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28 minutes ago, tBBP said:

If green verde is Austin FC's thing, they join the pack of other clubs that have found their one-color- plus-black colorway:

Why not use DC United here? Their nickname is literally the black and red

I enjoyed this more than I thought I would.  If the sixes format remains limited to the PLL championship series and possibly  international lacrosse I would be okay with that. As someone that enjoys good defensive play in sports I want traditional 10 vs 10 field lacrosse to remain as is (stated this in previous post).

So DC has 2 pairs of red pants? Last week their pants had white stripes. This week their pants are plain red.

This venue in Vegas is easily the worst in the league on a visual level. They should have considered putting the Vipers in another southwest city for a year (or however long) until they could get the green light to play at Sam Boyd.

Another off season hoping Maryland finally changes their helmets. 

I know the championship series is entirely different from regular season PLL  & most of the A squad guys aren't playing in this, but it's weird seeing the Whipsnakes struggle. 

Two more teams announced for TST

4 hours ago, MJWalker45 said:

The Seals are an indoor lacrosse league, but three teams are hard to deal with. 

IDK, I can imagine the rugby team getting the boot from Snapdragon at some point. In my mind SD State could become snobby about who gets to use the stadium if MLS and PAC-12 come into the picture.

Don't like the Archers' CS uniforms now that I've seen them in action. Inferior number font to the regular season unis. Their shade of orange isn't pleasant to look at for extended periods of time. The navy blue helmets have proven to not only be the best helmets in the Archers' repertoire, but the best looking helmets the in the entire league to date.

Chrome's CS unis were okay. Maybe they should have gone with horizontal stripes since vertical stripes are the Redwoods' signature look. Looks like they brought back the number font from 2019.

First time watching sixes lacrosse (or at least PLL's variation of it). Not bad at all, it's been very enjoyable so far. I'd prefer for the quarters to be a little longer, but like the basketball-ish back and forth pace.

With that said I do not think the PLL regular season or NCAA should change to this format. If the Olympics are only willing to accept sixes lacrosse I wouldn't be upset over it.

Sacramento again? Need input from our Sacramento insider on this one. He's made it seem like MLS to Sacramento was completely a lost cause. 

So is the PLL going to have two different sets of uniforms for the regular season and team that play in the championship series? That's odd & seems like an unnecessary expense. With that said I'm watching the first game right now.

Adding drop shadows to Atlas' numbers is an improvement. If you're team is going to have both light colored jerseys and numbers a dark drop shadow is necessary IMO. Or atleast a thick regular outline lol. Not a fan of the rest of the changes in the Atlas CS uniform. Would love to see those drop shadows become part of their regular season uniforms.

Good to see the Whipsnakes in white uniforms again! Especially since they finally smartened up and put red numbers on the jerseys. Cool stripe pattern on the sleeve cuffs and the shorts. Would like to see a red version of these in the future.

My only issue with Adidas being the supplier for MLS has been their requirements for thirds. If they got rid of that or at least set a more reasonable bar for MLS clubs to get thirds, I'd have no issue with them. Although the big shoulder striped jerseys a few years ago were pretty bad.

first game of the PLL Championship Series starts in about 15 minutes on ESPN2. I've got nothing better to do at 5:30pm on a Wednesday.

8 minutes ago, MJWalker45 said:

Northwestern is tearing Ryan Field down to the studs and rebuilding, so at least a two year stay at Soldier Field.

Oh no. I meant to say, why was Northwestern playing games at Wrigley when their own stadium was (assuming) available?

And another team announced for TST

4 hours ago, WestCoastBias said:

 

Notre Dame already uses Soldier Field for the Shamrock Series (2012 and 2021). Northwestern though plays games occasionally at Wrigley (2010, 2021, and 2023) and will also need a temporary home when they tear down Ryan Field and build a new stadium on the same site. 

Wait.... I thought Notre Dame were the ones that played games at Wrigley? Why would Northwestern even need to play home games outside of their own stadium?

17 minutes ago, ltjets21 said:

Also in this day and age uniforms with no manufacturer look busch league

Wow. I remember a time the NBA was praised on this forum because they didn't have manufacturer marks on the uniforms until the recent deal with Nike went into place.

1 hour ago, Digby said:

I'd say Portland do the best job of being variations on a theme, in this case gaudy fabric patterns from the 80s which is somehow fitting.

I'm not sure where you're from, but plaid has been fashionable in my entire 37 year old life. And not just in the fall and winter.

Red Bull does not allow american football to be played at their stadium, period. Lacrosse and rugby is okay with them, but not our brand of football. Not sure about Subaru Park.

1 hour ago, SSmith48 said:

-I don't like the DC field being blank, although I can understand why, with Audi Field being primarily a soccer stadium.

Last time around the XFL field paint was highly visible during MLS games. Guess a compromise was made because the field lines on the grass tonight appeared to be pretty light. Trust me the DC United diehards hate the fact that Audi Field gets used for football during the MLS season.

So basically....

1. Bears move to new suburban stadium
2. Fire goes back their old suburban stadium for a few years while Soldier Field gets renovated (as far as I know the NWSL team plays their now)
3. Fire moves back to newly renovated Soldier Field fulltime

Does Fire's ownership have deep enough pocket to bankroll a renovation just in case the city of Chicago pulls some shenanigans and decides not to?

The Rock got to DC from San Antonio pretty quick. Keep in mind I have not looked up how long a flight from one city to the other takes.

3 minutes ago, Sykotyk said:

It hasn't been that long since the renovation has it? I know that the current size would be overkill for the Fire, but if they're the default/only tenant, it would make a great home field if it were reduced down to about 30-35k seats back in the original bowl with maybe field level and sky level suites along with press box.

With the Bears in the suburbs I could picture Notre Dame wanting to use Soldier Field instead of Wrigley for their Chicago Shamrock Series games. Might be reason enough for the city to hold off on tearing down the upper decks.

Also. You would think that USSF wouldn't want Soldier Field's capacity reduced too much. Those international matches in Chicago usually draw well. I don't think they'd be willing to accept a smaller Soldier Field come Gold Cup time.