In a shocking development FCNY announced disgraced Congressman Weiner will be ensuring nothing gets out of hand at future home games.....

I haven't been out to an FCNY game (yet) but the desciption here has me doubting if I ever will!

(1) $25 Ticket - really, are you serious? Who do they think they are? Those prices are set by the club (not St. John's). It's their own fault if they signed a bad rental deal but don't take it out on your fan base.

They are competing for the ever-shrinking "entertainment dollar". 3rd Division soccer here in the USA doesn't warrant that kind of ticket price. I don't care who or where you are - it's just bad business.

(2) What do you think the real attendance number was? There's no way that "200" Kicker fans could all be "comped" (teams don't get/give THAT many tickets out to opponents) so some people had to pay something...BTW - do they offer various ticket price options at the gate?

(3) Could you tell if the "security" was St. John's staff or an outside firm? Either way, I'm pretty sure that the club has to pay for them. About how many were there? (NYC area security tend to be a bit "full of themselves") Either way, they still get their directions from the club as to where to post and how to handle various situations.

It all comes back to the team in question....

I think teams get 50 comp tix, but there were more Richmond fans there then that. The real number at the game was maybe 350 to 400 total, FCNY used the one side of the stadium and only one end. I don't know how much all the tickets are, mine was a face value of $25. (I was comped thankfully), and I was sitting about 35 yards out from goal.. not on the end, but definitely not center seats either. They may charge less for seats behind the goal and towards the ends and more for center seats, I truly don't know. The security was all St. Johns. From the wandings and securitate pat downs to the the guys that came out and stood on the pitch at halftime and after the game to the game to make sure nobody "invaded". They all had on St.Johns suits and ties. The ushers all wore St. Johns shirts also. I'd love to see FCNY "make it".. but there is no way that they're going to with those prices and that level of (in)security.

On the positive side of things, we were told to expect a lot of disorganization in regards to the comp tix and and such, but there wasn't any at all (unlike Harrisburg), that I could see. Everything went smoothly. Even parking was free.

Overall it was a good experience, a little bland with no mascots, no halftime "entertainment" or anything.. which is OK for me because I'm there to watch the game, but for kids and casual fans.. i can see where they'd get quite bored pretty easily.

Oh forgot to mention, there were 6 or 8 of the BIG guys in suits that did the bag checking wandings, friskings etc and came on to the field, plus every section, at least in the center, had an usher

Robbing flippers.. it only cost $36 to get into Fratton Park in the Championship last season, and the standard there is going to be a lot higher than the USL Pro league.