Phoenix Rising FC

[MadCardDisease]

The old Arizona United soccer club has changed it's name to Phoenix Rising FC and is building it's new stadium in south Scottsdale just north of the Tempe Marketplace:

http://www.phxrisingfc.com/

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[BillsCarnage]

Wonder if a move to the MLS is coming soon.

 

[MadCardDisease]

Wonder if a move to the MLS is coming soon.

I think they are going to apply to be one of the Expansion MLS teams. That is the whole reason why they are building the new stadium. The current one is only temporary. I drive by it every day and it looks nice for a set of bleachers. The same crew that does the Phoenix Open did the temporary one. Put it up in a month.

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They had their first game this weekend. Wanted to go but my wife had plans for us already. Heard that the parking was a nightmare. They say the parking issue will be fixed for their next game in a week and a half.

 

[Chaplin]

Didier Drogba just signed as a Player/Owner. I'd say they're serious about MLS.

 

[MadCardDisease]

Didier Drogba just signed as a Player/Owner. I'd say they're serious about MLS.

Yeah that is pretty awesome.

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Hoping to get to go see a game before it gets too hot.

News of him signing on with Phoenix Rising is world wide:

http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/39584158

 

[Chaplin]

I didn't realize that Phoenix Rising has Shawn Wright-Phillips. I remember watching him for Man City.

 

[MadCardDisease]

Got my tickets for this Sunday night!

 

[MadCardDisease]

Dan Bickley is optimistic that Soccer is here to stay:

http://www.azcentral.com/story/spor...-soccer-revolution-hitting-phoenix/100509998/

The Valley is a rough place for sports teams. The market is oversaturated. Fans are transient and fickle. The fight for discretionary income is like pulling cactus needles. Dreams of startup teams soon become tombstones.

Phoenix Rising FC will be the exception. They are going to thrive in America’s most unforgiving, underdeveloped big-league sports town.

They are going to make the desert feel a little more global.

 

[Chaplin]

Dan Bickley is optimistic that Soccer is here to stay:

http://www.azcentral.com/story/spor...-soccer-revolution-hitting-phoenix/100509998/

That's a pretty good article.

The Galaxy are the only LA team I like i this city, but I may have to change to my hometown team once they get in the MLS.

 

[MadCardDisease]

Made it to the game Sunday night with friend and our two boys who are both 10. We had a blast! Not a bad seat in the house. Wasn't too hot yet and once the sun was down it was perfect.

Another packed house. 3rd sellout in a row and broke the previous attendance records with over 7100 people there to see Drogba introduced. Standing room only.

They had a pretty good food selection. About 5 different restaurants and 3 food trucks to choose from. Lots of nice merchandise you can buy at the team store. The lines were not that bad for food or beer.

The Bandidos group over in the southern part of the stadium are awesome. They were chanting and beating drums all game long. Just a great atmosphere for a soccer match! Plus a 4 - 3 win was nice!

 

[MadCardDisease]

And just like that the Coach Frank Yallop announces he is stepping down today:

http://www.espnfc.com/phoenix-risin...-as-phoenix-rising-coach-amid-bid-to-join-mls

 

[BillsCarnage]

Didier Drogba - Owner/Player/Coach

 

[Ronin]

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[MadCardDisease]

Good. I think it will be good to finally have some stability at Head Coach after a couple of weeks of uncertainty. Hopefully it doesn't take him long to get things back on track.

 

[MadCardDisease]

Is it bad that I had to google where Mali is? My brain is getting rusty!

 

[Ronin]

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[Ronin]

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[MadCardDisease]

Interestingly Patrice Carteron has worked with Drogba before when he had a coaching stint at Chelsea FC. So he has some familiarity with his new star.

 

[Chaplin]

Anybody know how they are going to deal with the heat factor? From what I understand the current stadium is open to the elements. Only thing I can think of is that every game in the summer will be at night.

I'm convinced that the reason Phoenix hasn't had an MLS team before this is mostly because of the weather.

 

[MadCardDisease]

Anybody know how they are going to deal with the heat factor? From what I understand the current stadium is open to the elements. Only thing I can think of is that every game in the summer will be at night.

I'm convinced that the reason Phoenix hasn't had an MLS team before this is mostly because of the weather.

So the current temporary stadium is out door and open to the elements. Fans will just have to deal with the heat but all games start at 7:30pm. So at least the sun will be down or almost down by kickoff. They only have a total of 5 home games in the months of June, July and August.

The new stadium will be climate controlled should they get selected as one of the MLS expansion teams.

 

[Chaplin]

Awesome. It will be nice to go to a sporting event that doesn't cost an arm and a leg when I visit my relatives there.

 

[Ronin]

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[MadCardDisease]

Awesome find Ronin! Thanks for sharing. Man that got me pumped up!

 

[Ronin]

Yup. I like it because it was a nice quick history lesson on Phoenix Rising.

 

[Ronin]

David Rappaport‏@iamrappaport 3h3 hours ago
My favorite sign at .@PHXRisingFC

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