what else is there to say… just be LOUD tonight
i have nothing left to say that hasn’t already been said. i have been writing this blog for about a year now about a team that has yet to play a game, and now i am mostly out of words.
but let me just say this. the red bulls are a good team. angel is a very good striker. in all the scenarios of how tonight could play out, it is quite possible that we will lose. i know some of you don’t like to think like that, and that is fine… but let’s face it, it is a reality. but it is what we do in that potential loss that will be the difference.
tonight, we are on national TV. we will be under the scrutiny of a lot of reporters, opposing fans, neutrals etc. Seattle has got a lot of attention, mostly good, but some bad from the jealous out there, about the “success” we have achieved as an organization, all without even playing a game. There will be plenty of people rooting for us to lose, to bring us down a peg or two. i am not suggesting that we need to be brought down, but that isn’t point.
if we lose tonight, that is one thing. but if we lose and the fans are quiet and don’t support their team right up until the final whistle, even if it is 4-0 to the Red Bulls, then we deserve to get the criticism that comes with that.
there are a lot of different footy fans coming tonight. old ex pats that have gone to 100′s if not 1000′s of games back in their home countries, young sounders die hards, general sports fans and people who know nothing about the game. the atmosphere is going to be interesting b/c nobody knows what to expect. but for those of us that know what an electric footy stadium can be, and what it means to the players, it is up to us to show the rest of the stadium how to support our team through cheering, singing and getting behind our team. sure the south endzone should be rocking…. but what about the rest of the stadium? we don’t want everyone else to just be looking to the supporters groups for the noise, we want the rest of the stadium to try and out-yell, out-cheer and out-support everyone else.
i don’t try to self promote this blog b/c i do this for fun, not for numbers, but if you agree with me on this, please forward this around. we need to find our voice and get off on the right foot as a group of fans, even if we are getting our ass kicked tonight.
COME ON YOU SOUNDERS
