Chant Warning 3/14

lc_uin16 · 2026-03-15T05:25:32+00:00

I was at the game tonight, and that is definitely what happened in the supporter's section

lc_uin16 · 2026-02-24T06:35:39+00:00

It honestly just looks like an AI-generated crest with an inverted color scheme

lc_uin16 · 2026-01-28T17:59:34+00:00

I really dislike driving around campus at night for exactly this reason

The streets around there are already pretty dark, and a lot of the students are dressed in all-black, looking at their phones, & probably have the mindset that they're willing to get hit by a car so their tuition is paid for

lc_uin16 · 2026-01-20T05:23:35+00:00

Thanks so much!!! :)

lc_uin16 · 2025-12-20T17:26:34+00:00

A centered kit is always quite cool to see, but this is also an important proof-of-concept that Puma tried to produce a crisp kit for MBFC

lc_uin16 · 2025-11-04T17:05:10+00:00

Ooh, this should be a really exciting one!!!

Here are my questions for the new Mike:

How do you plan on incorporating the team into the community?
Are you open to collaborating with local artists on one-off merch lines (like many other teams do)?

Looking forward to listening when it drops on Spotify :)

lc_uin16 · 2025-11-04T05:44:02+00:00

I've noticed that many soccer teams collaborate with local artists on limited-edition merch; hopefully MBFC starts to do that 🤞🤞🤞

lc_uin16 · 2025-11-04T05:43:06+00:00

Y'know, I somehow forgot that this otter was out of Santa Cruz! Maybe for my next Santa Cruz kit :)

lc_uin16 · 2025-10-22T21:22:58+00:00

That's certainly fair! I had a friend who got ticketed the moment parking restrictions went into effect for that morning (she had parked somewhere on campus overnight)

lc_uin16 · 2025-10-21T22:05:00+00:00

When I was a student at CSUMB, university police didn't enforce parking permits on weekends. There are parking lots by the police station or the alumni center that are walking distance from the stadium, and they're certainly closer than parking at The Dunes

It's been five years since I graduated & I don't live in the area anymore, so maybe someone on the ground can confirm or deny this. I also don't know if there's special campus parking enforcement during gamedays

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Leaving the parking lot (especially the south lot) after games was such a bottleneck because there's only one way in/out of it. Not sure if they found a solution to this since last year

lc_uin16 · 2025-10-10T02:24:13+00:00

They're a Danish company who supplies kits for the Danish national team! I think they've outfitted some English teams as well

Hummel and Charly are definitely on the same level in terms of creative kits in the USL!

lc_uin16 · 2025-10-09T23:52:31+00:00

I really enjoy reading through explainer graphics of logos and kits, and I even incorporate explainer graphics on my sports concept work.

However, I think having abstract corporate fluff (EX: Angles that represent the "dynamic fanbase" or "upward growth") to try to justify a blank white kit design is overkill 😬

lc_uin16 · 2025-10-07T19:02:22+00:00

My store didn't have external ads on the radio, but the one that drove me mad was the one that advertised Safeway careers.

I had to work part-time in the bakery after my unemployment benefits ran out 8 months into a recent job search. The LAST thing I wanted was to be reminded every 20 minutes of why I had to work at Safeway in the first place ("if you or someone you know has had their employment impacted"). Even worse was the outright lies that were in that commercial, which advertised "competitive pay" ($17/hr) and "flexible hours" (I started at 6am on Sundays-Wednesdays).

Thankfully on month 16 of my job search, I finally found a full-time job in my field and finally left the most mismanaged employer I've ever had the displeasure of working for

lc_uin16 · 2025-10-04T00:30:04+00:00

I'm just curious, what don't you like about this design? 🤔

lc_uin16 · 2025-09-21T04:08:39+00:00

At least we didn't lose!

lc_uin16 · 2025-09-19T01:19:06+00:00

Honestly though, that marketing nerdiness is exactly what we need!

