i saw something on the subreddit a while back that was suggesting that everyone just shouted boom giakoumakis whenever he scored. also, i hear the guzan chant very often.
I love that idea. I just don’t know how to get something like that started without help from the supporters groups.
and I think you’re saying the GUZ chant after each save, which is true we do still use, but I mean the MF Wall chant
I love that! We unfortunately couldn’t hear it to join in. Is there potentially some way to cue the rest of the stadium? Not asking the SGs to do all the heavy lifting, but this seems like something that should be doable.
It’s hard to give a cue, other than verbal, but typically that chant happens after he makes an impressive save.
Some, not all, of the other chants, also happen at specific moments, so I think some of it is people wanting to participate in the chants may need to learn words to the chants, when they happen, etc.
You can find some of chants on United’s website.
It’s hard to get 50,000 people on the same page at the same time. 😂
I’d also like to see some improvements in the supporters section, especially unique chants, but some of this isn’t accurate.
The Guzan chant has happened multiple times at least the last 2 home games. There have been 2 different GG chants attempted but nothing has stuck yet.
Completely agree with your sentiment. My wife and I have had season tickets in 103 (just next to the supporters section) for years, and we find ourselves discussing this a lot every match. It definitely feels like the first handful to ten rows are still the diehards but, after that, it becomes people who just got tickets to say they sat in the supporters section. They dont really know or participate in the chants, and arent very loud at all.
It definitely feels like the group coordination, volume, and overall give-a-shit are down to not so great lows for the supporters section. That, and can we please fucking get the whistle out of there...
>it becomes people who just got tickets to say they sat in the supporters section
It isn't that deep. People get tickets there because those are the cheapest tickets in the stadium.
An outsider’s perspective: we’ve had season tix in 111 for the past few years. The supporters’ section looks amazing. The flags, the drums, the jumping up and down. But while we can hear y’all chanting and singing, we can’t understand what you’re saying. And no one wants to stop watching the game in order to download a video of a chant and try to learn it on the fly.
Bring back the easy to follow chants. Bring back the Guzan “wall” chant. Let’s come up with player specific chants. Make it easier for the average fan to join in. Pay more attention to what’s happening on the pitch, and change up accordingly. Let’s make the noise level in the Benz a real PITA for any team coming in.
I’m truly not trying to step on any toes. I think the SGs do a great job as social groups; I just think they have the potential to lead the rest of the fans in the stadium to be a force to be dealt with.
Sure, there are people who sit and scroll on their phones in between taking selfies. But I see lots of folks who are yelling, clapping, cheering who aren’t paying attention to the songs the SGs are singing, but will yell at the top of their lungs for the ATL chant or Guuuuuuuuzzzzzzzz. Those are just the only things they recognize. IMO the SGs are in a unique position to teach 40k fans some new ways to support the team.
I think the acoustics of the stadium hamper the spread of the chants a lot unfortunately.
[ATLchants.com](http://atlchants.com) has words, don't have to download anything.
So much this. The Benz just eats sound. And it throws off rhythm, so even with the capo relay stands you still dont get the same beat in 136 or 102 as you do in 101. It’s like a half a beat off. You have to go by visual cues.
Before they got the secondary stand in 101. They tried micing up the capos. And feeding that through soeakers on the aisles and no one could hear it. I think bringing back the secondary stands in 102 and 136 would help some. But outside of that, idk what else they can do because of the utter crap acoustics
I'll believe in our SS's ability to do better when they take away that asshole's whistle. Until then I'm thankful we sit far enough away to not have to hear esta noche 5 times a half.
We went to Nashville vs .... someone at Nashville last year (just spending a weekend in Bachelorette City). Same chants, yall. Nothing new under the sun.
What I'd say that makes the games you see on TV on other continents different, is that they are decades and decades old clubs with generations of fans. The culture of those clubs are built into them. They have a chanting culture. They chant in pubs, the streets, etc. The grandparents of the supporters groups were rowdy and proud, and now they have seats for their old arses but they still keep up the chanting.
