Observation During the Super Bowl

Discussion in 'Soccer in the USA' started by Master O, Feb 3, 2013.

  1. Master O

    Master O Member+

    Jul 7, 2006
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    When Baltimore scored, the fans started doing a soccer chant, specifically the chorus from the song "Seven Nation Army" by the White Stripes.
     
  2. Potowmack

    Potowmack Member+

    Apr 2, 2010
    Washington, DC
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    That's been a thing with Ravens fans for a few seasons now. It has nothing to do with soccer.
     
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  3. Master O

    Master O Member+

    Jul 7, 2006
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Sure..... Just like Sandstorm or Kernkraft 500 weren't used by US sports teams before Europeans did it first. :rolleyes:
     
  4. Potowmack

    Potowmack Member+

    Apr 2, 2010
    Washington, DC
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Not everything is about soccer.
     
  5. HailtotheKing

    HailtotheKing Member+

    San Antonio FC
    United States
    Dec 1, 2008
    TEXAS
    Club:
    San Antonio Scorpions FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Big freaking deal ... in the Lazio match this weekend it was VERY CLEARLY HEARD over the broadcast someone leading the chants: ie - guy up front yells out chant, entire section follows suit afterwards in mockingbird fashion.

    That's as American as it gets.
     
  6. G Enriquez

    G Enriquez Member+

    Apr 1, 2002
    Tampa
    Club:
    FC Tampa Bay Rowdies
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Of course not,the fans at NFL games sing all of the time.
     
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  7. chapka

    chapka Member+

    May 18, 2004
    Haverford, PA
    Club:
    Philadelphia Union
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Well, yeah, actually, they do.







    College and pro football fans have been singing fight songs at games since the 19th century. They just don't usually get shown on television in the pros, because they're usually sung after a score, aka during the post-score commercial break.
     
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  8. Timon19

    Timon19 Member+

    Jun 2, 2007
    Akron, OH
    As much as it pains me to disagree with a scUM fan...by my reckoning, Euro 2008 saw the widespread use of Seven Nation Army to the point of being completely unavoidable if you watched ESPN that summer at all. Shortly thereafter, it began to get picked up by college football, particularly Ohio State, fans. I want to believe that it is because the major players in Block O at the time were huge soccer fans (massive fans of The Massive Club) as well, but they'd have to tell us if that's actually true.

    After that, I heard it become much more commonplace, primarily in college football.
     
  9. Potowmack

    Potowmack Member+

    Apr 2, 2010
    Washington, DC
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    It didn't come from the fans in Baltimore, though. The song was one of 5 picked by the team management to pump up the crowd. As with most things in the NFL, it isn't organic.
     
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  10. Timon19

    Timon19 Member+

    Jun 2, 2007
    Akron, OH
    Heh...figures.

    It always annoyed me that the PA system at Ohio Stadium would have to play it for a bit before the stadium would get into it, but really most times and for big games, it was all Block O starting it pretty much organically. And the PA would be absolutely drowned out. It got to be super loud. I think people might be getting a bit sick of it by now, though.
     
  11. chapka

    chapka Member+

    May 18, 2004
    Haverford, PA
    Club:
    Philadelphia Union
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  12. soccermilitant

    soccermilitant Member+

    Jan 14, 2009
    St.paul
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    did they say the "billion of people are watching this" lie again?
     
  13. RichardL

    RichardL BigSoccer Supporter

    May 2, 2001
    Berkshire
    Club:
    Reading FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    That's been the way ultras have worked for decades. The big difference is that it's not some club employee picking some friendly club-sanctioned tune over the PA system, but a respected supporter known for starting chants.

    Even in England, it's always been a very small number of people per club who start chants off. It's just less regimented, with one guy starting and just hoping everyone joins in.
     
  14. HailtotheKing

    HailtotheKing Member+

    San Antonio FC
    United States
    Dec 1, 2008
    TEXAS
    Club:
    San Antonio Scorpions FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    J-E-T-S JETS JETS JETS .... is certainly not employee manufactured ... nor are the vast majority in American sports. The MLS has probably seen more of it than the rest simply because of their unique situation early on and up until a few years ago.
     
  15. RichardL

    RichardL BigSoccer Supporter

    May 2, 2001
    Berkshire
    Club:
    Reading FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    It's not exactly much of a song either though.
     
  16. Tony in Quakeland

    Jan 27, 2003
    Pleasant Hill, CA
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    But it should be
     
  17. Potowmack

    Potowmack Member+

    Apr 2, 2010
    Washington, DC
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Meh. Soccer is the third or fourth sport I got into. I'm not ready for a monogamous relationship with one sport.
     
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  18. Master O

    Master O Member+

    Jul 7, 2006
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    What are your first and second, then?
     
  19. Potowmack

    Potowmack Member+

    Apr 2, 2010
    Washington, DC
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Baseball and hockey. I got into football and soccer around the same time.
     
  20. HailtotheKing

    HailtotheKing Member+

    San Antonio FC
    United States
    Dec 1, 2008
    TEXAS
    Club:
    San Antonio Scorpions FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    It is though, an exact example of what I heard during the Lazio match. A chant lead by a single individual.
     
  21. RichardL

    RichardL BigSoccer Supporter

    May 2, 2001
    Berkshire
    Club:
    Reading FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    All chants are lead by a single individual. Fans don't spontaneously decide to sing the same song at the same time.

    The ultras just take it one step further and have an appointed leader orchestrating things, usually with a platform at the front of the section.
     
  22. RichardL

    RichardL BigSoccer Supporter

    May 2, 2001
    Berkshire
    Club:
    Reading FC
    Nat'l Team:
    England
    Out of interest, how did you grow up without being into (American) football?

    There are little pockets of the country in England where rugby is the main game, and growing up in such a place (or going to public schools) is about the only way anyone here likes sports, but doesn't like football.

    Are there such places in the USA, where the oval ball takes a back seat?
     
  23. song219

    song219 BigSoccer Supporter

    Apr 5, 2004
    La Norte
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    Vanuatu
    I think there are places where baseball is number one. I've heard that about New York & Boston might also be that way. Of course someone from those places can confirm or deny this.
     
  24. HailtotheKing

    HailtotheKing Member+

    San Antonio FC
    United States
    Dec 1, 2008
    TEXAS
    Club:
    San Antonio Scorpions FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    It's regional really. Parts of New England and the Great Lakes would probably rate hockey just as high ... there are pockets where basketball takes the front seat (even if college rather than the NBA).
     
  25. Potowmack

    Potowmack Member+

    Apr 2, 2010
    Washington, DC
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I grew up in Canada, so my experiences in that regard are a little different from a lot of Americans. In Toronto, winter was hockey, summer was baseball. There is a Canadian football league, but I was never all that into it.
     

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