Sam's Army, I mean, Squadran, in Virginia

[roykemper]

Originally posted by rymannryan
Same here. Yesterday was my first day in the supporter's section. I sat in the opposite end the first half and decided at half time that the other end of the stadium looked much more fun and I just went over there. I had so much fun. I found even the chants like, "You suck @sshole" to be funny. Or when the ref made the bad call, and the fans kept chanting "************************". My favorite was the "You wish you were Australian" and "I'm blind, I'm deaf, I want to be a ref." Absolutely fantastic experience, makes me wish I lived much closer to D.C. so I could attend the United games.

For reference, I was the one who stood on the outer right side (if you were standing in the supporters section) of the supporters section wearing a white Donovan U.S. shirt and I was only there for the second half.

My favorite "ref" chant ever is "Hey Ref, get off your knees you're blowinig the game!"

As for getting everyone on the same page for chants, how hard would it be for 4 or 5 chant leaders to each bring 100 copies of chants for the game and pass them out. That would be 400-500 copies. If people shared that woudl cover about 1,200 -1,500 people. I've never been to a USMNT game but I can't imagine we have "supporters" sections much larger than that (maybe I'm naive). You can get tons of chants on each page (front and back) and as long as they are sung to the tune of a "popular" song they won't be hard for everyone to pick up on. It just takes a little organization.

RK

[TheMutts]

how bout:

I want a rope
I want a tree
I want to hang the referee



can someone explain the get off your knees ref your blowing the game? (after thinking about it my guess is something to do with blowing the sexual kind. am i right?)

[TheMutts]

how bout:

I want a rope
I want a tree
I want to hang the referee



can someone explain the get off your knees ref your blowing the game? (after thinking about it my guess is something to do with blowing the sexual kind. am i right?)

[cliffkram]

Originally posted by TheMutts
can someone explain the get off your knees ref your blowing the game? (after thinking about it my guess is something to do with blowing the sexual kind. am i right?)
Congratulations you get a gold star for your powers of deduction.

[TheMutts]

yes!


why does every announcer assume that the loud US fans are Sams Army?

[greatscott]

Originally posted by roykemper
My favorite "ref" chant ever is "Hey Ref, get off your knees you're blowinig the game!"

As for getting everyone on the same page for chants, how hard would it be for 4 or 5 chant leaders to each bring 100 copies of chants for the game and pass them out. That would be 400-500 copies. If people shared that woudl cover about 1,200 -1,500 people. I've never been to a USMNT game but I can't imagine we have "supporters" sections much larger than that (maybe I'm naive). You can get tons of chants on each page (front and back) and as long as they are sung to the tune of a "popular" song they won't be hard for everyone to pick up on. It just takes a little organization.

RK

What the hell are chant leaders? If there is a supporters club with chant leaders, I wouldn't join it.
Nortside Pride-La Norte Locura.

[greatscott]

Originally posted by TheMutts



why does every announcer assume that the loud US fans are Sams Army?
Because they are ignorant. They should hire announcers from BigSoccer. We actually know what we are talking about.... sometimes.

[Sachin]

Originally posted by TheMutts
yes!


why does every announcer assume that the loud US fans are Sams Army?

Same reason you go out to buy "Band-Aids" instead of "adhesive strips". All USA fans are known as Sam's Army. Which, in the grand scheme of things, is no big deal.

Sachin

[roykemper]

Originally posted by greatscott
What the hell are chant leaders? If there is a supporters club with chant leaders, I wouldn't join it.
Nortside Pride-La Norte Locura.

While obviusly there don't have to be official jobs, but if a group of people were to try and help organize the sections so that they had a larger variety of chants which everyone had access to the words I think it would help increase the volume and clarity of the chants.

Just a thought

RK

[halfnelson31]

Originally posted by greatscott
were you the 13 year old who was wearing the Tards jersey down to your knees near the gate and we walked by you drumming dc songs and made you blush and your dad laugh at you? You tried to flick us off but i dont think it had the desired effect as you dont have any songs to sing back to us.

yea thats me, im 15, i thought XL wouldnt be that big, whatd u expect me to do fight u or say what i was thinking screaming eagles(or whatever u call urselves) suck ** **** in front of my dad?????

[TheMutts]

Originally posted by halfnelson31
yea thats me, im 15, i thought XL wouldnt be that big, whatd u expect me to do fight u or say what i was thinking screaming eagles(or whatever u call urselves) suck ** **** in front of my dad?????

trust me i know how you feel. My dad does some pretty embarrsing stuff too. like when people chant at me 'you suck you suck you suck youuu suck!' my dad put his hands up and did something that looked like he was raising the roof and made a mean face. o man i couldnt help but laugh right at him.

[greatscott]

Originally posted by halfnelson31
yea thats me, im 15, i thought XL wouldnt be that big, whatd u expect me to do fight u or say what i was thinking screaming eagles(or whatever u call urselves) suck ** **** in front of my dad?????

well did manage to flick us off, whats the difference in talking trash and making bad signals with your hands. I''m just trying to incite violence here.

[halfnelson31]

i did it when u guys were behind my back u (for the sake of inciting violence) ************ing dumbass

[CrewToon]

Enough of the insults, please get back to the topic at hand. Thanks.

[TheMutts]

Originally posted by CrewToon
Enough of the insults, please get back to the topic at hand. Thanks.

what was the topic again?