Gameday Recap: Match 29 at Real Salt Lake

Sep 17th, 2011 at Rio Tinto Stadium

Result: LOSS
Sporting KC 0 - 1 Real Salt Lake

Ad Astra SKC Gameday Preview Compilation

Links to Recaps: (links added as they get posted online)

• Sporting Kansas City Official
  
• Talkin' Touches Podcast - Andy Edwards and Andrew Wiebe (@AndyEdSKC and @AndrewWiebe_MLS)
• Down The By Line - Mike Kuhn (@DowntheByline)
• The Full 90 - Terez Paylor (@TPKCStar and @TheFull90)
• Daily Wiz KC - Justin Mayhugh - (@JustinMayhugh and @The DailyWizKC)
• The Oz Blog 2 and 2, and Man of the Match - Bryan McBeth - (@I_am_McBeth)
  
• The Front Men - (@TheFrontMen)
• The Footy Chronicles - (@TheFootyChronicles)

Man of the Match Selections:

The Oz Blog - Jimmy Nielsen (SKC)
The Daily Wiz KC - Nick Rimando (RSL)

From RSL sources

• RSL Soapbox

Match Video Highlights (from MLS)


Twitter Rosters
Sporting Kansas City - #SportingKC - #SKC (rare)
Real Salt Lake - #RSL - #ClaretAndCobalt (rare)

Ad Astra SKC History

Founded: May 10 2011
Founder: Christian Sinclair

The initial goal was to use social media to effectively get more people in the new LIVESTRONG Sporting Park cheering loudly for our team. I was a new season ticket holder in Section 102 and wanted to take this unique opportunity to bond with my fellow fans around me. A group of just under 20 people exchanged info over email and Ad Astra SKC was born.

Since then we have led chants in our section with poor to fair results (I'll be honest - getting 20 relative strangers to cheer when you are not sitting next to each other is just plain hard.), made our first tifo (large overhead banner) to honor Jimmy Nielsen on his birthday, started a pledge drive for Sporting KC fans to support local charities when Sporting scores at LSP, maintained active Facebook and Twitter accounts, answered questions for other fans on the main Sporting KC Facebook Fan Page, and encouraged a positive feeling of support to Sporting KC players, staff, and fans.

In September 2011 , the web site was created to maintain a better archive than Twitter or Facebook really functionally allow for. We are open to posts from fans so please submit them if you are interested.

For 2012 we will be moving to the South Stand GA to be closer to Section 115 - The Wedge, started by Matt Killingsworth and to be around more families given the nice advantage of the included kids season tickets. We hope to see you over there next year, and if you are in section 102 this year feel free to stop by and say hi.

Ad Astra Logo History

Gameday Preview: Match 29 at Real Salt Lake

Sep 17th, 2011 at Rio Tinto Stadium

Previous 2011 match
Sporting KC 2 -0 Real Salt Lake August 3rd, 2011 at LIVESTRONG Sporting Park - Recap

Links to Previews: (links added as they get posted online)

• Talkin' Touches Podcast - Andy Edwards and Andrew Wiebe (@AndyEdSKC and @AndrewWiebe_MLS)
• Down The By Line - Mike Kuhn (@DowntheByline)
• The Full 90 - Terez Paylor (@TPKCStar and @TheFull90)
• Daily Wiz KC - Justin Mayhugh - (@JustinMayhugh and @The DailyWizKC)
• The Front Men - (@TheFrontMen)
• The Footy Chronicles - (@TheFootyChronicles)
  

From RSL sources

• RSL Soapbox

Previous Match Video Highlights (from MLS)


Twitter Rosters
Sporting Kansas City - #SportingKC - #SKC (rare)
Real Salt Lake - #RSL - #ClaretAndCobalt (rare)

Social Media Match Up

Facebook

Real Salt Lake 76k defeats Sporting Kansas City 42k

Twitter

Sporting Kansas City 18k defeats Real Salt Lake 11k

Player Specific Fan Clubs

**Updated Jan 2012**
These fan clubs use Twitter to help you learn more about your favorite Sporting KC players. They are all fan run, so they need your love and support to keep going. Check them out, give them a follow, some love and watering and they in turn will help shine a light on the great athletes on our team.

It will be interesting to see how many other fan accounts pop up over the years.  Also I wonder what will happen if a player gets traded, loaned, etc.  Personally I will always like this crew since they are really the first team I have gotten to know well, so I will continue to be interested in their career paths with or without Sporting KC.  Personally I think Matt Besler and CJ Sapong are next in line for a fan club. Happened soon after the original posting of this blog.

(Alphabetical order)

Korede Aiyesgbusi (Twitter - @KoredeAiyesFans hosted by ?)
Teal Bunbury (Twitter - @TealBunburyFans hosted by @darshben)
Matt Besler (Twitter - @BeslerFans hosted by ?)
Aurelien Collin (Twitter - @Collin78Fans hosted by @SklyarRolstad)
Kevin Ellis (Twitter - @KevinEllisFans hosted by ?)
Kei Kamara (Twitter - @KamaraFans hosted by @SklyarRolstad)
Jimmy Nielsen's Head (Twitter - @PumaHead hosted by ?)
Soony Saad (Twitter - @SoonySaadFans hosted by @slmanning7)
CJ Sapong (Twitter - @CJSapongFans hosted by @I_am_McBeth and @KrisColvin)
Graham Zusi (Twitter - @GZusiFans hosted by @presleylewis)

When this post was originally put up in Sep 2011, there were 5 Twitter accounts, since then it has exploded. Anyone know if any other team in the MLS has fans that do this?

Photographers

Of course you can see the official Sporting Kansas City photos on the Facebook page any time. But there are a number of great photographers taking pictures of the team at games. You should check them out and maybe hire them the next time you need a photographer?

Thad Bell at The Back Post (Webpage - Gallery - Facebook - Twitter)
Unknown photographer at Sodagraphics (Webpage - Flickr)
Brian Davidson at Photography by Davidson (Gallery)

If you take photos at Sporting Kansas City games consider uploading them to sharing sites like Flickr or Picasa.  If you would like to allow your photos to be used on this site, I would be happy to give you credit! christian@adastraskc.org

Chant Origins: Everybody! (AKA Shots! Everybody!)

First Heard at a Sporting KC game: US Open game at BVDAC against New England Revolution May 25, 2011
Based off of: Shots by LMFAO (NSFW)

Lyrics: Clap! Clap! Clap-clap-clap! Clap! Clap! Clap-clap-clap! Clap! Clap! Clap-clap-clap-clap! EVERYBODY!
Alternate Lyrics: Shots! Shots! Sha-sha-Sha! Shots! Shots! Sha-sha-Sha! Shots! Shots! Sha-sha-Sha-Shots! EVERYBODY!

When you'll hear it: On any Sporting Kansas City corner kick, or free kick in the offensive zone. Occasionally with a Matt Besler throw-in.
Listen to it recorded from LIVESTRONG Sporting Park:
Everybody! by AdAstraSKC

Other MLS Clubs using it: None known

Submit a Chant

Have you heard a great song that would be even better when yelled by thousands of Sporting KC fans?

Is there a player you love that need his own song?

We want to hear your ideas! You'll get the credit for suggesting/writing it, and we will work with you to create a video to help get other people excited about it. In 2012 we might try it out in the South Stand GA near (or in The Wedge section 115). Eventually if it gets enough attention we can talk with The Cauldron to see if it can start getting into the chant rotation.