U.S. soccer team hears Osama chants in Mexico

Arizona Republic ^ | Feb. 6, 2004 12:30 PM | Associated Press

[grafic11]

And that was in a game against Canada on Thursday before just 1,500 people.

A game Tuesday in neighboring Guadalajara will determine whether the U.S. under-23 soccer team heads to the Athens Games.

"This is what it is all about," coach Glenn Myernick said. "You are 90 minutes away from being in the Olympics."

[dead]

Maybe they're just fans of independent Afghani cinema.

Either that, or they're irrelevant little unshowered jobless scumbags.

[Dane]

And yet the administration wants to be nice to them. Did Chirac rub off on Bush? What the heck is going on?

And since you judge a whole people by their soccer fans, I guess the English are the scum of the world according to your logic.

[MonroeDNA]

I'm in.

[bereanway]

Evidently Bush and Rove got an earful on 1/29 when they met with Republican congressmen. The article I read said many of them really unloaded on Rove about the amnesty thing. Bush reportedly said he wasn't doing it for votes but because he thought it was good for the US.

Hopefully the WH is figuring out this thing isn't wildly popular not matter what El Presidente Vincente thinks.

[Rate_Determining_Step]

> This sickens me to no end. These people have no class

And you know when they have another earchquake and their rock huts come down killing tens of thousands, who they gonna call?

[RichInOC]

Our guys should have sung back...

[to the tune of "Guantanamera"]

"[Bleep] tu madre, vete y [bleep] tu madre...
"[Bleep] tu madreeeee, vete y [bleep] tu madre."

[Dane]

Evidently Bush and Rove got an earful on 1/29 when they met with Republican congressmen. The article I read said many of them really unloaded on Rove about the amnesty thing. Bush reportedly said he wasn't doing it for votes but because he thought it was good for the US.

You judge a whole people by their soccer fans, also. Why don't you declare war on the English since they have the most violent soccer fans in the world, but thank you for posting on this thread. The hyperbolic and xenophobic remarks shown all because of a soccer game shows your racism shining through and go to your own political party, you aren't welcomed in mine.

[LdSentinal]

Some of those England vs. Ireland games can get BRUTAL.

Some of those England vs. Ireland drinking matches can get very brutal.

[CROSSHIGHWAYMAN]

This sickens me to no end. These people have no class

Those were not real people!

They are El Norte fruit-picking wannabees.

[tiki]

And then the ACLU would sue you for discrimination:-{

[Jack Black]

whole story for the archive:

U.S. soccer team hears Osama chants in Mexico


Associated Press
Feb. 6, 2004 12:30 PM


ZAPOPAN, Mexico - The Mexican crowd hooted "The Star-Spangled Banner." It booed U.S. goals. It chanted "Osama! Osama! Osama!" as U.S. players left the field with a 2-0 victory.

And that was in a game against Canada on Thursday before just 1,500 people.

A game Tuesday in neighboring Guadalajara will determine whether the U.S. under-23 soccer team heads to the Athens Games.

"This is what it is all about," coach Glenn Myernick said. "You are 90 minutes away from being in the Olympics."

The U.S. team faces Honduras on Saturday in its last first-round game, which will determine if the Americans play Costa Rica or Mexico in the deciding game on Tuesday. While the Americans will surely face a hostile crowd against Costa Rica, a matchup with Mexico would mean a game in front of more than 50,000 hometown fans seeking revenge.

The United States knocked Mexico out of the World Cup in 2002, and Mexican fans will be looking for some retribution if the teams meet in the semifinals.

Myernick refused to say which his team would prefer to play.

"I think both Mexico and Costa Rica are very good teams," he said. "We don't fear either team. We would be delighted to play either one."

On Friday, Costa Rica plays Mexico to determine which finishes first in Group B. Saturday's match against Honduras will determine the winner of Group A. The winner of each group faces the No. 2 team in the other in Tuesday's doubleheader. The winner of each game goes to Athens.

Honduras coach Edwin Pavon was more explicit when asked which team he would rather play in the semifinals, although he went out of his way to avoid offending Costa Rica.

"I am not going to tell you the name, but imagine a full Jalisco Stadium while facing Mexico, with all the stands dressed in green," Pavon said. "I think I won't answer the rest of the question."

Myernick said his team will use the game against Honduras as preparation for the semifinal. Myernick said he wanted "to continue to improve and not just use the Honduras game as a nothing game."

On Thursday, U.S. midfielder Bobby Convey scored twice on passes from Landon Donovan. Convey also had scored twice against Panama on Tuesday.

Earlier, Emil Martinez scored twice to lead Honduras to a 3-1 victory over Panama. The losses eliminated Panama and Canada from advancing.

In eight games so far in the qualifying tournament, none has ended in a tie. Mexico and Costa Rica each routed Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago, and the United States and Honduras beat Panama and Canada.

[Flightdeck]

You're right, of course. Those english fans are unbelievable. I saw a documentary featuring a mild-mannered guy, except when he went to the games. He went absolutely nuts; got in a brawl and shoved his thumbs through somebody's eyeball, blinding him. Crazy, and I am a fan of the brits, too, so your point is taken.

[Britton J Wingfield]

The beatings will continue until morale improves.

--Management

[Dane]

and bush is allowing more to illegally infiltrate and weaken america

Wow you also judge a whole people by some soccer fans. Are all the English scum to you because of their violent soccer hooligans.

I guess so.

[VxH]

>>Someone please make me understand why President Bush want's to make ***holes like these people citizens of the U.S.

The Mexican population will be less likely to destroy the USA and its economy if they are dependant upon it.

Starving children often grow up to be highly motivated revolutionaries.

Better to allow these people to experience a taste of the American dream - than to allow their opinions to be shaped solely by the communist propaganda machine?

[albertabound]

Why do you call Canadians worthless? Your comments just feed into the reasons why these sort of anti-American sentiments thrive. Nobody wins a shitfight except the enemy and Canadians are not your enemy.

[HELLRAISER II]

MR. Fox wasn't even happy with it, Pres. Bush offers to give away the Bank and El Presidente tells him it's not enough. Well El Presidente needs to keep his people in his country and out of ours.

[grafic11]

When 3000 of my fellow countrymen die because of Osama, which is what these soccer fans were chanting, it tends to get me a little upset. That is what this post was about, not racism so get a clue!!

[You Dirty Rats]

It's far worse in Argentina than in England. Many more deaths in recent years.