I have been to many football, baseball, basketball, and hockey games, but I have only attended professional soccer once. I saw the Chicago Fire host the LA Galaxy at Soldier Field.
Galaxy vs Fire. Sounds like NFL Europe. ;-)
I remember there was one patch of really crazy fans in what would have been the cheap seats at a Bears' game (Southeast corner). They were all dressed in red, dancing around and banging drums all during the game. I was sitting behind the South net, about five rows back.
They had this response cheer going on with the west stands that went something like this:
"WHO'S NUMBER ONE?"
"FIRE!"
"WHO'S GOING TO WIN?"
"FIRE!'
It was kind of like the Red - Black cheer at Huskie Stadium.
I guess a World Cup game would be like taking the Southeast corner and spreading it around the whole stadium. It also seemed like an constant stream throughout the game. In the other sports I mentioned, the crowd watches the action, then reacts to it. If there is an organized cheer like "Red-Black", or "N-I-U", or "Over-rated", it happens during a break in the action. When there is action, you watch the action. Soccer fans do their cheers during the action. It's as if they came to a party, where there just happens to be a soccer match going on.
And US fans don't riot after the game (although I did see a few fans fight security guards, the last time I saw a baseball game in Detroit).
I think the Fire won the game.
THe Fire and the Huskies have the same color scheme and while the Fire don't draw large attendance numbers, those that turn out are rabid fans. Now that they have their own soccer specific 20K seat stadium I expect they will increase their fanbase.
Huskie_Jon Wrote:I have been to many football, baseball, basketball, and hockey games, but I have only attended professional soccer once. I saw the Chicago Fire host the LA Galaxy at Soldier Field.
Galaxy vs Fire. Sounds like NFL Europe. ;-)
I remember there was one patch of really crazy fans in what would have been the cheap seats at a Bears' game (Southeast corner). They were all dressed in red, dancing around and banging drums all during the game. I was sitting behind the South net, about five rows back.
They had this response cheer going on with the west stands that went something like this:
"WHO'S NUMBER ONE?"
"FIRE!"
"WHO'S GOING TO WIN?"
"FIRE!'
It was kind of like the Red - Black cheer at Huskie Stadium.
I guess a World Cup game would be like taking the Southeast corner and spreading it around the whole stadium. It also seemed like an constant stream throughout the game. In the other sports I mentioned, the crowd watches the action, then reacts to it. If there is an organized cheer like "Red-Black", or "N-I-U", or "Over-rated", it happens during a break in the action. When there is action, you watch the action. Soccer fans do their cheers during the action. It's as if they came to a party, where there just happens to be a soccer match going on.
And US fans don't riot after the game (although I did see a few fans fight security guards, the last time I saw a baseball game in Detroit).
I think the Fire won the game.
Internationally, soccer crowds will sing and make noise for the entire game and treat it like a big party. English fans love to sing crap they make up about their players and their opponents.
And oh, by the way, soccer riots aren't all that common, believe it or not. You just always hear about the ********. Many of those ******** (hooligans) are already identified by their home countries and security forces at games and often are not allowed out of the country - ie, some English hooligans would not be allowed out of the UK for the World Cup!
Part of that is because there is no real break in the action in soccer (I'm sure some sarcastic soccer hater will say there is no real action). If there were stoppages of play like in most other sports, thats probably when the cheers would go on too.
onlinepole Wrote:THe Fire and the Huskies have the same color scheme .
Are we switching to navy or are they switching to black? ;-)
HuskieDan Wrote:And oh, by the way, soccer riots aren't all that common, believe it or not.
Wow, sounds like the description I tried to give after you stereotyped all Sox fans.
dynovinyl Wrote:HuskieDan Wrote:And oh, by the way, soccer riots aren't all that common, believe it or not.
Wow, sounds like the description I tried to give after you stereotyped all Sox fans.
I stereortyped Sox fans as regularly rioting?
Anyone remember the Chicago Fire of the WFL?
How about the Houston Texans of the WFL?
HuskieDan Wrote:dynovinyl Wrote:HuskieDan Wrote:And oh, by the way, soccer riots aren't all that common, believe it or not.
Wow, sounds like the description I tried to give after you stereotyped all Sox fans.
I stereortyped Sox fans as regularly rioting?
"riots" was the X value in that equation.
dynovinyl Wrote:HuskieDan Wrote:dynovinyl Wrote:HuskieDan Wrote:And oh, by the way, soccer riots aren't all that common, believe it or not.
Wow, sounds like the description I tried to give after you stereotyped all Sox fans.
I stereortyped Sox fans as regularly rioting?
"riots" was the X value in that equation.
My stereotypes of Sox fans was based on significant first hand experience, not side notes in the ambulance chaser portion of newspapers.
HuskieDan Wrote:dynovinyl Wrote:HuskieDan Wrote:dynovinyl Wrote:HuskieDan Wrote:And oh, by the way, soccer riots aren't all that common, believe it or not.
Wow, sounds like the description I tried to give after you stereotyped all Sox fans.
I stereortyped Sox fans as regularly rioting?
"riots" was the X value in that equation.
My stereotypes of Sox fans was based on significant first hand experience, not side notes in the ambulance chaser portion of newspapers.
Doesn't matter where you got your stereotypes, just that you used the same defense against the others.
dynovinyl Wrote:HuskieDan Wrote:dynovinyl Wrote:HuskieDan Wrote:dynovinyl Wrote:HuskieDan Wrote:And oh, by the way, soccer riots aren't all that common, believe it or not.
Wow, sounds like the description I tried to give after you stereotyped all Sox fans.
I stereortyped Sox fans as regularly rioting?
"riots" was the X value in that equation.
My stereotypes of Sox fans was based on significant first hand experience, not side notes in the ambulance chaser portion of newspapers.
Doesn't matter where you got your stereotypes, just that you used the same defense against the others.
A bit of a stretch dyno. I'm talking about a prevailing attitude, and the post I replied to was suggesting that bloody violence occurred frequently at soccer games. Now, if I said that every other game at the Cell involved an idiot running on the field and beating up a base coach, you'd have a point.
You people who like to make generalizations and use stereotypes are all the same!
:soapbox:
Huskie_Jon Wrote:Anyone remember the Chicago Fire of the WFL?
How about the Houston Texans of the WFL?
Of I course I remember the Chicago Fire of the WFL, former NIU RB Mark Kellar, who lead the nation in rushing one year, played for them.
Pretty cool to see two NIU players on the attached list. Hope GW can add his name this year.
http://www.football.com/college/records/...ual2.shtml