Soccer Chant

[kfish]

You can listen to the tune here

[Will]

Interesting.  This could potentially work well if one could get all of sections A and B to sing the song at the start of the game.  (Of course, that's predicated on the students actually getting to the game on time.)

[BCrespi]

Start of the 2nd?

[KeithK]

Soccer chant?  Ew.

Sorry I still hate soccer.

[A-ron]

I've been to a few US soccer games where we chant this, followed by U-S-A all while jumping.  I'm not sure why the jumping happens, but it's a lot of fun.  After about three of these, the section switches to the deliberate clap cheer.  A lot of baseball stadiums play a drum beat that matches the clap.  I'm not sure how to describe the clap other than saying it's 9 total (long long quick quick quick, pause, quick quick quick quick) and then a yell of U-S with arms in the air.  The whole thing would both look and sound pretty damn good if you could get everyone to do it.  (I'm guessing a "Go Red" at the end would work)

[kfish]

Your loss ;-)

[Robb]

[quote KeithK]Soccer chant?  Ew.

Sorry I still hate soccer.[/quote]

That's okay.  I'm a soccer fan and I hate baseball, so there is balance in the force...  ::starwars::

[RichH]

[quote Josh99] Madrid are the scum of the earth, therefore I refuse to chant anything you got from them.[/quote]

[quote KeithK]Soccer chant?  Ew.

Sorry I still hate soccer.[/quote]

Self-righteous fan morality cracks me up.

Well, that's fine, but if this catches on in Lynah, grass isn't going to sprout through the ice, Colin Greening isn't going to head the puck, and Riley Nash isn't going to develop a bicycle kick.  If the end result is more noise, more crowd fun, and a better home-ice advantage, then I'm all for it, no matter what the derivation.  Getting the student section singing, yelling, stomping, jumping, and clapping trumps out just standing there silently, which happens a lot more than it should.

*shakes cane*

My first (and so far only) non-collegiate soccer game was a US game prior to the last World Cup and participated in this song/cheer.  It was fun.

[jtwcornell91]

Note that this, like many other "soccer chants", is also popular at hockey--sorry, ice hockey--games in Europe.

[KeithK]

[quote RichH]
[quote KeithK]Soccer chant?  Ew.

Sorry I still hate soccer.[/quote]

Self-righteous fan morality cracks me up.[/quote]
Morality?  Hardly.  Just pure unadulterated opinion.  It's not like I said soccer was evil or anything.  It is, of course, but I didn't say that. :-P

[BCrespi]

[quote RichH][quote Josh99] Madrid are the scum of the earth, therefore I refuse to chant anything you got from them.[/quote]

[quote KeithK]Soccer chant?  Ew.

Sorry I still hate soccer.[/quote]

Self-righteous fan morality cracks me up.

Well, that's fine, but if this catches on in Lynah, grass isn't going to sprout through the ice, Colin Greening isn't going to head the puck, and Riley Nash isn't going to develop a bicycle kick.  If the end result is more noise, more crowd fun, and a better home-ice advantage, then I'm all for it, no matter what the derivation.  Getting the student section singing, yelling, stomping, jumping, and clapping trumps out just standing there silently, which happens a lot more than it should.

*shakes cane*

My first (and so far only) non-collegiate soccer game was a US game prior to the last World Cup and participated in this song/cheer.  It was fun.[/quote]

As long as Sawada doesn't start falling over when he's breathed on to draw a hooking call, I'm on board.

[HeafDog]

[quote KeithK]Soccer chant?  Ew.

Sorry I still hate soccer.[/quote]

Keith, I knew you'd say that as soon as this thread started.  But I'm with Rich -- whatever gets us loud is worth it, no matter where the chant originated.  (Couldn't have said it any better myself, man!)  That's why I hope these guys get something started.  So many of the old chants have died out (see the Cheers section -- do we ever do goalie/sieve or its variations anymore? I think not).  Time to either bring them back or start some new stuff.

Besides, I don't see any reason whatsoever to hate soccer, anyway.  It's just like hockey -- so low-scoring that each goal is that much more important.  I mean, that's the reason why I don't watch the NBA.  BO-ring.

[HeafDog]

[quote A-ron]I've been to a few US soccer games where we chant this, followed by U-S-A all while jumping.  I'm not sure why the jumping happens, but it's a lot of fun.  After about three of these, the section switches to the deliberate clap cheer.  A lot of baseball stadiums play a drum beat that matches the clap.  I'm not sure how to describe the clap other than saying it's 9 total (long long quick quick quick, pause, quick quick quick quick) and then a yell of U-S with arms in the air.  The whole thing would both look and sound pretty damn good if you could get everyone to do it.  (I'm guessing a "Go Red" at the end would work)[/quote]

clap, clap, clap-clap-clap, clap-clap-clap-clap, GO RED!

[KeithK]

[quote HeafDog][quote KeithK]Soccer chant?  Ew.

Sorry I still hate soccer.[/quote]

Keith, I knew you'd say that as soon as this thread started.[/quote]
I tried not to.  After all, I did make five whole days without a comment.  But after a while and too many new posts I couldn't resist chiming in.  I'm trolling on this thread.  I admit it.

[Jim Hyla]

[quote HeafDog]Besides, I don't see any reason whatsoever to hate soccer, anyway.  It's just like hockey -- so low-scoring that each goal is that much more important.  I mean, that's the reason why I don't watch the NBA.  BO-ring.[/quote]

Yeah, you probably knew it was coming, but, there's no comparison. Hockey has scoring chances every 30 seconds. That's hardly true for soccer. Soccer is more like baseball, you can watch a game while doing something else and still keep on top of the action.

It doesn't matter as much what the score is, but how often you see a chance. No comparison.