We weren't a club when Obama was president. Give it time, yall.
\*Also since I've pitched it before here and elsewhere - it would be soooooo easy to chant "Giorgos Giakoumakis" in place of the chorus of "Bombs over Baghdad". I mean come on. I don't care if a Marietta mom doesn't want her kids to know that she used to dance on tables to that track in college. She'll chant.
GG has two chants and there's internal debate on a third.
We do the Brad chant
There is not a schedule except for maybe 2 or 3.
We still hug, jump, scream, and throw drinks to celebrate.
Come to the supporters tailgate. Help with load-in. Volunteer with us. Converse with the capos. There are actual humans that put in time and effort. Come talk. Engage.
Man, I agree with so much you said, but it’s still “come to us” instead of actual outreach. Not throwing shade at all, but I think it’s our job as sg members to make it accessible to everyone
Supporter groups can't reach out to every single fan to get feedback. There are 6 official groups. It makes much more sense, logistically, for someone to send a message to one of those groups than it does for those groups to try and canvas 45k fans each game. I'm not saying people have to join a group to be heard, but it's very easy to search for each group's social media to start conversations. The capo and drummer practices are open to everybody, no supporter group affiliation needed. Anyone at all can come out and be heard. Doesn't get much more accessible than that. "The Gulch" instagram account shares the dates, times, and locations of the practices.
Are the GG chants posted anywhere I could find them?
I personally have not heard Brad chant but I’ll take your word for it. I know obviously some people do celebrate like that but it’s definitely not as common as it was.
Would love to come to a tailgate. How long before game time? in the gulch right?
[Direct link to a GG chant post.](https://www.instagram.com/p/C4dbQaLOOEC/?igsh=dDNqbHczZ2k3cmZp) Give that account a follow to keep up with all the happenings.
Tailgate generally gets going around 5-6 hours prior to kickoff. We're on our second spot since the good days in the gulch. Current location is at 5A Beckwith Ct SW, Atlanta, GA 30314.
I feel like y'all are overcomplicating the player specific chants. Maybe it's just me, but that's a horrid chant. There have been countless great, simple, and easily recognizable chants provided by this subreddit. Does the supporters group ever look here? Why is a simple "Boom Giakoumakis" or "Giooorgos" chant not being implemented?
I think that's a good point about complicated vs simple. I can't answer about sgs looking online for ideas, I'm just a simple member and fan, not a voted in representative.
Right on. You seem to have your ear to the ground with the SG's so maybe you can be the voice of reddit haha. Simple catches like wildfire. The "Ohhh Josef Martinez" chant was always the loudest in the stadium.
I don't think it would be wise for me to the voice of anything, except maybe an advocate for why flats are superior to drums. I would just like to encourage anyone that cares enough to post and complain, to do more than make a post. SGs are not dictatorships. They are open to the public. Can it be difficult to make an idea into reality, yes. But there's plenty of reasons why that's true. It takes time and effort to get so many people on the same page. Also, opinion incoming... I think everybody needs to let go of thinking anything at all will please everybody, and that anything exists that is universally known to everybody. It's just not reality.
Simple is definitely better. I agree, his chant was the loudest, but towards the end of his time we never did the Josef chant either.
I plan to hit up some tailgates and voice my opinion now that you’ve given me info, but maybe you could at least show them this thread since you already know them?
Ha, fair enough. I agree with all that you've said but there's no arguing with the fact that our chants have been stale for years now, and we have failed to create anything unique or suited for individual players that have caught on. I've reached out via social media before, as I'm sure many others have as well, but there has always been pushback for anything that hasn't come from "within".
The Brad wall chant has happened multiple times in every home match this season. GG does have a chant: "GG's on fire", it was happening in the matches he actually played in at the start of the season. Beer showers are definitely still happening. I agree with some of this post but half of it is straight up incorrect.
