this is awesome. spot on. Its not that they all have the same stories about study-abroad trips to Europe, or that they get wildly excited about the simplest saves, or even, for inexplicable reasons, that 90% of soccer fans in the U.S. seem to root for Arsenal. My biggest gripe is that all of this feels like an elaborate affectation. Instead of watching the game in the time-honored way of American sports fans—by thrusting a giant foam finger in the air, say, or devouring a large plate of Buffalo wings—your soccer fanatics have taken to aping the behavior of our fans from across the pond. The scarves thing is an obvious example, but its far from the only one. Theres the self-conscious use of terms like pitch, match and kit, the songs lifted directly from English soccer stadiums, and even the appropriation of terrace couture.
Posted on: Sat, 07 Jun 2014 03:00:57 +0000
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