Articles Posted in the Fan Culture Category
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Portland Police Investigating Just ‘One’ Incident at San Jose Match
LATEST: San Jose Issue Statement re Ultras SAN JOSE, Calif. – The San Jose Earthquakes released the following statement regarding the 1906 Ultras today after meeting with leadership from the supporters’ group and MLS officials…
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“Sweet Caroline” Moment at Yankee Stadium Echoes Liverpool Response to Shooting Tragedy
On Monday in Boston, sport came under attack from terrorists. Correctly, politicians and elected leaders took center stage in representing the nation’s and the world’s sadness at the deaths of three young people. Sport however,…
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World Stadium Expert Praises Century Link
The BBC ran an article on the art of generating stadium atmosphere last week.
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Of whisky and footy and things left unsaid
Timbers fan Kristen Gehrke imagines meeting a not so strange stranger in a post match Portland bar after the Houston Dynamo game.
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Timbers to Play Cascadian National Anthem
Portland have already attracted criticism by the practice of having their fans perform the US anthem the Star Spangled Banner rather than somebody who can actually sing. Furthermore, their fans have developed the tradition of waving their scarves in the air between lines of the song, when real Americans like Sara Palin or Rush Limbaugh have their hands on their hearts or a box of nachos.
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Book Review: ‘Don Garber My Story’. An Autobiography
The league itself was tight lipped on the matter with MLS Communications Officer David Shortsleeves telling us to ‘mind our damn business’ and emails, calls and carrier pigeons to other officers going unanswered.
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Commissioner Fritz: I saw a two-stick that said, “Hands Off Our Cup”, and asked my son about it
The news that Portland City Council are to debate a motion showing their support for the three Cascadian Supporters Groups in their efforts to stave off MLS’s attempt to Trademark “Cascadia Cup” should come as…
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Portland City Council to Call on MLS to Abandon Cascadia Cup Trademark
In a resolution to be heard at Portland City Council, Commissioner Amanda Fritz and her colleague Nick Fish will be proposing a very strange motion. On the Council Agenda for Wednesday March 27, 2013 among the usual…
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‘Feelin Thorny’ T-shirts Irritate Timbers and Thorns Fans
Among all the rumblings in the soccer community that the NWSL marketing contains a sense of entitlement and is coming over as arrogant, comes a localized controversy which in the eyes of some, is sending…
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Das Charm Offensiv! – Klinsmann Praises Every Fan in Every City
USA Head Coach Jurgen Klinsmann may not have always been able to charm all his players recently, but that hasn’t stopped him mounting a charm offensive on the American fans.
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