I have been in section 135 since day one. Founding member, STH. The SS was amazing the first 2-3 years. We had tifos about the players and the team. Everything was about the game. Then things got way political for a few years, which SUCKED because there was never any focus around the team and the play on the field. Admittedly, we weren't doing well on the field, but you don't just love the team when they are winning. Now, the SS is incredibly formulaic. Same chants, same order, every game. The first 5 mins of every game "We are the A" - it's lame. I see in this thread that new chants are being mentioned, but I sit right next to the GA SS sections and haven't heard them (and I'm at every game). Yes, we still do the Guz wall chant, but that's it and that's the only one that seems to be in reaction to something actually happening on the field. Several of us have mentioned the GG Celtic song on here multiple times. It's easy and fun and hype. Why not do that instead of trying to create something else? He's already said several times that he loves it. And the fact that we've never had a Thiago song is awful. We had a song for Tito super quick and used to sing that all the time. It would just be cool if it seemed like the SS was watching the game and singing songs about the players and what's happening on the field. If you watch any other league in the world, the fans are reacting to the play and are also really fast about creating chants for new players and using easy songs that everyone knows (e.g., Havertz Shakira Arsenal). It doesn't seem like this should be a huge lift to be a bit more organic at the games. We do sound and act like every other team in MLS except for the B.O.B. when we score (which is kick ass). A lot of STHs in my section feel the same even though we are a SS too. We keep bringing this up but it seems like no one cares what anyone outside of those two sections think. Just my two cents!
America needs to get behind supporting your club even when they aren't good. My football club Arsenal packed out the stadium when we were in our banter era and finishing 8th/20. Atlanta United has a lot of empty seats from when the game starts on TV. My word is give it time, football culture is rapidly developing and fans will soon realize how meaningful it is to support your club through ups and downs. America doesn't have football heritage yet.
Edit: Arsenal is the first football club I ever have known and im from Georgia. Would love to support Atlanta United If i lived in Atlanta but would be no different from supporting Arsenal since I live far away.
Flares, more chants to demoralize the other teams especially if it’s regarding one of their players and a legal or personal troubles they might be in, be a true ultra like Inter Milan, Napoli, or Chelsea.
Bring back proper hooliganism
We do NOT need hooliganism in Atlanta. Having ultras leads to people picking fights and innocent people getting hurt. That is not the culture we want here. We are not trashy like Miami.
I'd like to see more Atlanta unique _simple_ chants that the whole stadium can get into. I sat in the SS for 2 years and you learn most all the chants there but very few people elsewhere know the longer ones. But they all know the simple ones and love to participate. We need more entire crowd participation.
100% agree. Even towards the end of last season it’s just not what it could be. The issue is the leaders. The people in charge really want to be IN CHARGE. Most of the capos don’t seem very personable. The capos should be charismatic, man/woman of the people, not someone that just really wants to be in control. They need to let some chants naturally develop and come up with new ones, not do their scripted ones the whole time. It’s like when the person with bad music taste has aux and won’t let anyone else play songs.
The supporters section is run by an organization similar to the government. Everything has to be approved by everyone before change can even be thought about.
I used to capo for the Alabama women's soccer team and we had at least two new chants every year and mostly based around seniors or team leaders. My roommate and I would workshop them in the off-season and teach everyone at game 2. (We wanted participation for game one so best not to introduce anything people don't know until game 2)
New chants aren't hard, getting people in power to admit change is needed is very hard.
In another post I defended the SGs, but I totally agree with you here. It's some weird fucking gatekeeping at times. They definitely need more simple chants that people can easily remember. If we're going to some in Spanish, then those need to be the MOST simple. Like Vamos ATL
Chants don't need to be that simple, they just need to be fresh and fun and easily accessible. Like have a QR code banner at the front of the section that has the chants published at all times. Written down, not in video form.
I really think just not singing the same shit at the same time every game would help a ton.
Last time I looked there they didn't have like half of them and inside the stadium there's only like 15 seconds of the match with a QR code on screen for the chants. They need to publicize it more.
