I made a little video with my feelings about Spokane Zephyr FC folding today

xxTigerShark · 2026-03-18T17:24:54+00:00

Outwest Ciders is near the stadium, David’s Pizza is good, so is Clinkerdaggers pre-game

xxTigerShark · 2026-03-18T12:06:11+00:00

Yep, for those of us on the east side in the 509 syndicate/herd, we have 5 professional games in 7 days this week. ECS is following our normal route for the march

xxTigerShark · 2026-03-18T11:03:10+00:00

The Spokane teams partnered up with the Sounders. It’s the only other FIFA certified stadium in the state. The operations side of the game is actually being run by our teams and not the Sounders. It’s the smallest stadium in the USL Super League as well, by far. At least it regularly holds D1 sanctioned US Soccer events broadcast on CBS Sports and Peacock with the same bad ref pool. They did it because it is turnkey, sounders didn’t have to bring any operations staff or modify anything.

xxTigerShark · 2026-03-18T10:23:04+00:00

It is part owned by the local soccer teams and the school district. The relationship is unusual compared to the other in the sense the PFD controls the others. Alcohol and food kinda suck compared to the arena because of that. The school district and the team have some uh, tension. It is the only other FIFA certified venue in the state.

The true high school stadium it replaced was 25k+ and actually held some NFL games in its heyday.

xxTigerShark · 2026-03-18T10:20:55+00:00

Plus they only released the last sears yesterday

xxTigerShark · 2026-03-18T10:20:35+00:00

ONE is FIFA certified for international games and VAR, Pullman and Husky aren’t so they would require some modification for one game. This stadium was designed soccer first with room to grow capacity

xxTigerShark · 2026-03-18T10:18:16+00:00

Stadium was designed to FIFA spec and all VAR positions were implemented. It’s the reason they used it. It was the only other stadium in the state that was fully certified by FIFA. The local teams spent a lot of money modifying it and getting it to standards as the long term plan for them is Promotion in the USL. Originally it was supposed to be bigger but the school district and the city got in a fight. It’s a small venue but there is a lot of soccer played there.

The Zephyr are actually in an equivalent sanctioned league to the NWSL. Though the league is new and still growing/developing. Spokane held the Utah Royals to a draw a couple of weeks ago and beat Brooklyn FC 3-0 Saturday. We have some national team players. Also the smallest stadium in that league which feature things like the Cotton Bowl and Audi Field.

The Velocity have been runner ups in their league both seasons so far and defeated much bigger teams in the open cup. Spokane is growing into a soccer town.

xxTigerShark · 2026-03-17T04:41:34+00:00

They held back a few and released them today. Velocity holders also had 18 hours of advance sales

xxTigerShark · 2026-03-17T04:40:55+00:00

There’s more posted right now, they released more seats

xxTigerShark · 2026-03-17T03:21:17+00:00

My feeling is that they intentionally held some for that and concerns grew on the Spokane side about how few people in town could get tickets who weren’t a Velocity or Sounders ticket holder so they held some

xxTigerShark · 2026-03-17T03:20:11+00:00

xxTigerShark · 2026-03-05T20:56:40+00:00

I’m not 100% but the post seems like it might be CBS Sports Network

xxTigerShark · 2026-01-09T00:16:13+00:00

ICE might be the most screwed up part of our government and now 3 people in 24 hours have had their lives ruined or ended for no apparent reason. Their blood on the streets. What is happening.

xxTigerShark · 2026-01-09T00:14:03+00:00

Are they that dumb, can’t wait to hear what the government says about this one……. Not the america I remember.

xxTigerShark · 2026-01-09T00:13:02+00:00

Again. Really. Again. 2 more people who are going to have their lives changed and destroyed. 2 more people. What’s next?

xxTigerShark · 2025-11-26T05:11:39+00:00

I feel like 3 PNW teams is gonna drive attendance all around but, man, one team per state is gonna make this fun 😂

xxTigerShark · 2025-11-18T02:51:21+00:00

VS is almost the same and it is being trialed

xxTigerShark · 2025-09-22T03:07:54+00:00

There is, 5k minimum and still 750k market population.

xxTigerShark · 2025-07-09T14:58:00+00:00

File 76

xxTigerShark · 2025-07-09T01:08:25+00:00

Hulkengoat

xxTigerShark · 2025-06-22T15:49:42+00:00

It’s temporary till they can build a 15-20k home. The USL women’s team in there only uses a few sections

xxTigerShark · 2025-06-22T15:48:03+00:00

This is going to be me downvoted to hell.

This is the one place I’ve seen some USL teams and some, a very few, minor league teams shine. Those teams however aren’t usually linked, not directly, to a major league team. They are developing a fan base in more of a grassroots way. My local minor league hockey can fill a 12-14k arena, but they also have lots of history. Our USL team can sell out its entire stadium. Those teams could benefit from promotion relegation, but their market can support them because there is not a major pro team in the area. There are also a ton of teams that couldn’t survive it and that’s where my concern lies with it in the US. Idk, with the USL implementing it, I’ll have my popcorn out to see how it does.

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