tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2888315372276404701.post2138232856878581557..comments2023-10-31T12:28:19.514-04:00Comments on The Gold Mine: Soccer America ranks 49ers 19thUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2888315372276404701.post-49377453059305998422011-09-22T15:42:48.725-04:002011-09-22T15:42:48.725-04:00I'm not a soccer fan - soccer is the only spor...I'm not a soccer fan - soccer is the only sport where time moves slower than Yankees-Red Sox baseball games - but any Charlotte 49er team that makes the national rankings is fine by me. It appears we may have our best-ever men's soccer team this year. Cool!<br /><br />I noticed Coastal is 25th. Did their football coach give the soccer team a "dogs & cats" motivational speech?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2888315372276404701.post-70233948918226950472011-09-22T12:09:32.547-04:002011-09-22T12:09:32.547-04:00Big East? R U kidding?
What about the ACC?
Car...Big East? R U kidding? <br /><br />What about the ACC? <br /><br />Carolina Fortyniners <br /><br />vs<br /><br />Carolina Tarheels<br /><br />Move over rover let Jimmy take over<br /><br />What the heck is a tar heel anyway?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2888315372276404701.post-7852667591506054442011-09-21T11:08:51.695-04:002011-09-21T11:08:51.695-04:00We deserve to be in the Big East! We were screwed...We deserve to be in the Big East! We were screwed the first and have earned our rightful seat at the table! But we'll never get it because everyone under-appreciates and hates on us...especially the hometown paper! Stupid Wal-Mart fans that support schools that they didn't go to are so uneducated and ignorant!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2888315372276404701.post-74138190045986278632011-09-20T18:45:37.792-04:002011-09-20T18:45:37.792-04:00Go Carolina 49ers !!!Go Carolina 49ers !!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2888315372276404701.post-43413140759292504972011-09-20T11:59:11.324-04:002011-09-20T11:59:11.324-04:00What do you think about conference realignment?What do you think about conference realignment?Andrew Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14897991196753070172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2888315372276404701.post-75127350627251336802011-09-20T11:54:35.628-04:002011-09-20T11:54:35.628-04:00The majority of cities our side have a pro soccer ...The majority of cities our side have a pro soccer team. Too bad we don't and we're nowhere close to even building towards one with a decent minor league franchise that can be grown and eventually graduate to MLS as happened in places like Portland. Regional rivals like Atlanta, Raleigh, Nashville, even Charleston are light years ahead of us in that regard. I love soccer but even if you don't, it'd hard not to recognize that a city competing for jobs and corporate HQ relocations with those other cities needs every advantage it can stick in a Powerpoint. Large numbers of young, college-educated workers are soccer fans: the same people big companies look to retain and attract. NASCAR is great but is invisible to that group. Some basic start towards pro soccer would be a nice compliment to the success we've had with other sports. Until then, maybe we can rally around the 49ers. Good for them. Maybe this is where we start building something.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com