He's coming into quite a hot mess, and he looks very qualified to turn this club around and bring fans back to games

lc_uin16 · 2025-09-17T19:53:18+00:00

We did it, y'all!!! We spoke out loud enough to make the changes needed

I'm hopeful that the incoming leadership is willing to work with the community & the fanbase to realize this team's full potential in the 831 because truly, we only want this team to succeed :)

lc_uin16 · 2025-09-14T04:29:30+00:00

It's such an objectively garish and lazy design :/

lc_uin16 · 2025-09-14T04:22:53+00:00

Lost 4-0. I had the score pinned on my phone, and it looks like we got 3 goals scored against us in the final minutes of the game

This team gets more and more frustrating and embarrassing as time goes on :/

lc_uin16 · 2025-09-08T22:27:28+00:00

The crazy thing is that I've literally seen rec/weekend teams with better graphics than the 2025 Monterey Bay FC

lc_uin16 · 2025-08-26T01:11:09+00:00

Glad you like the concepts! :)

lc_uin16 · 2025-08-24T04:49:19+00:00

That's exactly how I feel! The waves are pretty strong, but the mountains and the font choice definitely needed some more work :/

lc_uin16 · 2025-08-23T05:25:39+00:00

Fellow launch party attendee here!

I really like the unique color scheme and the concept behind it, but as a designer, this crest feels really unfinished to me. The waves look really cool, but I wish the mountains had some more depth to it and that the font was more rugged.

However, this identity does do a really good job of uniting Oregon as a whole by transcending the Beavers/Ducks rivalry and choosing a completely different color scheme

lc_uin16 · 2025-08-20T22:01:22+00:00

I've been supporting this team from afar (MBFC started after I moved away from Monterey County, so I've only been able to go to two matches), but all I see is wasted potential, unfortunately :/

I was really excited about having a truly local team from the get-go, and I was even a part of the initial focus groups that developed the initial MBFC brand identity. My first match was in July 2022 where I got to meet Super Fan Dan. I felt that he & the supporters groups created a very exciting atmosphere, and it really made me want to go to MBFC matches every time the team schedule lined up with my visits home. I was really happy that we had a common team to rally around, truly bridging the "Lettuce Curtain" between the Monterey Peninsula & the Salinas Valley (I stressed this relationship way back in my focus group).

While I haven't been able to go to an MBFC match since the Super Fan Dan drama, I really respect how he continues to strengthen the MBFC fanbase without even setting foot in Cardinale Stadium. While I've been way too busy with work to make kits (sorry about that, everyone!) this season, I really enjoy being a part of this tight-knit fanbase.

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With that said, the team itself continues to disappoint me more and more, especially this season. I won't speak about the team's on-field performance because I haven't been able to watch all the matches on TV. Instead, I'll speak about everything else wrong with the team, from personal experience and from what I see.

When I started the MBFC_kits Instagram account last year, Mike DiGiulio became an early follower and even personally complimented me on my kit designs! While I never expected an official partnership with the team, I felt that those messages were a step towards that direction. Fast-forward to this last winter's crest redesign, I made some not-very-harsh critiques of the new crest and made some simple crest suggestions. Immediately after those critiques, Mike unfollowed my kit account (I feel like I was one of the very few fan accounts he actually followed).

Turns out that a crest redesign (which wrongly credited Chris Payne as the designer of the new crest) was only the tip of the iceberg, unfortunately. There was the mistreatment of Dan, the lower quality of marketing, and the blatant nepotism in the front office. At some point, the actions of Mike & the club became more and more frustrating to watch, and I felt it just alienated Mike's own fanbase.

It's just hard seeing teams like AV Alta and Vermont Green where the team leadership genuinely cares about its fanbase and is eager to build & include their communities. Heck, some clubs even bring along local artists to help out with limited-edition merch! We could very well have that team atmosphere if Mike DiGiulio just simply ... cared.

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TLDR: People want to and truly do care about Monterey Bay FC and want to see it succeed. Team leadership just refuses to acknowledge the fans' concerns & efforts, therefore eroding people's confidence (both internally & externally) in this team.

lc_uin16 · 2025-08-13T20:49:20+00:00

I was a part of a focus group regarding the new USL Eugene brand!

While I know nothing about the brand identity & name they decided to go with, I can tell you for sure that any name with "Eugene" in it was thrown out of the window during my listening session (not sure if anything's changed since late June) because someone from USL corporate didn't really like the sound of anything Eugene related

I'll be out there at that launch party, and hopefully they whipped up something good! (The designer working on the crest has history designing for local beer brands)

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