The USA Supporters Section Did Not "Bring It" in the Gold Cup Final

It's like LA, dude.

 

it might be , but you got to bring it the full 90+...AWANTE USA!!

Arriba los Dirty Yanks!

 

Maybe you should have put down your camera and helped lead the cheers.

It's easy to criticize.

Given the noise the section was almost impossible to coordinate. Cheers started in the front died almost immediately. USA fans toward the back had to contend with the hostile enviromnent: http://t.co/xLZH3Pr

But next game, we'll be happy to take our cues from you.

 

The blog is overly critical and exaggerated to the point of being absurd. And it's hypocritical in the extreme to claim to be embarrassed by the fans when the blogger is cruising around clicking photos. If you really thought the fans needed a pick me up, then put down your camera, jump in and start it.

I know the second post was in jest, but this didn't have anything to do with LA. Comparison's to other games in the past are meaningless without taking into account the game itself. Even a blow out from the start would have been easier. The reality is that it was a massive gut shot to be up 2-0 and then have everything fall apart. It's great if the fans can rally the players but sometimes it works the other way as well, and again to claim that the supporters quit in the second half is entirely nonsense.

And, let's not forget or act like this is some isolated event, as the 80,000+ Mexico fans had gotten pretty quiet there midway through the first half. I could actually hear myself think for a few minutes. But I digress.

In the end, the blog is nonsense, but I suppose the kind of hyperbole that may drive clicks. So, more power to you. You've got some very nice photos, but you've just mislabeled and misunderstood what they show. So, go back and look at them and try again. And maybe check out a tape of the game if you were too busy clicking photos to see what was happening on the field, as the US fans, in the supporters section and elsewhere, weren't the problem.

 

I understand what he is saying, but I think that the conditions should also be noted. This was as close to Estadio Azteca as you could get, with worse security.
FYI, I was the guy wearing the Phillies cap.

 

Oh no, I've been called out on THE INTERNET.
BRB, going to kill self.

*edit*
Well damn, I was doing pretty well after nicking two small veins, but after four straight misses I just wasn't able to "bring it". So in place, please accept this drawing I found of sombrero-wearing Spiderman punching Jesus, who's riding a unicycle, while both are on fire.

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no need to get offended US fan. he is just calling it like it is.

photo evidence doesnt lie.

 

I guess the Mexico fans didn't "bring it" from the 8th to the 29th minute when they were completely silent and the small contingent of US fans were out-singing and out-cheering 90,000 Mexican fans.

So we should have cheered louder when Mexico was doing well? (ie. the REST of the game?). This is how sports work, the cheers get louder when your team is doing well. It's not like we were silent all game. It's not like we didn't cheer when we made a good play. It's not like we were like England fans and booing our own team. Saying that the US section was "an absolute disgrace" is being overdramatic, foolish and insulting.

I will say, as we were near the rear of the section, I couldn't tell if anyone was leading any chants. If you say you put down your camera for 20 minutes to lead the cheers, why didn't you do it for 90? (Is it fair for me to say THAT is an absolute disgrace?) Please, give me a break.

 

I'm just doing my best to keep alive the BigSoccer tradition of overreacting!

 

I blame the stadium a bit as well. Taking into consideration the less than ideal conditions and also the fact that it was impossible to hear the front of the section and I was only about 15 rows back. It was loud in there and the stadium layout is just really crummy.

The layout also contributes to the poor security. In a more modern stadium it is easier to control sections and police those misbehaving.

 

so as in being too loud, the Mexico Mexico chants drowned you out eh?

 

Yup.

I am simply responding to the claim that the USA Fans didn't "Bring It."

Part of it was that there were 90,000 of you. I don't know understand the point of you reiterating a point I made already though.

As I already said, the other issue was that we had no direct contact with front of the section. I couldn't even see them. This is because of the weird stadium layout.

 

He'd probably call out the Mexican chants too because they didn't go the full 90. This thread is an abomination and a disgrace.

 

Every stadium has different shaped sections, supporters have to deal with it and still chant for the team

Just like Azteca. Or RFK back in the day for MLS before they placed away support in the top deck. Ya still gotta bring support for the team.

Worrisome to hear about the drumming, but other than that, what is with people's obsession with beign concentrated in the front of the supporter's section? Happened in Hartford for the USA-Czech game, Meadowlands for USA-Brazil, USA-Turkey in Philly. People I travel with park in the middle of the section to try and link up with the front so that people in the back can get more involved.

Can someone tell me why everyone goes to the front of the section?

Getting people to participate who normally won't is a problem that will continue to occur. But for those folks who want more atmosphere at US games, but then don't contribute truly boggles the mind.

That blows.

Sad to hear that, considering the chants US supporters use at games are pretty simplistic to begin with.

Simply put, everyone pays money to get to the game and get their match ticket. Once in the supporter's section, what is a typical US fan expecting? To have atmosphere provided for them? Or to make some semblance of atmosphere even though the section is surrounded by the opposition?

When the team is down, sing more. It's easy to sing when you're winning, be an example for future US fans that when the chips are down, sing more. Bringing your passion to full stop when the team is in a bind is counterproductive.

We all travel great distances to go to US games, especially to games that mean something instead of BS friendlies to line the Fed's pockets.

It's what you do INSIDE the supporter's section that counts. Not at the tailgate an hour before the game, not at the bar the nite before the game. That's easy to do. Between the first and last whistle is what counts the most. That's when your country needs you, the voceiferous US supporter.

It ain't easy to sing when the USA is losing, but if I can, you can, and I've seen plenty of US losses in meaningful games, but you must keep on. No one else will do it for you.

That said, I'll see you in the Azteca in the US Supporter's section.

 

this sums it up perfectly to me....

 

Our U.S. supporters section is always GA. This is a given.
Unless the game day ops rep isn't told by our USSF folks that there will be one specific section designated as GA. This occurred for us in Houston back in '08.
Thus, moving forward, the local hinchas need to secure GA procedure at the local venue. This is step one to getting a more lively, vocal U.S. supporters section.





More drums n horns is important too.

 

Don't know about la but in Houston there were several people who were too drunk to do much of anything let alone chant.

 

Drinking for 6 hours in the hot sun before a game against your biggest rival is never a good idea. To many people went to overboard with the booze. Control yourself next time. Or even better, smoke a bowl or two with other soccer fans.