They've conceded more goals (20 in 9 games) than anyone else in the league.
On the other hand, they can't score either.
They have played 6 of their first 9 on the road but, they've lost all three home games so I'm not sure where they play has much to do with anything.
I'm not saying people shouldn't support them, but if they don't improve their squad the initial interest and excitement will quickly fade.
I know you weren't sorry if my post came across that way.
I believe they've played a pretty tough scheduled to begin as well. Orlando twice (defending champs) and Galaxy II are two of the better teams in USL I think. No excuses though, Nielsen's gotta fix that leaking sieve of a defense.
I'm sure it's very hard to evaluate personnel and have any idea how they'll do against other squads until you play a fair bit.
I'm really impressed with the organization and I'm sure they'll make some needed changes.
At least with the Thunder, that was an existing NBA squad. This is an entirely new team, so very little to zero carried over cohesion between players which we all know is incredibly important in soccer.
Another thing I'm not sure on and maybe someone else could chime in, how much of an influence does the MLS parent club of each USL team have? Could be one of those instances where results in the form of wins and losses isn't the most important, but development of talent and instruction of upper league tactics is.
Even then the parent club is still spiting talent they send over to us with Orlando's this year, I am guessing is was part of an earlier agreement and Orlando leaving the league was why they had some urgency in finding a different affiliate. Poor records seem extremely common among expansion teams, the Barrons were a bit of an outlier there but like you said there are some other league dynamics that can affect results.
The Barons just happened to be the benefactor of the worst NHL team in the league, meaning we had some pretty solid young talent when we got the team.
I wasn't aware that Sporting was still sending some of their players to Orlando, that will certainly help next year.
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Good point!
The first start-up franchise, USL-Pro Oklahoma City FC vs. NASL Oklahoma City FC (2015) to put a winner or a competitive team on the field might swing the advantage in their favor.
Got to admit that the Energy's front office has done a superb job with the market aspects of the organization.
"Oklahoma City looks oh-so pretty... ...as I get my kicks on Route 66." --Nat King Cole.
Kempin is definitely out of position very often. And, me just being the observer, it doesn't seem like the opponent is causing it, he just always seems in the wrong spot.
Badr played in goal during the Tulsa USOC game and did really well. Really should give him a go more often.
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Energy lost to Arizona United last night, 2-1. Could have equalized in the 119' but Christian Duke missed the PK.
I was listening the the pregame last night with Jimmy and he said a lot of interesting stuff about not really judging our first handful of games against teams like Orlando City, LA Galaxy II, FC Dallas, and people who we really aren't expected to compete against, but more caring about how we play against teams like AU. I think we had a pretty good showing last night.
i know interest may be low since the Thunder are also playing, but we've got two extras available for Saturday if anyone is interested
wife found a taker, sorry man!
Hey! The Energy won one, and at home no less.
Congrats on first home victory, 1-0.
That was a great game and great finish tonight
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