For the first time since 1994, North America will host a FIFA World Cup.
The teams have already flown in from across the world, setting up training camps in Canada, the United States, and Mexico, the host nations. The final tune-ups have wrapped, including the U.S. Men's National Team, which survived Senegal 3-2, thanks to Christian Pulisic returning to form just in time for the tournament.
It seems just about everyone is ready for the global event -- except USMNT fans.
Ahead of the U.S.'s friendly against Senegal, USMNT fans were spotted outside Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina, delivering their prepared chant. Fans, however, were quick to ridicule it. They blasted the chant as uninspiring and lackluster.
Listen to the Fan's Chant Below
A quick scroll down the comments section, and the sentiment is unanimous.
"This ruined my day," commented one fan. Another added, "One brithish chant is enough to finish everything for them."
The soccer Instagram account Ballers Manuel added substance to the discourse with a lengthy post. After explaining the significance of the World Cup being held in North America, the account's owner went for the jugular regarding the sad chant.
"While excitement for the tournament is at an all-time high, the United States is routinely mocked by the global soccer community for its notoriously lackluster and uninspiring crowd chants," the account noted. "Unlike the deeply poetic, witty, or cutting anthems heard throughout Europe and South America, American stadium chants often feel recycled from completely different sports, heavily relying on simplistic high-school cheerleading prompts like 'Defense! [Clap-Clap] Defense!' or the agonizingly basic, repetitive chant of 'U-S-A! U-S-A!' Even the official, mainstream rally cry of the USMNT fanbase—'I believe that we will win!'—is frequently criticized by purists as a cheesy, overly American college basketball cheer that lacks the raw, intimidating grit of traditional football culture. Stay safe lads."
Harsh, but fair.
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