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Shocker: Latino fans on social media/sport site don't give praise to USMNT Win

Posted on 6/17/16 at 11:52 am
Posted by Shane4689
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Member since Dec 2010
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Posted on 6/17/16 at 11:52 am
It seams every article I read, persons with latino last names are bashing our players and our victory last night in the comments sections.

If dey mad, we did something right:

Posted by EastNastySwag
Member since Dec 2014
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Posted on 6/17/16 at 11:53 am to
Uh, links please?
Posted by pvilleguru
Member since Jun 2009
60453 posts
Posted on 6/17/16 at 11:53 am to
You make this thread and don't provide any quotes or links?
Posted by mynamebowl
Houston
Member since Jun 2012
1712 posts
Posted on 6/17/16 at 11:55 am to
quote:

It seams every article I read, persons with latino last names are bashing our players and our victory last night in the comments sections.


Hell yeah I'm with this guy.
Posted by S
RIP Wayde
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Posted on 6/17/16 at 11:55 am to
Would it make you feel better if they did?
Posted by Shane4689
Wrong Way on a No Way Road
Member since Dec 2010
3150 posts
Posted on 6/17/16 at 12:00 pm to
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Would it make you feel better if they did?


It would help me with my inner feelings, so yes
Posted by rockchlkjayhku11
Cincinnati, OH
Member since Aug 2006
36449 posts
Posted on 6/17/16 at 12:05 pm to
Why would they?
Posted by cwil177
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2011
28422 posts
Posted on 6/17/16 at 12:19 pm to
Because they are American?

Nothing makes me want to vote trump more than a-hole Mexico fans throwing piss beers on their fellow Americans.
Posted by NOTORlOUSD
Houston, TX
Member since Sep 2010
5051 posts
Posted on 6/17/16 at 12:45 pm to
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Nothing makes me want to vote trump more than a-hole Mexico fans throwing piss beers on their fellow Americans.


Maybe this will cleanse you of those thoughts: At the Colombia - Costa Rica game last week, they played the Star Spangled Banner before the teams walked out. There was a guy a few rows in front of me in a Colombia jersey who gave a US military salute.
Posted by WarSlamEagle
Manchester United Fan
Member since Sep 2011
24611 posts
Posted on 6/17/16 at 12:50 pm to
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It would help me with my inner feelings, so yes


what
Posted by cwil177
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2011
28422 posts
Posted on 6/17/16 at 12:51 pm to
It's not the Colombians. It's the Mexican-Americans who curse out American fans, throw piss beer on us, expose themselves to young girls, throw trash and batteries at our players, etc. that are the real problem. I never had a problem with Mexican fans, despite all the bad things that I had heard about them, until I went to the 2011 gold cup. If you are curious about what I saw there, just look at the letter written by some of the AO guys who were there. It got good circulation on the web so you should be able to find it with a quick Google search.

ETA: here is the letter to US soccer from the president of AO about how the Mexican fans mistreated the American fans at that gold cup final.

My name is Russell Jordan; I am the president and founder of the American Outlaws Davis chapter. Myself and seven other American Outlaws Davis members made the drive from Davis to Pasadena for the Gold Cup Final this past Saturday.

Upon arriving to the stadium, roads were blocked to get to lot H, the lot where the American Outlaws tailgate was being held, so we were told to drive all the way around the other side. We then had to ask three different staff members how to get to lot H and about half way through the drive around the stadium we were told by police to turn back because lot H was closed. This whole ordeal took about 20 minutes and could have easily been avoided if once lot H was full, it was told to the people at the entrance gate.

Finally after parking, we walked to the tailgate to the loud chants of “CULERO” (loosely translating to “arse hole” or “jack arse”) from the Mexico fans, many of them running up to us and putting their flags and noise makers within inches of our face. We walked around half of the parking lot to find the tailgate and only saw one pair of police officers walking around. Once we found the tailgate and finally settled in, we noticed that we were completely outnumbered and surrounded. Mexico fans kept running through our tailgate, or coming up to members with the noisemakers and starting shouting and pushing matches. About 30 minutes in, as we were all standing around talking, I looked up to see a glass bottle of beer flying straight for my friends head. Another American Outlaws member reached out his hand and deflected it and the bottle struck my friend in the back. I say this is lucky only because the bottle did not strike him in the head. If it had, I’m sure he would have had to go to the hospital.

Things calmed down for the next half hour. We decided to walk around and noticed that there were nice Mexico fans who wanted to take pictures with us and wish us luck in the game. Upon arriving back to the tailgate, we noticed that about eight police officers had moved into the area, even though they should have been there in the first place. There were more bottles, cans, and other objects thrown into our tailgate, and more clashes of pushing and shouting matches. I was informed by an American Outlaws Seattle member via Twitter yesterday that in one of these clashes a member was hit in the face with a Jack Daniels bottle by a Mexico fan. Where was the security?

When we marched to the stadium a few hours later, we arrived at an open gate and were told that we couldn’t enter through that gate with no given reason. There were about 200-300 USA fans pinned in a corner. As we moved to the next gate over, I led the pack and asked the woman in charge of security of that gate if we could get in. I was informed that it was a handicapped entrance only and we would have to get in line. I told the woman that for security reasons it wouldn’t be wise to cram us in line with the Mexico fans. She told me that if she let us in she would be fired, and if we are attacked, we should just “sue the police.” I don’t want to say who should or shouldn’t be hired to work at these events, but I can say that it was very obvious this woman had no interest in keeping us safe and was merely there to collect a paycheck.

