Soccer Chant

[imafrshmn]

Can someone post an audio clip of the proposed chant being sung?

[kfish]

See above -- I added youtube to the subject heading

[kfish]

I shouldn't be letting myself get sucked into this.  I actually think there are a lot of similarities between soccer and hockey, maybe not in scoring chances, but certainly in strategy.  It's quite similar to indoor soccer, especially when you can play off the wall.  I appreciated hockey immediately (fairly recently) because of my knowledge of and love for soccer.  You can't "watch" soccer like baseball and hope to appreciate the game.

[Jim Hyla]

[quote kfish]I shouldn't be letting myself get sucked into this.  I actually think there are a lot of similarities between soccer and hockey, maybe not in scoring chances, but certainly in strategy.  It's quite similar to indoor soccer, especially when you can play off the wall.  I appreciated hockey immediately (fairly recently) because of my knowledge of and love for soccer.  You can't "watch" soccer like baseball and hope to appreciate the game.[/quote]

If you bring in indoor soccer you make a whole new case. I agree with you about similar strategy, there's a lot of transition in both. However, outdoor soccer does it at a turtle's pace, while hockey is like the hare. That's why I said you can do something else at the same time. Looking up occasionally can keep you in it. Indoor soccer is much faster and closer to hockey.

[daredevilcu]

In fact, a lot of the indoor soccer arenas I've played in are old, converted hockey rinks.  Usually 5 field players and a goalie, "icing" rules apply if the ball is in the air the whole time over midfield(goalie only) to prevent just playing catch from keeper to keeper.  They say there's no checking allowed in indoor soccer, but anyone who's played in those hockey-style fields knows that's just not true.

Outdoor soccer moves at a slow pace if you're watching it on TV.  Watch it in person, especially high school and college (I think) where you're allowed more than three substitutions for the entire game, and it becomes much faster paced.  Players don't have to worry as much about conserving energy for 90 minutes and they sprint almost the whole time.

[Beeeej]

[quote RichH]Riley Nash isn't going to develop a bicycle kick.[/quote]

No, but wouldn't it be so cool if he did?!

[imafrshmn]

[quote BMac]In response to the questions on the lyrics of the soccer style chant we're trying to adopt in section A:

Cornell x5
When you come
to play at Lynah
Then we'll give your goalies hell!

You can listen to the tune.[/quote]

BMac.... I've tried doing the chant myself and I think for both the sake of making it easier to go from the end back to the beginning and for a better sound, the first Cornell should be replaced by Ohhhhh.  I also think yelling Hell 3x would be neat, but we'll see what works.

Ohhhh Corneellll
Cornell Cornell Cornellll
When you coooommmme
To play at Lynahhhhh
Then we give your goalies Hellll (Hell! Hell!)

[RichH]

[quote imafrshmn][quote BMac]In response to the questions on the lyrics of the soccer style chant we're trying to adopt in section A:

Cornell x5
When you come
to play at Lynah
Then we'll give your goalies hell!

You can listen to the tune.[/quote]

BMac.... I've tried doing the chant myself and I think for both the sake of making it easier to go from the end back to the beginning and for a better sound, the first Cornell should be replaced by Ohhhhh.  I also think yelling Hell 3x would be neat, but we'll see what works.

Ohhhh Corneellll
Cornell Cornell Cornellll
When you coooommmme
To play at Lynahhhhh
Then we give your goalies Hellll (Hell! Hell!)[/quote]

Haven't you figured out by now that when a cheer needs to be punctuated with 2 syllables, there's a 95% chance that it will eventually become "you suck!" (for 3 syllables, insert the word "just") despite your best efforts?  A few notable exceptions involve "Go Red!"

:-)

[mttgrmm]

another YouTube link to the chant, I think this one makes it a bit clearer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7VZY3XMDG0&NR=1

[tvset]

What if you use the old "We will   We will    Rock you " with PUCK YOU instead of ROCK YOU             tee hee    haha    LMAO

[imafrshmn]

[quote RichH][quote imafrshmn][quote BMac]In response to the questions on the lyrics of the soccer style chant we're trying to adopt in section A:

Cornell x5
When you come
to play at Lynah
Then we'll give your goalies hell!

You can listen to the tune.[/quote]

BMac.... I've tried doing the chant myself and I think for both the sake of making it easier to go from the end back to the beginning and for a better sound, the first Cornell should be replaced by Ohhhhh.  I also think yelling Hell 3x would be neat, but we'll see what works.

Ohhhh Corneellll
Cornell Cornell Cornellll
When you coooommmme
To play at Lynahhhhh
Then we give your goalies Hellll (Hell! Hell!)[/quote]

Haven't you figured out by now that when a cheer needs to be punctuated with 2 syllables, there's a 95% chance that it will eventually become "you suck!" (for 3 syllables, insert the word "just") despite your best efforts?  A few notable exceptions involve "Go Red!"

:-)[/quote]

You're right about the real risk of having the end bastardized into a "you suck".
Maybe we should just do "Go Red!" from the start.

[Cactus12]

All 30 USA soccer fans showed up for the video...

[Josh '99]

Oh relax, it was just a bit of hyperbole.  :-P

[Josh '99]

[quote Jim Hyla]Soccer is more like baseball, you can watch a game while doing something else and still keep on top of the action.[/quote]The difference is that when there's nothing happening in baseball, there's really NOTHING HAPPENING.  Inning breaks, pitching changes, even the 30-second lull between hitters, the game isn't going on.  While there are some parts of soccer games that are less exciting than others, save for injury stoppages and halftime the game is going on even during slow points.  The ball is in play, players are running, etc.

Don't get me wrong, I love baseball's slow pace.  I love being able to get up and get a drink or use the bathroom or flip to another game and genuinely not miss anything except commercials or Tim McCarver's blathering.  But soccer isn't the same in this respect.

[DeltaOne81]

[quote daredevilcu]Watch it in person, especially high school and college (I think) where you're allowed more than three substitutions for the entire game, and it becomes much faster paced.  Players don't have to worry as much about conserving energy for 90 minutes and they sprint almost the whole time.[/quote]

I don't think its a hard argument to make that the biggest failing in soccer is that stupid rule.