Hey folks, I figured I would start a forum to feature media love for the Outlaws, be it national or our respective chapters. Please post anything that the media has picked up on you! Much love, Ben AO - Greenville Brigade
American Outlaws: Greenville Brigade media features The Daily Reflector (Greenville, NC Local Newspaper) Local soccer fans unite behind Men's National Team By John Swartz The Daily Reflector Sunday, June 15, 2008 They have a slogan that reads, "Wake up America, you have your very own soccer team." They're donned in red, white and blue. They love the American flag, and the United States Men's National Soccer Team. John Swartz/The Daily Reflector Local soccer fans watch the United States Men's National Team take on England in a friendly match on May 28. And they're right here in Greenville, together and watching every televised game of men's U.S. soccer. "There is a small group of us that watch it around here," said Ben Hardy, membership chair for the aspiring Greenville chapter of the national organization The American Outlaws. "Basically three of us just found them online when we were looking for American support groups," member Jason Krim said. "Their Web site is really active, so we all joined. Then we found out what you would need to become a chapter, and we thought we could pull that together." As the Men's National Team takes on Barbados today for its first qualification match for the 2010 World Cup, the Greenville Brigade is already half way to the 25-person roster needed to be recognized by The American Outlaws' national organization. "We wanted to start raising awareness about soccer and the National Team," Hardy said. "We wanted to get a group of people together that will come to viewing parties and maybe go to games." The viewing parties the Greenville Brigade holds are set up through Hardy and Krim, and are often at the Pirates Den in downtown Greenville. For today's 5 p.m. start against Barbados, the Pirates Den is showing the game for the group on a large projector screen as well as several flat screen TVs. The Men's National Team has just finished a three-game friendly swing against FIFA top-10 teams, which concluded with a tie against No.1-ranked Argentina. Interested fans may join the American Outlaws, and the Greenville chapter, by visiting www.theamericanoutlaws.com. Membership is $15, and comes with an American Outlaw T-Shirt and a stars-and-stripes bandana. Local chapter information can by found at myspace.com/americanoutlawsgreenville. Today's viewing party starts at 4 p.m., one hour before kickoff. G-Vegas Magazine (Eastern North Carolina Entertainment Magazine) [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]A Different Kind of Outlaw by Aaron Carpenter G-Vegas Magazine July 2008 Wake up, America. You have your own soccer team. Unite. Strengthen. That's one of the slogans of a fledgling organization devoted to supporting United States soccer that call themselves the American Outlaws. I'm a member and if you love U.S. soccer, you should be too. Some buddies and I have started a drive to get our own local chapter going and we're looking for anyone that loves the Stars and Stripes to join us. We are the American Outlaws: Greenville Brigade. Admittedly, we're a little nuts about this stuff. On May 28th of this year, the U.S. Men's National team (USMNT) traveled to London to take on the Brits in Wembley Stadium. The game started at three in the afternoon when the majority of us would generally be working. So what did we do? Every last one of us took off work for the day to head over to the Pirate's Den to watch the match. What's missing a day of pay when you can hang out in a bar, get sloshed and cheer on the Yanks? The match didn't go so well for the MNT, we lost 2-0 and played like utter crap, but the company, except for a couple of English supporters that were there, was excellent. The American flag was hung prominently near the section we took over, a lot of us were wearing U.S. jerseys and scarves or in some instances, American Outlaw gear, every fist was clenched around a tall cold one, and we were yelling our throats sore. What a way to spend an afternoon. If you love soccer too, why wouldn't you want to join us? We're loud, we're proud, we are the Outlaw crowd! It's easy as pie. Check it out. First off, we are totally on the MySpace at www.myspace.com/americanoutlawsgreenville. From there you can link to the official MySpace of the American Outlaws or just go straight to the official American Outlaws website at theamericanoutlaws.com. It's just $15 a year to join up and when you first sign up, you get an Outlaw t-shirt, an American flag bandana, and a nifty pin that you can use