From some soccer website that thinks that soccer in Texas matters:
It’s a shot fired clear across 200-plus miles of Texas, and confirmation that soccer is no exception to the bitter sports relationship between Houston and Dallas.
The Houston Dynamo are betting that a new billboard they carefully placed in the Dallas area will ruffle a few feathers and turn a few heads towards the club’s budding MLS rivalry with FC Dallas, and the plan seems to be working.
The billboard in question — which officially went up Monday and depicts Houston’s two MLS Cup trophies next to the words, “Houston, two times better than Dallas” — is located on a stretch of tollway between downtown Dallas and Frisco, near the Trinity Mills Mall.
“We consider them our rivals because the in-state portion and I think Houston in general has a hatred for everything Dallas,” Dynamo senior vice president Rocky Harris told MLSsoccer.com. “This year, we wanted to get the passion out on both sides. On Facebook we saw fans were talking up the rivalry. We thought we should tap into what the fans were saying.”
The message was received. Harris tweeted out a picture of the billboard on April 29, and FC Dallas retaliated against the Dynamo by flying a banner over the Dynamo-D.C. United match at Robertson Stadium later that night. The response is just what Harris and the Dynamo are looking for while they build the rivalry between the franchises.
Houston is cracking me up hard with this one. Like, I've never seen some one slap them self in the face harder with an insult. I get that Houston teams suck right now:
Astros - Worst team in the N.L. (were talking about a league that includes the Pirates)
Rockets - Their face of the franchise is Chinese and always hurt. Hilarious!
Texans - Drafted David Carr first overall. Have never been over .500! Awesome!
Way to win some soccer games, Houston. Can you please stop rubbing your awesomeness in my face.
P.S. Does Houston even have a hockey team? If they do, they probably suck. If they don't well... Wait why am I talking about hockey (soccer on ice)?
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