So what did ever happen to the foot stomping after a goal? I remember as a kid going to the Quakes games in the early 80's and after every goal we would do that to make the sound and feel of a earthquake running through the stadium. I could only imagine what it would of had sounded and felt like if we had done that when the Quakes scored those three goals against the crap that oozed up from LA.
I've noticed in the last few home games that there's been an increase in the board-stomping not heard in quite a while. Not so much after a goal was scored (since everyone's standing, jumping and cheering then), but at other parts of the game, particularly when the opponent was about to take a corner kick. I've even had those sitting around me mention how much it sounds and feels like an earthquake (I wonder if the new South Bay SSS will have the wooden floorboards to accomplish the same feat?). Unfortunately, those of us sitting in the front row couldn't help out much anyway since the floor there is concrete. GO SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES!!! -G
It used to be on corner kicks. As Goodsport noted, the stomping usually occurs for the MLS Quakes during the critical moments. I wouldn't mind doing it for each corner kick...
It was right after the goal and everyone sat back down. Usually when it was being anounced who scored it and who recorded the assists.
We've always done it on corner kicks! Too busy jumping up and down, high-5ing after a goal to stomp...
This is how I remember it back in the day as well. I've harped on the lack of foot stomping several times on these boards over the years. Last time, a lot of people responded with "we do it in my section all the time!" So I had to conclude that I simply wasn't hearing it where I sit now (where we also have the concrete floor to contend with and can't do it ourselves). But I dunno, it sure seemed to me like the whole stadium used to reverberate in the olde days....
I agree with the jumping up and down and high-5ing right after the goal, but the stomping happenned even after that. Maybe it was just me, but it felt like to me that the players on the Quakes would be even more pumped up after that in the old days, but I'm sure that that was really more attributed to them having just scored. If you think about it though, what happens after the goal, the opposition kicks off, well, if we are rumbling the stadium, they can't hear or comunicate very easily which could cause break downs that the Quakes could steal the ball back and go back on the offensive again. Just a little food for thought there.
the answer to all of this is "start it yourselves". There are going to be no grand pronouncements of "this is when we do this". The best and most lasting stuff is stuff that just happens, not that is scripted (or prompted by a loud-mouth PA announcer who thinks he's the head cheerleader come on people LET'S MAKE SOME NOISE!!!!!!!!!!). If you do it often enough and loudly enough and consistently enough, it will eventually catch on. Try it, you'll like it.