My Favorite Chant
by Runningcloud on Nov 19, 2011 11:15 AM EST
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PrintFutball matches are enriched by the chanting of fans. Unfortunately, virtually every chant is unintelligible to me when I'm watching the match on TV. One chant, though, is instantly recognizable. It's "U-S-A, U-S-A," and it is my favorite.
I love to hear it blasting out of the stands for Team USA. But I love it even more when it blasts out of the stands of an English stadium. Sometimes it's heard to celebrate the heroics of somebody like Clint Dempsey, Stu Holden or Tim Howard. But my absolute favorite time -- a guaranteed grin-producer -- is when it's directed at West Ham keeper Robert Green.
He opened England's 2010 World Cup finals play in the net against Team USA. His unpardonable flub of Dempsey's somewhat soft, mid-range shot gave USA a 1-1 tie that was at least a major factor of England's early crash from the tournament and USA's advance to the knockout rounds.
England fans rooting against West Ham won't let Green forget his howler. I've heard "U-S-A" chanted at him in every away Hammer match I've seen since his goof. I've also heard it in West Ham's Upton Park, but the match announcers haven't said whether it was coming from the home fans, the visiting fans, or both.
This is my favorite chant. Do you have one?
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"Fuck you, ref!" is always a classic
But I like the somewhat more lyrical
“Who’s your father?
Who’s your father?
Who’s your father, referee?
Never had one, never had one
You’re a bastard, referee.”
(to the tune of “Oh My Darling”)
"Hit 'em again! Hit 'em again! Harder! Harder!"
First time I heard that one was when Burch and Blanco had a dust-up at the SoccerPlex during a USOC match. Still makes me laugh. What’s sport without a little nonsensical violence?
Go, fight, and win.
We chanted that one at Purdue football games after a good hit. Only being the creative, horndog students we were, it was split, with guys yelling the first half, and the girls yelling “Harder! Harder!”
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“How many trophies have you won? Not a f—-ing one!”
“How does it feel to be Metro?, How does it feel to be small, how does it feel when your team means nothing at all?”
“All we are saying, is give us a goal”
“You’re not singing over there”
Plus most of the standard BB chants— only one I’m getting a little weary of is “wings of an eagle” Plus I feel a little bad about the DC reject chant since I mostly still like the guys who have moved on
One note that it wasn’t good to do the “DC United” chant in Philly and give the entire stadium the chance to chime in with “sucks”… of course the reason they had that chance was that was their supporters weren’t singing but still…
What?! How dare you impugn "Wings of an Eagle!"
It galls, but I do find it a little funny that the Harrison Red Bulls and Chester Union make jokes like “Baltimore United.” Ok guys.
by Brendanukkah on Nov 21, 2011 4:37 PM EST up reply actions
uhh...
of course, wings of an eagle makes little sense in MLS…
by Eric David Ruenes on Dec 14, 2011 8:09 PM EST up reply actions
It makes sense for United
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by Brendanukkah on Dec 15, 2011 7:53 AM EST up reply actions
Chiming in with "sucks" makes them idiots
So, essentially, we get to do our chant and they embarrass themselves. Win-win.
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by ChestRockwell on Nov 22, 2011 6:59 PM EST up reply actions
Tim Howard chant
My favorite one is the Tim Howard one:
Chim chimmery chim chimmery chim chim cherooo
We’ve got Tim Howard and he says, “Fuck you”
I also like the “put the ball in the net and we’ll go fucking mental”.
by HobbesLionheart on Nov 21, 2011 9:36 PM EST reply actions
Not my favorite, but the TA does one pre game that’s money:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=402KMsXSJpo&
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I'm a huge fan of "Yo si le voy...
…le voy a United!" and wish it were done more often down towards the SE and Barra sections. Whenever I’ve joined my Norteno and Ultra brothers and sisters, they always seem to do it and to great effect – it’s a great way to get pumped up. I also love to use it to antagonize my many friends who are Crew fans (I went to college ~20mins north of Columbus), because they see it as “their” chant.
Also, to bring in another club’s chant, I love the Arsenal chant to the same tune as the “Benny’s Army” chant:
“Who’s that team they call the Arsenal?
Who’s that team we all adore?
They’re the boys in red and white
And they’re f’ing dynamite!
And (so and so from the other team)’s mother is a…” well, you get it.
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Most MLS clubs have the same chants with a few words moved around or team names replaced. I find that really lame… Holding out for something original…
by Eric David Ruenes on Dec 14, 2011 8:10 PM EST reply actions
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