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I've watched many soccer games in my life. I know what happens at those stadiums. Yes, there is a lot of booing. A lot of beach balls and a lot of yelling. Unfortunately, it also happens even during the national anthems. This is something that I don't like. Some people forget what it is to be patriotic and the respect that is owed to the flag of one's country or the other team's flag.
I wasn't there but I do believe there were some idiots that did it. I don't believe that a great number of people booed the U.S. national anthem. How do I know? If over 80% of the people were for the Mexican team and I could hear the U.S. national anthem very clear on TV or this group of U.S. fans on a youtube, then the media really blew it up.
In this one, also the US National anthem, you can hear the voices of people in the stadium singing the US National anthem. With less than 20% of the fans, I would say that many of the Mexican fans were Mexican-American singing the US National anthem.
So us the cases of other immigrants wildly cheering against the USA team?
I think there could be Germans or Polish for example who do quietly hope their country's team wins but even then I'd wonder why they abandoned their country.
I did once speak with an Irish woman who was insisting on how much better everything is in Ireland and I asked her why she doesn't move back there. She said because she needs the Medicare she's getting here. And yes, I found that rather disgusting.
As far as their patriotism and love for their country - I think it's great -- as long as they live there. If they can't stand the thought of living in their country, working there and helping to make it better, then I think they should restrain themselves just a bit because it makes them look pathetic and obnoxious.
Actually I think the same goes for someone living in Ohio who boasts all the time about the state he left but won't live in. I'm sure there are some American citizen buffoons who do behave boorishly like that - but not huge numbers of them.
I can respect when people say booing the US national anthem is obnoxious but cheering for a favorite team on foreign soil? Please... that is very egocentric thinking.
Thank you huddledmasses for posting this. I took it from your #4 post of this thread.
I find this to be much worse. At a time when Japan has been through so much with earthquakes, tsunamis why would our own people (US) post such horrible things. A reminder of the Nagasaki and Hiroshima bomb that killed over 250,000 people.
So I guess it is okay to bash Mexican Americans when they are fans of the Mexican team because they are disgusting, traitors and an embarrassment. Any other view is not acceptable. Way to go fellow countrymen. Thanks so much for the love!
This is for those of you that have never seen a soccer game. Making fun of the opposite team is common.
This is the same Gold Cup 2011 game at Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA.
A brief summary of the game's highlights.
at :12 US Team- Bradley
1:50 US Team- chicken dance lead by Donovan, mocking the Mex team
5:04 Mexican team-Chicharito & Guardado
5:18 You will see a Mexican couple divided by two teams.
Wow... a new low malamute. So one Mexican bashes Mexican Americans, it shows that Americans are not alone in hating Mexican Americans? Great! Thanks for your sincerity, at least it is clear now that you hate Mexican-Americans.
How do we know that this one "so called" anonymous poster is not you? I don't see a link. You forgot to translate the entire thing but I will add this part, "You call yourselves Mexican when your own fellow countrymen humiliate you." As in exactly what you are doing right now.
I don't hate "Mexican-Americans" at all, many of those that I know have not recently arrived here by any stretch, some have very long roots in the USA, and many are very very patriotic to the USA. Many "Mexican-Americans" would have supported the USA team if they even went to a soccer game, but a lot actually prefer the American sport of football, lots of Cowboy fans.
I am disgusted by people who come to the USA because they love our money more than they love their own country and then boo the American side because they feel all this fake patriotism to the country they were all too eager to leave.
Ok, I don't see why this is a big deal? I am British-American and honestly, whenever the US plays the England soccer team, I am firmly behind England. I don't hate the US, but you always have some allegiance to the country you came from and grew up in, ESPECIALLY when it comes to sports. Mexicans are also very passionate about soccer (football). Of course they will get behind their national team and boo the opposition (which is what we do in soccer).
Ok, I don't see why this is a big deal? I am British-American and honestly, whenever the US plays the England soccer team, I am firmly behind England. I don't hate the US, but you always have some allegiance to the country you came from and grew up in, ESPECIALLY when it comes to sports. Mexicans are also very passionate about soccer (football). Of course they will get behind their national team and boo the opposition (which is what we do in soccer).
Sorry, I just don't think it should be an issue!
It should be if it includes booing our national anthem.
It should be if it includes booing our national anthem.
That's also common during soccer games.
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