USL Broadcast Quality is a fascinating topic.
#NYCvPOR: Piss poor and barely any zoom-ins
#AVvPOR: great picture quality but mostly just zoomed in ... and a baseball knowing PxP who tries to talk soccer.
Fascinating. #UpTheHearts
A new #FallenLeavesPod was published! ♥️🌲
Topics:
👨🎓 Hearts Alumni News
🗓️ New Friendlies
🤌 #NYCvPOR | New Jersey Cosmos Recap
🏆 #VGFvPOR | Vermont Recap
🌅 #AVvPOR | AV Alta Preview
#UpTheHearts #USOC2026 #USL #UTFH
open.spotify.com/episode/5SOp...
And my #NYCvPOR recap's now recorded!
You get: a good [I hope!] PxP Recap of the match, stats, player of the match nominees ... and a rant.
About what? You guessed it, the 1970s blurs, pixels and Technical Difficulties windows.
Enjoy it all in a new #FallenLeavesPod on Friday!
#UpTheHearts
Finished my re-watch of #NYCvPOR.
Some soccer-only thoughts:
- Cosmos's decent for a first game. Their goalie impressed me
- Tino [Kostandinos] was fun to watch for us
- Brecc was underratedly good
- First half: clearly Cosmos. 2nd: we were better
- Both jerseys are meh readable
#UpTheHearts
Two #UpTheHearts matches in a week, also means two recaps.
So I'm now re-watching #NYCvPOR, to then record a new bit for the #FallenLeavesPod, before Vermont tomorrow.
Wish me luck and keep me in your blur-free prayers: @benrossetter.bsky.social & @tmclaughlin79.bsky.social 👋
#UTFH
passing xG chart for game
passing xG chart for game
New York Cosmos 1-3 Portland
Passes per shot sequence: NYC 2.4-4 POR
Avg Progression to shot (m): NYC 29-40.9 POR
Shots: NYC 10-5 POR
xG: NYC 0.76-0.71 POR
xG (open play): NYC 0.76-0.66 POR
xG (dead ball): NYC 0-0.07 POR
#USL #NYCvPOR #NYCosmos #UpTheHearts
g+ GameFlow: USL League One Regular Season New York Cosmos v Portland Hearts of Pine on March 14, 2026. #NYCvPOR ⚽️🤖
Lol ... sometimes being a stats nerd is fun.
Over 60% of all passes in the final third, by my #UpTheHearts were played on the left side. Over 50% passes into the box too.
So it seems, even without Messer ... Bobby stays true to himself, with his lefty side love. #NYCvPOR
👋 @oldboot.bsky.social
FT at #NYCvPOR. 1-3
If you ever wondered, how an soccer match would look like if an AI just can draw hands with six fingers ... the first 60 minutes were just that.
After a confused 1st half, we scored three neat goals and conceded a silly one, to win our first match of '26.
Even Morse can't save them all.
That defending before the 1-1 was as worse as the broadcast quality. #NYCvPOR #UpTheHearts
Bear with me.
We A) didn't saw our goal being scored and when it happened B) the quality was so bad, that pirated early 2000s porn has less pixles.
Yikes. #NYCvPOR
I've seen more alive looking USL clubs who are dead, than a working #NYCvPOR stream.
Isn't it right: Harrisburg City Islanders, Rayo OKC, Wilmington Hammerheads and Puerto Rico FC?
Does anyone have a Shahed Drone to spare?
Asking for #NYCvPOR. Maybe that would fix the camera issues at the match. Because it can't get any worse.
HT at #NYCvPOR. 0-0.
Not much to say about the game ... as Cosmos looked like the better team and the rest was hidden below sub-park pixel broadcast attempts.
Cosmos could've lead. Our passing was ... meh
*cough*
So, your halftime break ads are in 4k, your "what's going on in the league" package is in 4k ... but your stream of #NYCvPOR has barely four pixels?
Interesting ... choice of priorities.
Quite ironic, that the first time the Camera is actually zooming in and up close to the players ... is after the halftime whistle whistled.
Soooo ... yeah, when nothing's happening ... the picture looks sharp.
#NYCvPOR #UpTheHearts
We're in the 40s of #NYCvPOR.
I've seen more pixels, than good scenes by my Hearts of Pine.
Cosmos could/sould lead 2-0 already and the game stream is worse than early 2000s porn on a fake website.
Classy, USL. Stay classy! #UpTheHearts
Green Kits with barely readable numbers/names vs red kits with barely readable numbers/names ... on a VERY blurry game stream.
Ooooooh boy. #NYCvPOR
Was there NO trial run of the broadcasting at the Cosmos venue?
Because if that's the best, what they can offer for an inaugural game ... that's sad.
Even more, if both teams have jersey with barely readable numbers/names. #NYCvPOR
I don't want to yell ... BUT ... WHAT THE HECK?!
EIter we get 1960s camera blurs ... or the camera is so much zoomed out, you can't read a single number / name decently.
Ooooooof #UpTheHearts #NYCvPOR
20+ minutes into #NYCvPOR
IF the stream is actually watchable: the New Jersey club is looking better than us.
Our passing was ... not good and Hunter had to save our ass once more.
Outside of that, we see more pixels than good soccer.
#UpTheHearts
I'm really happy, that the New Jersey Cosmos think about the eye sight / vision of those eldery fans, who saw Pelé play for the original club.
Now it was the perfect quality for the eyes. Yay!
#NYCvPOR #UpTheHearts
For the first time of '26, it's time for my #UpTheHearts
I'm watching #NYCvPOR and support my Hearts of Pine vs the New Jersey Cosmos, formerly seen with Pelé.
Can we get our first win or will the reborn Big Brand FC get their first win?
Let's find out! On love from Germany. #UTFH
The @heartsofpine.bsky.social announced their Starting XI for their first match of the year.
Eight of Eleven players are clear starters. We're going all in!
For a good preview for #NYCvPOR, listen to my #FallenLeavesPod!
👋 @oldboot.bsky.social @smilingstrange.bsky.social @dave27.bsky.social
However this ends…weird fucking game, yeah?
Not to speak for them, but I would be profoundly annoyed if I was an NYC fan. #NYCvPOR
Just real quick:
I am fucking *baffled* by the way NYC came out to start the second half.
Going the other way, I am mildly terrified at the way Portland’s gambling on offside calls.
Related, still fucking loathe how the assistant refs have been directed to handle offside calls. #NYCvPOR
