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Finally! Wow it’s been a long wait but we’re back at Breese today.

Hopefully we pull something off today, but my expectations are low against Detroit FC.

Really looking forward to making a good first impression on our guys, though. For so many of them, they’ve never played in front of home fans like us and hopefully we can inspire them a bit.

I feel like last season, we weren’t as loud as the past (understandably so).

New year, new guys. Let’s do this!

I haven't been able to make it to any prior year Forward friendlies but I'm looking forward to tonight's Rally Friendly. I also subscribe to the Google calendars. I saw the ticket time for tonight is 7pm. Google calendar says 6:30. Is that the gate opening? Do they not open the gates until 30 minutes prior for friendlies rather than the usual hour prior? Does that mean they also don't have food options? (I'm really looking forward to a brat...)

Thanks for any info as I plot out my evening. :-)

Hi all:

I'm a Mingos fan but also a local who has had the opportunity to be down on the pitch for youth games that have already started using the new field/turf this spring.

I will be blunt. It is unlike any turf field I've been on in my life. I've been on baseball, softball, football and soccer fields, all of which are artificial/3G pitches. This one is totally unique. I don't have the qualification to know WTF is going on with it, but I can say as follows:

1. Running on it feels like you're running on a squishy grass field that just recently had a big rain, but is dry on top.

2. The ball does NOT roll very far for an artificial pitch.

3. The field feels like it's been overfilled.

4. Sliding on it leaves you covered in 3 substances: Black rubber pellets that look like mouse shit, sand, and salt.

5. Yes - you read that right, the field is filled with other ingredients other than bog standard rubber pellets that get kicked away and packed down over time.

So.... how is this going to affect play? It is decidedly weird to run on it. The ball does not bounce as much as you'd expect. It actually makes you feel slower, and it's certainly more tiring. Has their been any club or city statement about why the pitch is this way? I'm unsure if it's a problem, but it is much different than I was expecting.

I know we've had a "great start" and the best start ever. Blah blah blah. This start has not felt good to me. Even the wins have not felt great.

Maybe I'm being cynical, but I feel like our two losses to Flint City, and now AV Alta are both 1. Entirely unacceptable, and 2. Far more representative of where we're at as a team than any of our wins.

Am I wrong here? I really want to be optimistic, but I'm really concerned with what I've seen so far, especially our lack of creativity and playmaking up top.