2024 Cavalry FC and CPL thread

[shermanator]

[browna]

After the Cavs took Montreal to the limit in the CC in 2019, they fired Remi Garde days later. Saputo doesn't think the CPL teams are in the same levek and seem to think his teams are too good for MLS, so it's not surprising there is frustration. The CC doesn't mean anything to those MLS teams.

As for the Whitecaps and Messi, I get it, they sold 80% of the tickets for the game and probably sold a bunch of season tickets in the offseason because of this single game. Also not a suprise given Miami is as far from Vancouver as possible, that he and his crew don't play given the schedule...so the Whitecaps have to get in front of their fans to limit the discontent when Messi says he's not playing.

[Winsor_Pilates]

The problem for the Whitecaps is they jacked up prices for this game like 400%.
They can't say they have no control over who plays while also charging based on who plays.
People are pissed, and rightfully so.
I think this will have a lasting negative impact with the fan base, for a club that has already done nothing for the fan base.

[bdubbs]

Yeah, if I purchased tickets for that game in the hopes of seeing Messi, I'd be rightfully pissed off if he wasn't going to play. Especially if they marketed it with Messi's face.

[shermanator]

Ya, the issue is that Whitecaps raised prices significantly for the game knowing full well people would pay to see Messi. When you charge a boatload of money for the chance to see a player you run the risk of a PR disaster when that player doesn't show. But people are also suckers and should have known there was a good chance that Messi skipped town.

Vancouver FC is attempting to capitalize on Messi missing out and I'm curious to see if they get a bump in attendance.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1793837181850779938

[Muta]

I think that's a terrific opportunistic marketing ploy. Well done VFC

[Cappy]

Thought i would throw this in here, but I have two tickets (sec 200) to the game on Sunday if anyone wants to hit up the game. No cost.