QUOTE: The Best Crowd Heckle Ever Award goes to ... American fans at the US v England friendly in Chicago. Not only did they sport T-shirts proclaiming "Tea is for **************", "Beach Boys kick Beatles' ass", "Beckham is a Fairy", "FDR can't save you now", "Magna Carta this..." and "We own Man U", but - led by a drummer - they taunted David James for an entire half with: "We Have Dentists!" Boom boom boom-boom-boom "We Have Dentists!" Boom boom boom-boom-boom "We Have Dentists!" Boom boom boom-boom-boom "We Have Dentists!" Boom boom boom-boom-boom "We Have Dentists!" Boom boom boom-boom-boom." UNQUOTE RESPECT!
All I remember was the mind-numbing annoyance of U-S-A over and over. That chant might be sufficient for a match between Hacksaw Jim Duggin and Nikita Koloff, but we should expect more at an international soccer match.
We should probably expect more but would be sadly disappointed. International Friendlies designed to fleece fans by offering top players and fielding the B-team, will generally cause the hoi palloy to seek other forms of diversion. Shaun Wright Phillips anyone?
From what I know of the Guardian's opinion of america, are you sure that they weren't just being sarcastic in their praise of us - I mean, there was no antisemitism, racism, vulgarity, monkey noises in these chants, surely, the guardian wouldn't have liked the tame ones we gave.
The Guardian's dislike of Americans is only eclipsed by all English soccer fans' disgust and disdain for David James. So it's ok with them when we taunt James.
The continued U-S-A chant has got to be one of retarded things which our country proliferates. Right up there with strip malls, SUV's, and popular country music. And like a true American I continue to partake in all of the above, with the exception of country music of course. I mean come on! I'm not above repeating 3 letters over and over, but let's get a song going or something in Germany. Everybody knows "Row, row, row..." or "99 bottles of beer..." Maybe we could confuse the Euros with our new found creativity.
Honestly I can't tell if the guy is being sarcastic or authentic. That's some funny stuff there. Seth Trembly even gets a nod! http://sport.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,10488,1671387,00.html
in the way that this thread started out as something fun and funny, only to be highjacked by the kind of people who find it neccessary to buzzkill every thread they can get their hands on with complaints that had little to do with the original thread topic i find this type of action way more tedious than people chanting "u-s-a" at usa matches
I don't get what's so funny about Trembly's name...maybe it's funny to a Brit because it rhymes with "Wembley"?? I love the "U-S-A" chant, it's intimidating, pisses off opposing fans, and it's one of the few chants that the soccer mom types will join in on. The chants in Germany will be a lot more creative than at a typical home game because the majority of US fans at the game will be the hardcore of the hardcore--so not only will they know the more complicated chants, but it'll be a smaller group. For home games however you want to keep it simple enough to get most of the crowd to join in.
A good alternative has recently become popular across the entire stadium and I'm 110% behind it...Ohhhh USA, USA-USA-USA. I think the days of USA-USA-USA are numbered.
What do you think when the Germans do "Deustchland" over and over again, like in Rostock, or the Mexicans say "Meh-i-co" over and over again, or the English do "Eng-er-land", or the Italians sing "Forza Italia", or the Koreans sing "Dai-Ha-Min-Guk"? How are those any different from Americans chanting "U-S-A". Or are you just self-hating? Sachin
Based on the context, they emphasize that he is a DEFENSIVE mid. Thus Trembly hardly inspires confidence. And for the record, I have read the Guardian Football page long before following these boards. That was a genuine plaudit. Perhaps because they expected so much less from US fans. The article pulls no punches on other aspects of American sports culture, but they appreciate taking the whiz out of Brit fans.
How is that any different from a "creativity" standpoint?? Besides I think there's a place for both. IMO the "Ohhh USA" song is more of a celebration song while "U-S-A" is more designed to will the team to victory (although either can easibly be used for the other purpose as well). I like both but the "U-S-A" chant deserves better than to be thrown away--let's not forget the history behind it, the Miracle on Ice, Ground Zero in NYC a few days after 9/11, etc. It's really the only chant we have that someone who's never been to a soccer game before or even watched one on TV can walk into a game and pick up immediately. Like it or not it's our national chant and there will ALWAYS be a place for it.
Gotcha. Still I gotta think they could've done better...even staying in MLS, how about HERCULEZ Gomez??
I just don't like it. It is ok if executed properly (it's amazing how many people screw up "U-S-A") and used sparingly. But, that is rarely the case.
See I don't really care about using it sparingly...I sort of look at it as our "default" chant, if the stadium falls silent for more than a few seconds we get that started up and get some noise back. It's also the only chant, to the best of my knowledge, that's been successfully started outside of the supporters section, which I've seen happen on a number of occasions. Most recently in Columbus, when the Sam's Army section fell dead for about 30 seconds for whatever reason and a bunch of Mexican fans got their "Me-hee-co" chant started (the only time the entire game you could hear the Mexican fans at all), the US fans in the section next to them started the "U-S-A" chant almost instantly and drowned them out.