to poke Mexican fans with. I hate Mexico. They are the worst fans in the world and their team can all go screw themselves. Which they probably do anyway. Alright, my rage has subsided. Back to the Outlaws. We were back at the Pirate's Den a week later to watch our boys take on the Spanish National team in Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in Spain. The Yanks played a pretty good first half, but we bunkered down in the second hoping to preserve a nil-nil tie. That didn't happen because Xavi of Spain broke down our defense in the 78th minute to stick the ball in the back of the U.S. net. But we were still out there, cheering on the boys and throwing back the beer. Before this article hits the newsstands, we'll be right back out there on the 8th of June, hoping for a miracle against Argentina. At least this one is on home soil. We might have a chance. If Argentina brings their "B" team. And we get to play 13 players to their 11. And if Argentina shows up drunk. That sort of thing. Things look much more promising the week afterwards, when the MNT takes on Barbados on the 15th of June in the first game on the two year road to potentially play in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. It's all happening at 5 p.m. down at the Den. Come on out and support your team. Meet up with some rabid soccer fans and generally just have a blast. I hope we'll see you there. We'll be the large group in the back, waving flags, displaying scarves, and going hoarse from singing and cheering the whole time. You know you want to be there. A couple of notes about last month's article. I was right about the Red Wings (watching them hoist the Stanley cup for the fourth time in 11 years was utterly glorious), wrong about the Pistons (I still can't believe a team that couldn't beat Atlanta or Cleveland on the road beat us TWICE on our home court…argh), and to make up for grading Tiebreaker's based on a buddy's information, I'm going to go check out a sporting event there in the near future. I'll let you know how it goes. One last thing. Euro 2008 kicks off the first weekend of June. ESPN is actually showing the games for the first time and I can't freaking wait. Outside of the World Cup, the European Soccer Championship is the best national team tournament in the world. I was actually in Germany in 1992 while the tourney was being played and Germany made it all the way to the final before losing to Denmark (who shouldn't have even been in the damn thing…long story) 2-0. Being there was what got me addicted to soccer. I had played soccer a lot as a kid, but I was unprepared for what went on in Germany that summer. It was insane. Anyway, my buddies and I have all picked our teams and are raring to go. Again, if you like soccer, why wouldn't you want to join us?[/FONT]
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_American_Outlaws 15:44, 16 July 2009 ... deleted "The American Outlaws" (A7: Article about a group or club, which does not indicate the importance or significance of the subject) Someone might want to start right here.
How about promoting yourself to get attention? Hint, hint. Let Salt Lake City media outlets know about the game and what you're doing for it.
Another one from G-Vegas Magazine (Greenville, NC) http://www.g-vegasmagazine.com/Sports/aug09-ooohusa.htm
http://freebeermovement.blogspot.com/2009/08/news-watch-american-outlaws-real.html Tried leaving a comment but couldn't... weird. Anyways this is what I wanted to post: While I appreciate your support for the Outlaws I think all the inflammatory talk about Sam's Army is not necessary. They really did blaze the path for US Supporters. There is a big difference between the two groups as you mentioned, but everyone is there for the same team. Infighting is not necessary. All US Supporters should be wearing red, and the Outlaws are now supporting wearing red to the games as well. It's not about identifying yourself as a member of Sam's Army/American Outlaws. It's about identifying yourself as a US fan. Take a look at this photo. http://gebfutbol.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/img_1852.jpg It's from the gold cup final when we were outnumbered probably about 50 to 1. It's unifying and makes it a lot easier for the players on the field to look up and see that (despite how it may have sounded for that game) they DO have support there. Here's a link to the red AO shirt: http://www.theamericanoutlaws.com/content/view/50/45/ Enjoy the blog. Keep up the good work. Fran Harrington Co-founder AO Boston.
Wait why? I am not that familiar with wiki but I did try messing around with the code layout for it earlier. I did not submit anything formally.
