed that dump up, man I thought they would have to tear it down before they could do anything with that place.
But I have a worse place than that ever was. It is called Sports Friends in Wayne NJ. My God what a dump, three showers after a match still left you filthy.
But I have a worse place than that ever was. It is called Sports Friends in Wayne NJ. My God what a dump, three showers after a match still left you filthy.
Sportfriend Oval was the best..when ever it rains that place turns into a swimming pool and then just as quickly drains after the rain stops. The Croatian Land is nearby where my club team used to play (NY Croatia).
As for the Met Oval...yep, Nike bailed the place out, fixed it up, put in that new astroturf called "flubber" and now only U-19's and under can play there. That place was a classic...nice and flat...but rocks, broken glass, and a manhole cover lined the field....not to mention the lights they had that felt more like you were playing a game with fans shining flashlights to light the field..anything in the air you lost because it was to dark...lol
As for the Met Oval...yep, Nike bailed the place out, fixed it up, put in that new astroturf called "flubber" and now only U-19's and under can play there. That place was a classic...nice and flat...but rocks, broken glass, and a manhole cover lined the field....not to mention the lights they had that felt more like you were playing a game with fans shining flashlights to light the field..anything in the air you lost because it was to dark...lol
Downing Stadium on Randalls Island! What a joint that was.
Metropolitan Oval, was that the place in Flushing? I used to play some bloodletting summer league games out there in the early 1980's
Also found this one spot in Central Park, kinda near the softball fields in from the 72nd street entrance if I remember right. Used to play sweaty, dirty pickup games all day there. 50 gallon drums as goals. Would cool off with one dollar cans of ice cold beer bought from entreprenuers rolling through the park. Also got a different kind of cool with another one dollar a pop product also offered by (sometimes the same) entreprenuers. Mexican laughing tobacco. Pre-Guliani. Anything went. Made this buddy, a big Scottish dude named Ian (never knew his last name). We would get on the same team and hammer on the Spanish guys all day, then hose off with a faucet next to Tavern on the Green, change into jeans and shirts, and head across town east to First Avenue and drink the evening away in the sports bars over there. We'd scout around for pairs of nasty city chicks. Made for a couple of really long summer Saturdays. Goddam if that wasn't an exciting summer! Nothing on Earth like Manhattan NYC!
Metropolitan Oval, was that the place in Flushing? I used to play some bloodletting summer league games out there in the early 1980's
Also found this one spot in Central Park, kinda near the softball fields in from the 72nd street entrance if I remember right. Used to play sweaty, dirty pickup games all day there. 50 gallon drums as goals. Would cool off with one dollar cans of ice cold beer bought from entreprenuers rolling through the park. Also got a different kind of cool with another one dollar a pop product also offered by (sometimes the same) entreprenuers. Mexican laughing tobacco. Pre-Guliani. Anything went. Made this buddy, a big Scottish dude named Ian (never knew his last name). We would get on the same team and hammer on the Spanish guys all day, then hose off with a faucet next to Tavern on the Green, change into jeans and shirts, and head across town east to First Avenue and drink the evening away in the sports bars over there. We'd scout around for pairs of nasty city chicks. Made for a couple of really long summer Saturdays. Goddam if that wasn't an exciting summer! Nothing on Earth like Manhattan NYC!
The best pick up games held in NY were at Washington Square park. Right in the center of the park. With street Musicians packed around you and a footie match smack in the middle. What more could you ask for. Rock, Jazz, Classical, and chamber music all around you while you played. Now the Artists and players are no more. In fact it is Illeagal to do both in the park now.:depress: Funny that a Park you cant play in. Played in some great matches there and saw some great bands, now only a memory.
No pun intended but: "Times they are a Changing."
No pun intended but: "Times they are a Changing."
Freddie...
The field in Flushing that you are thinking of is Laguardia Field...the Metropolitan Oval is in Ridgewood, Queens right off of Metropolitan Ave.
There is also Kisena Field on Kisena Blvd, and that is in Queens as well, I think its FLushing.
When I was a kid, my NY Croatia Youth team played on Randalls Island on the field that is at the open end of the Stadium. I remember what a big thing it was when we played inside the stadium. We also played Hajduk Split of Croatia inside Downing Stadium in 1990. My father used to watch the Cosmos play there too.
The field in Flushing that you are thinking of is Laguardia Field...the Metropolitan Oval is in Ridgewood, Queens right off of Metropolitan Ave.
There is also Kisena Field on Kisena Blvd, and that is in Queens as well, I think its FLushing.
When I was a kid, my NY Croatia Youth team played on Randalls Island on the field that is at the open end of the Stadium. I remember what a big thing it was when we played inside the stadium. We also played Hajduk Split of Croatia inside Downing Stadium in 1990. My father used to watch the Cosmos play there too.
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