YSA chant Section 8 is in the General Admission area of the stadium. I prefer that area to the other bleachers for a number of reasons. One of them is that the sun is at your back in the south bleachers. At sundown it is aggravating to watch the game while looking into the sun from the north bleachers. I'll have my kid and his friends with me at the next game. While I don't mind the YSA cheer, I worry about the friends going home and telling their parents. It's not the "suck" word that is offensive to many but the "a******" word. That YSA cheer is the only drawback to sitting in that area. Your best idea is to change the cheer to "You suck, (goalie's name)". I think that is getting close to the edge without going over. Other than that, the section 8 crowd is high energy that you don't get at most professional sporting events in this area. I would rather the kids went home and told their parents about all the chanting and shouting they did (and, admittedly the wave-ing) they with the Barnburners. One more comment, could you do a chant that would get the families cheering? You used to yell "orange section only" and "yellow section only". I wonder if you could get a cheer off with "kids only" and "adults/parents only". It might get the other parts of the stadium cheering. Just a thought. I went to my first soccer game ever several years ago at Soldier Field and it was the rowdiness in Section 8 that made the game eventful. You can give yourselves credit for this paying customer for being an avid Chicago Fire fan. I've attended nearly half the games ever since.
Re: YSA chant I believe you have this mixed up. Section 8 is on the north side of the stadium and the sun is on the backside of people sitting on the north bleachers not the south. Your premise about not having to look into the sun from section 8 is correct however.
Re: YSA chant It would kind of tough. Maybe "just the kids" to the rhythm of "yellow seats." I dunno. Certainly worth a try, though. Later, COZ
As far as the YSA chant goes, I only really used it at the Kansas City game. I don't think it's that much of a problem. I even heard parents shouting it next to their kids. And as a side note....I just came from Naperville to Los Angeles for college and I absolutly miss all of you from Section 8. Let me know what's up! I'll be watching the LA game on the 7th from my dorm!
My high school once told us we couldn't say anything negative about the other team". This is a HS in Naperville. So we came up with calling the other team "average". I think that would confuse him more.
That's hillarious! Calling the other team average. Actually me and my friends are going to the JV football game to cheer against our school because the team is a bunch of dicks.
i would do that, but since all the football players run track in the spring (as do i) i'd get an ass-whooping.
...with hilarious consequences. I've lived in Naperville for like 10 years or something. Basically, if you are young, you cannot win against the soccer moms and company. As long as they keep writing letters to the editor in the Naperville Sun, we'll only be making things worse by continuing with the YSA. I think giving the YSA a rest until we're back in the newer, uglier Soldier Field in 2004 would be prudent. rock out, -Karl
Hmm, let's see: (poco a poco crecendo) OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO YOU'RE SO AVERAGE!!!!!!!! Man, that would confuse everybody.
YSA 9/7 YSA seemed totally dead on Saturday. Marcin did a good job keeping the singing going right through/over/on top of the people trying to start YSA. The 'kill kill kill' chants that were coming from the top of Sec.8 are quite possibly the stupidest thing I've ever heard at a sporting event. Whats the point? Why did it seem that the people who were really into 'kill' looked like they were made of suet? jay
I know it defeats the purpose of this thread, but I've been conditioned. I was watching Monday Night Football last night (yes - US Gridiron style) and everytime there was a kickoff, I found myself wanting to build up to YSA. Old habits die hard.
Re: YSA 9/7 obviously looking nowhere near my direction... i loved the "kill kill kill" stuff. just something different.
A good reason to stop YSA The V-Army or what little there was of them was heard doing it at the USOC semi. We are better than they are.
Re: Re: YSA 9/7 Supporting my team and cheering for them is fun. If you have fun by chanting 'kill kill kill' and then giggling about it like a little girl, who am I to stop you? I'll tell you its stupid, that it doesn't help the team and doesn't get the rest of Section8 or Cardinal Stadium energized, but why or how could I stop you? Its as trite (extremely) and unoriginal (extremely) as "lalas, get a haircut" - as a supporters group with some sort of rep, don't you think that you should try aiming a little higher? Or even a little lower? And yes Liam, when I said suet you were top of the list. jay