tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338911017388638492.post5666942035911873336..comments2023-10-17T12:49:23.483+01:00Comments on European Football Weekends: The Cascadia RivalryDanny Lasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15553871140609359862noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338911017388638492.post-63932279440673067932010-11-08T23:23:10.655+00:002010-11-08T23:23:10.655+00:00Another Sounders season ticket holder here to voic...Another Sounders season ticket holder here to voice support for the away travelers. I plan to travel to Portland and BC next season, and I will buy whatever tickets I have to in order to see the games. Similarly, I hope to see a lot of Timbers and Whitecaps fans in my stadium for our home games.<br /><br />The FOs of the clubs will have to recognize that they are leaving money on the table by restricting these sales, and while I see plenty of nicknames on the community sites for P'land and BC fans, I have never seen anyone looking to start physical relations with fans of rival clubs.Shteeviehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11739863396400341357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338911017388638492.post-59776070984656451022010-11-04T20:25:09.930+00:002010-11-04T20:25:09.930+00:00Danny,
I know the incident the poster is refering...Danny,<br /><br />I know the incident the poster is refering to very well, having both seen the police report and spoken with Sergeant Whitcomb from the SPD about it.<br /><br />It seems that in anon's desire to use this issue for a petty tit-for-tat between clubs, he has confused what happened with what he wants to have happened, or perhaps from what he read on a chatboard.<br /><br />Three locals decided to pick on a Portland fan who was soon helped out by other Sounders fans nearby. There was no 'visible damage' and the Portland fan was not the instigator of any violence.<br /><br />Incidentally, those 'Sounders fans' were certainly not ECS members and would have been thrown out if they had been.<br /><br />So not only is the poor lad inventing stuff from his Green Street fantasies, but he misses the whole point of this story, which is that fans of all three clubs are putting the good of the game and the growth of the sport, above club rivalries in the most mature way.<br /><br />And yes, you'd see far worse at other sports.Prost Amerika Editorhttp://www.prostamerika.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338911017388638492.post-89114810421933625662010-11-04T10:35:15.704+00:002010-11-04T10:35:15.704+00:00@Doug - Thanks for that post mate. Armed with thos...@Doug - Thanks for that post mate. Armed with those facts, it reinforces my feeling that it would be a complete folly only to allow 150 visiting fans for the big 'derbies' next season in Vancouver. <br /><br />As for the other two posts - conflicting arguments. Either there has or hasn't been major trouble between the fans in the recent past? And we're not talking about one or two people having a pop at each other. That in itself shouldn't stop thousands of law abiding fans enjoying a game of football.Danny Lasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15553871140609359862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338911017388638492.post-88049978185083025592010-11-04T07:12:30.717+00:002010-11-04T07:12:30.717+00:00What damage would you be speaking of? The visiting...What damage would you be speaking of? The visiting supporters were herded in and out through a separate entrance and back onto the buses parked inside Qwest grounds. The main group of supporters never left the fenced off Qwest grounds.<br /><br />The only incident I recall past that was posted all over Seattle's newspapers when some idiot Timbers fan got mouthy while he was all alone outside of the ground with some idiot Sounders fans and got punched up. I'm not aware of that being remaining visible damage.<br /><br />I'd be willing to place a dollar that worse incidents off field happen with the meeting this weekend of the Washington Huskies and Oregon Ducks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338911017388638492.post-39383197096421445892010-11-04T04:58:23.326+00:002010-11-04T04:58:23.326+00:00As a Sounders supporter, I disagree with the ticke...As a Sounders supporter, I disagree with the ticket policy and welcome away supporters. But I just wanted to point out the irony (and possible ignorance) of an article claiming that there is no reason for concern whatsoever with a few thousand visitors from these two particular "generally law-abiding cities," and the nonchalant assertion that the SPD can handle it.<br /><br />There is still visible damage--within a few blocks of Qwest Field--from the last such visit, and the SPD certainly hasn't forgotten.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338911017388638492.post-52627062910505753562010-11-03T15:49:53.686+00:002010-11-03T15:49:53.686+00:00Just to clarify, Vancouver's ground (the soon ...Just to clarify, Vancouver's ground (the soon to be renamed BC Place) will have 54,500 seats after renovations, leaving plenty of room for Timbers and Sounders supporters who wish to travel. Whitecaps FC have currently sold just over 15k season seats and the renovated stadium can be temporarily upsized or downsized on demand (as is the case with Quest Field). While this leaves Portland as the only club that wouldn't be able to handle large numbers of travelling supporters, I'd still rather see Vancouver and Seattle allocate thousands of tickets to Timbers supporters if the demand exists.<br /><br />As a Whitecaps season ticketholder, I can honestly say I don't know anyone here in Vancouver who wouldn't welcome a sizable contingent of away supporters and the fantastic football atmosphere this would create. I hope the Sounders owner will reconsider his position on this issue.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12459749995779251681noreply@blogger.com