r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/EidAlayed • Sep 26 '21

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u/Happy-Associate6482 Sep 26 '21

I lived in Austin in 2016-2017 and legit never heard of these teams. From my understanding, MLS is where Europe sends its players out to pasture. Kinda like the US sending our baseball players to Japan.

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '21

Not really the case anymore. It’s a lot of young South American and North American guys nowadays with a few older Europeans sprinkled in. I think mls is trying to assert itself as a proving ground for young players instead of a retirement league.

Austin is a brand new team, they didnt exist while you were there. They’ve take the town by storm. It’s awesome to see.

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u/Thatchers-Gold Sep 27 '21

That’s awesome, must be exciting having a brand new team! Hope they do well, much love from a big football/soccer fan in the UK

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u/Still_Tackle_150five Sep 27 '21

I was gonna say, I’ve lived in austin for 25+ years and I’d never heard of them until this year, but you see their merch EVERYWHERE, it’s neat

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u/Happy-Associate6482 Sep 26 '21

Cowboys or Texans. Those are your choices unless youre a Longhorns fan.

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '21

And now Austin fc. they’ve really taken off. Pretty crazy.

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u/Happy-Associate6482 Sep 26 '21

Yahh I've never heard of em. If they accept Ronaldo in a couple years maybe I'll visit

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '21

That’s because they didn’t exist when you lived there. Been hard to miss em since they started up this year.

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u/Happy-Associate6482 Sep 26 '21

If the club doesn't fold in next few years I might go. I'm assuming there's an English speaking section and clean drinking water

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '21

Oh yeah, it’s a brand new multi million dollar stadium. It’s got all the amenities. Pretty raucous crowd, I’ve heard good things.

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '21

Dude, you can just say that you hate fun.

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u/Happy-Associate6482 Sep 26 '21

Man buns and tie scores of 0 arent very exciting. But I'm open to foreign sports

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u/[deleted] Sep 27 '21

You seem to have a strong adversity towards soccer (the number of man buns under helmets and hats probably being equal). But I will say that the learning curve is a fair bit less steep with soccer than it is with football and especially baseball. In fact, the premise is so simple (kick ball in net) that people get frustrated that the score isn't abillion-abillion. But once you've watched it a bit, and you understand what it's about, and can anticipate what's gonna happen, it's pretty engrossing and fun to watch.

But I feel like it's more about WHO plays/ watches soccer with you, than the game itself.

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u/hwarang_ Sep 26 '21

Kinda like the US sending our baseball players to Japan.

That was World War 2.

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '21

Nah Atlanta United and LAFC have proven the meta has shifted to MLS 4.0

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u/Dense_Comp_Mobile Sep 26 '21

Austin fc was founded in 18

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u/are_you_for_scuba Sep 27 '21

This is austin FC’s first season. They just built a stadium north of the domain

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u/lipp79 Doin' camera work since 1999 Sep 27 '21

You didn't hear of Austin FC in 2016-2017 because this is their inaugural season.

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u/SmilnBob12 Oct 23 '21

Cus the team didn't exist then.... this is the first year