I ushered the USA fans into line where I witnessed about five fights while waiting to get to the entrance gate. I saw USA fans, including women and children, pushed, verbally harassed, and spit on.

I want to make this a huge point. As I walked into the stadium, the person checked my ticket, and let me in. There was no pat down, no metal detector, no wand, not even a bag search. He checked my ticket and said, “Go”.

I could have brought a knife, a firearm, a bomb. Really anything I could have fit into my bag or hid on my person would have gotten into that game with me.

When we arrived to our section, it was riddled with Mexico fans. The section was supposed to be US supporters only, or at least that’s what we were told. Every single section surrounding us was 99% filled with Mexico fans. We were sitting ducks.

As the game went on, we were pelted with anything you can imagine. At one point I was hit with a blowup sex doll. My friends were hit with coins, bottles, and beer. One of the USA fans in our section got hit with a bottle flung in from who knows where and turned to a security guard to complain about the lack of action, the security guard stood up on a higher seat, towered over the man and screamed “Turn around and watch the fricking game!” I wish I was exaggerating, but I’m not. Turning and looking up at the crowd all I could see between things flying at my head, were fights. I witnessed a USA fan walk past our section, face bloodied, barely walking, as if he was in a war zone trying to get his self to safety. Finally, a security guard spotted and helped him.

The main issue I have with the whole day is what happened to our female members. One of them was sexually harassed and groped. This I will not stand for. I would gladly take a bottle to the face to make sure that this NEVER has to happen to any female fan, ever. After the game, my friends and I got out of the stadium as fast as possible.

I know that US Soccer is not at fault for what happened on Saturday, but I do know there are things you can do to make sure it does not happen again.

After putting my story on Twitter I received messages from people about their horrible experiences at the stadium as USA fans. One girl who went with her father had to leave at half time from being attacked and having beer poured on them. I truly feel sorry for those USA fans that weren’t in our large group; they must have been like a piece of meat to a pack of wolves. There was very little security help, and the security guards did pretty much the bare minimum.

My question is how long until someone is killed, or a girl is raped. These things seem severe but what I witnessed at this game was the precursor to those acts. Some of these Mexico fans have nothing but pure hatred for the USA fans. I know not every fan is bad, but when you’re outnumbered by about 90,000 people, the bad eggs are going to be there in full force.

I love soccer, I’ve done all I can to make sure that it grows in this country, and I will continue to support and fight for soccer. But I cannot defend what happened on Saturday, and if we lose fans because of it, I cannot blame them.

Please do what you can to make sure this never happens again. No fan should ever have to go through what my friends and I went through on Saturday. If you need anything else from me I will be more than happy to help.
This post was edited on 6/17/16 at 1:05 pm
Posted by rockchlkjayhku11
Cincinnati, OH
Member since Aug 2006
36449 posts
Posted on 6/17/16 at 1:05 pm to
You just made up that they were american. Nothing in the thread title or OP insinuates that these people are American.
Posted by cwil177
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2011
28422 posts
Posted on 6/17/16 at 1:10 pm to
Wait, you think these people are Mexicans from Mexico? The ones who talk in perfect English and attend Mexico games in the US?

ETA: Rock, I think we're talking about two different groups here. I'm talking more about people in the stadium. You do get a lot of Hispanic fans who troll sites like mlssoccer.com and do their best to shite all over the national team, so I get where the OP is coming from. Some of them identify as being American, while some do not give their origins.
This post was edited on 6/17/16 at 1:13 pm
Posted by rockchlkjayhku11
Cincinnati, OH
Member since Aug 2006
36449 posts
Posted on 6/17/16 at 1:31 pm to
I was literally just talking about this thread where this guy says people with Latino last names aren't heaping praise on the US. I typically assume that people with Latino last names are Latino and therefore conclude that they have no reason to praise us.

I see that you have kinda gone in another direction here but I wasn't really talking about any of that stuff
Posted by SirWinston
PNW
Member since Jul 2014
81285 posts
Posted on 6/17/16 at 1:40 pm to
I really wish I could go back in time and wear my MAGA Trumpy hat in Philly
Posted by cheesesteak501
The South
Member since Mar 2014
3152 posts
Posted on 6/17/16 at 1:55 pm to
i hate those peasants. We need you trump!!
Posted by GeauxLSUGeaux
1 room down from Erin Andrews
Member since May 2004
23282 posts
Posted on 6/17/16 at 3:51 pm to
Its not a coincidence that Mexico is the home team when playing in this country. Whether they are Mexican or Mexican American doesn't matter. Their allegiance is and will always be Mexico for a majority of them. And regardless, most of their fans, whether Mexican or American or whatever, are trash. This is poetic and typical all at the same time
Posted by WaltTeevens
Santa Barbara, CA
Member since Dec 2013
10951 posts
Posted on 6/17/16 at 4:48 pm to
I know for a lot of Mexican-Americans, it's a familial thing. They grew up with their fathers and grandfathers being die-hard Mexico fans. I know why I'm an SF Giants fan....I went to games with my dad as a kid. It holds special meaning to me. I understand the romance of rooting for Mexico, even if you were born in America
Posted by Dandy Lion
Member since Feb 2010
50248 posts
Posted on 6/17/16 at 4:52 pm to
quote:

The ones who talk in perfect English

Many true Mexis speak American English very, very well.
Posted by StraightCashHomey21
Aberdeen,NC
Member since Jul 2009
125393 posts
Posted on 6/17/16 at 7:15 pm to
I give zero fricks
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