Yeah I was looking at coming up for the game just because of the Thanksgiving break.

The start time is horrible.

You know...the start time isn't ideal but for the love of God, let's all stop using ****ty excuses as a crutch for poor attendances.

The Dynamo have had ****ty attendance this entire year (don't point to announced crowds...actually butts in seats has been well below whatever number of free tickets the front office gave away in order to boost attendance). You can't blame a season's worth of ****ty attendance on things like start times or days of the week. Bottom line is a good market shows up for a Western Conference Final whether the start time is at 9 PM on a weekday or 3 PM on a weekday. Put it this way...I have no doubt that Seattle, Portland, Toronto, etc. would sell out a 9 PM weekday start time for a conference final. This should be a sellout (a true sellout...not a corporate giveaway "sellout") given what's up for grabs, the fact there are 2 weeks to sell the game, etc.

(Note: I don't 100% blame the fans for attendances. The front office deserves at least half the blame if not more. We know the Dynamo can have packed stadiums with rowdy atmospheres because we've seen it before. Those people didn't move away or anything.)

Honestly, flash seats has spoiled me. If I can't get on the field seats for less than 40 or club seats for 20, I don't want to go.

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Those people didn't move away or anything.

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Not all of them anyway.

Haha...touche.

I'm guilty too. Thought about driving down for the game, but I have class that night and the next morning. If I was an undergrad I'd do it in a heartbeat, but it's tough to play off being that exhausted in a class of grad students.

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Those people didn't move away or anything.

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Seconded

Me three. I had season tickets three years ago... and then I had a kid.

Now I flash seats what I can and catch the rest on TV. I need the new crop of kid-less professionals to pick up the slack.

I can't believe this horrible start time. You have to give some consideration to the home crowd. We should never start a game any later than 8pm.

I don't know why people on here are upset about the start time of the game. The league and television host will always cater to the the bigger market (perfect example of the LA games in the World Series starting at 5pm local time to appease the east coast). This will always be the case so just expect it.

Show up to the game or don't. Simple as that. I'll be there despite the long drive back to College Station after it. Hope to see y'all there.

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I don't know why people on here are upset about the start time of the game. The league and television host will always cater to the the bigger market (perfect example of the LA games in the World Series starting at 5pm local time to appease the east coast). This will always be the case so just expect it.

Show up to the game or don't. Simple as that. I'll be there despite the long drive back to College Station after it. Hope to see y'all there.

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It's an indication that the MLS does not have a good strategic plan. If you follow the mls franchise trend, you will realize that they will have like 40 teams by 2030. Their goal is to spread soccer throughout all cities in the US. They undermine that effort when they only cater to a few east/west coast teams. What is the point of getting more franchises if you don't have the vision to embrace all of them?

Also we don't always get screwed. When the rockets play the clippers or warriors at home, we start the game at 7 or 8 pm, not 9pm. When we played the dodgers we didn't start at 9pm, we started at 7pm.

If the teams don't push back against the league to maximize local interest then I'm not convinced this US soccer league will be spared the fate of its predessesors.

I agree but I also see the massive difference in the attendance of Portland and Seattle compared to us.

Game moved up to 8:30

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It's not much, but I'll take it!

Despite the hideous lateness of the game on a work night, I plan to be there.

Bought my tickets. See you guys there.

11 hour round trip. I hope they give us something to cheer for.

i plan on driving down that night and grabbing something on FlashSeats on the way down.

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It's not much, but I'll take it!

Despite the hideous lateness of the game on a work night, I plan to be there.

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Was debating going but have to be back at work in Austin at 9am Wednesday. I'll be screaming from my couch!

Heard last night that all the Hondurans will be out for national team call-ups.

Welp. It was a good run.

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Heard last night that all the Hondurans will be out for national team call-ups.

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the hondurans should be back -- they're just not resting during this Intl break like most of the other players are.. RIGHT? RIGHT?

Right. Panama allowed us to keep Machado since they're just playing friendlies this break.

Match is Sold Out!

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Match is Sold Out!

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So adjusting for the usual distortions of the Dynamo front office, I'll expect BBVA to be maybe 2/3rds full.

That's pretty optimistic.

Coming to a dynamo game for the first time with my 9 year old son. Driving in from New Braunfels. What time should I plan on getting there and anything we should do before game around stadium

I'd try to get there at least an hour before match time. They will have several things set up on Rusk near the stadium for fans to do.

How much is it going to cost me to park near the stadium

you can park for free or cheap if you want to walk a little bit, but you can also park very close for $15-20. Sometimes, especially if night game and kids are with me, I park in the garage underneath Discovery Green park.. just a few blocks away, about $15, but you can get out quick after the game. The close/good lots right in front of BBVA will be backed up trying to get out afterwards.

I usually park a few blocks over either at the grocery store at St Emanuel and Hutchins or in the dirt lot between Dallas and Lamar, generally 10 bucks but might be a bit more for playoffs. Enjoy the game!

I paid $10 and walked five or six blocks for the playoff game vs KC.

It's going to be cold by Houston standards, with a low of 58 (and feeling really cold inside the stadium, I imagine), so dress warm.

Personally, I wouldn't show up too terribly early - but if you do, you can check out the Dynamo store before the game starts for some gear.

IT'S GAME DAY!

IT'S GONNA BE COLD!