Pretty much sums up the Inferno.

I thought it was a pretty accurate assessment from the perspective of a non-fan on the outside looking in.

If FCD had played for the Cup the 2 years they hosted the final, it would be a whole different story.

Did I really need to put a smiley face on this post above?

This shouldn’t surprise anyone. After all the D in that magazine title stands for douchery since that is about all who reads that rag.

My subscription is history…

“Did I really need to put a smiley face on this post above?”

YES. I thought you were just having a really bad day.

Yeah – that pretty much sums it up.

That was a terrible article. I think some really missed the point of that article. They were completely making fun of the Inferno along with FCD Fans.

I’m sorry but comments like, “Cupcake—real name Harlan Haire, from McKinney—is draped in a red plastic banner emblazoned with a white star and a black snake. He is a large man with round, chubby cheeks and thick, flabby arms that he pumps in the air and claps above his head as they march. ”

It’s hot. it’s hotter than hot. It’s throat-choking, skin-blistering, why-the-hell-do-I-live-in-Dallas hot, and it’s only 10:30 am on a Sunday in June, in Frisco. Out in the world past Ikea that only a decade ago was farmland, the cornfields have given way to acres of empty concrete parking lots, and in the blaring sun they shimmer and bake. Around their edges, a half-built strip of empty stores, a stone “town center” development, a hovering gargantuan city hall, and a vacant, bowl-shaped stadium feel like an abandoned carnival or forgotten Hollywood back lot. This is home field advantage to your professional soccer team: FC Dallas, North Texas’ sixth-most popular sports team, if you count the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders.

Blonde mothers and their daughters wearing youth soccer team t-shirts serve up lemonade and pretzels in the concession stands. At the half, two small fields are set up on the main pitch and kids knock around the ball in a short scrimmage. Standing beneath the second-tier luxury suites, the supporters are only background noise, a handful of rowdy spectators at an otherwise placid sporting event.

This article makes Fans of FCD look bad. The “fat” comments are poor and should not even be allowed. No matter what everyone thinks about the Inferno, I don’t think that it is right to judge them on their weight, age, mind set and consumption.

That story had no point. Why would anyone think that was a good idea to publish? I am not part of the inferno. Drivel like that hurts FCD and MLS not just the persons being attacked in the article. It doesn’t matter what your feelings are about the inferno. This guy was just looking for someone to bash.

We just figured you were irritated about the traffic lights at the NASCAR race this weekend.

I loved that story. Thought it was very positive.

Maybe I missed somthing. I didn’t think it was that bad. (I mean it was bad, as in poorly written, but I didn’t think it was overly negative).

Call me crazy, but I didn’t find it terribly offensive.

OK, maybe to Harlan…

The article was ok, but the personal insults on the people in the story is awful and very unprofessional. I’d be interested to see how much this guy weighs.

He was a skinny guy. Told me he watched soccer even when he wasn’t doing a story on it or anything. I didn’t find the article to be bad or offensive, often an outsider’s perspective is helpful.

Whining about the heat?….. hmm he must not be from these parts. If he’s so caught up with what dudes and moms are wearing then he probably got the short straw for the month’s fashion column.

There’s nothing wrong with that column. And even if there were, then “any press is good press” as they say (or somesuch.) He hits home with the part about the Hispanic fans, although that was slightly off topic from the aim of the article.

I agree the stadium is full of soccer moms and kids ; it should have been made closer to downtown but I didnt really get offended by it ; he is a non fan and it shows.

My daughter plays on two soccer teams and has a true passion for the game. We watch soccer at least once a day, don’t miss a Chelsea game on TV EVER, and are FC Dallas season ticket holders.

But because I am a “soccer mom” and my daughter plays, we shouldn’t be allowed to go to FC Dallas games? Really?

Wow.

Not too terribly offensive, but obvious why he is freelance

BTW, I happen to love “soccer moms”

We all hate Harlan