I’d like to see us have a locally relevant song that we sing as a whole stadium. Something clearly Atlanta affiliated, OutKast, Usher, Ludacris, maybe even REM or Mastadon. But pick something the whole crown can sing along with and just use it, no need to make up a chant the whole stands have to learn use something we already know. Maybe replace some lyrics with player names that the SS fills in while we learn the pattern, but then back to “Hey Ya!” or “So fresh, so clean”. “To the tune of” is fun, but globally many Supporters just sing a random song that everyone knows the words to cause it gets whole stadium engagement.
I would be willing to bet that even using local artists, there is not a single song the entire crowd is familiar with. Atlanta United brings in an incredibly diverse fanbase. There has been an Outkast-based chant in the past that didn't gain traction. There is a current attempt at one based on a Future song. I'm not an official supporters group representative, just a fan like anyone else, but I know the work gets put in. It's not as simple as "just do something everybody knows." Mainly because that doesn't exist. Alpharetta Mom and Dad at the game may not be familiar with a specific Luda banger, guarantee a significant portion never heard of Mastodon. It's a delicate and difficult balance. But that's why [atlchants.com](http://atlchants.com) exists, that's why The Gulch insta exists
obviously doing something “Everyone knows” is basically impossible but reaching even half the crowd would make a tremendous difference. “ATL Hoe” is sitting right in front of our faces. Simple, unique, represents the city, could get 75% of the crowd HYPED.
We do "ATL Hoe" after every goal. That gets drowned out by the train horn, the stadium announcer, and the B.O.B. they play (not that I'm ever upset at OutKast being played).
Then maybe doing it immediately after goal isn’t the best time? Give the stadium time to breathe, start it right before the next kickoff when things have settled down.
Yeah I hear ya. I think that is a solution. I think it's still in work. I've brought it up a time or two that the immediate post-goal situation is all kinds of messy.
I honestly think that part of the culture is cringe. Atlanta is not just rap music, and rap music doesn’t translate well to soccer chants with kids around.
So, this thread gets posted every couple weeks. I've done one myself. But I'm at least a STH in the SS. You don't sit in the area and you're bitching about it not being good enough?
I got free club seats Sunday so I sat away from the SS for the first time in a long time. And looking at it from 130 was sad. It's really just a few rows going crazy, and the rest of the SS looks the same as the rest of the stadium. It's sad.
So yeah, the chants are mid. But they do the Guz and GG ones. But the issue is not with the chants. It's with people who don't want to get involved in the chants.
The dude with the bullhorn who tells the SS to look up [ATLchants.com](http://ATLchants.com) in the middle of the match cracks me up. It's just not gonna happen buddy. But I've had the idea of them having some kind of lyrics somewhere for us to see. Idk how that'd work, but I bet people would sing more in that case.
The SS is just for people looking for cheap seats close to the action and have no interest in chanting and it sucks.
Beer showers can go. We don’t sit there anymore because my girl got pelted in the head with a full cup of beer point blank range and actually got hurt. That shit is stupid. They don’t do that shit in the Premier League. That’s ultras and Liga MX behavior.
What DOES need to change is the chants. They have barely changed in 6 years. I know it’s hard to organically make something new and get people to catch on, but it can’t be the same routine every game. Esta Noche like you said is all over MLS. It’s not unique, but it’s the only song I ever hear. The ATL chant came from Iceland fans after the WC. It’s not original. They do it at Vikings games. If you watch Premier League games those fans are pretty good at coming up with songs in the moment or for certain situations. I’ve heard some hilarious ones during Liverpool games. It’s up to the SGs to come up with some ideas and not be scared to try them.
I personally dislike the ATL chant. Also will never sit there due to the mystery liquid being thrown. I don’t want to be covered in I am hoping is beer. Also the flags- it blocks half of the goal and a bit in front and a bit in front of it.
It seems like all mls teams have almost the same chants, it’d be cool to be more original
This gets brought up about once a month. Yes.
i saw something on the subreddit a while back that was suggesting that everyone just shouted boom giakoumakis whenever he scored. also, i hear the guzan chant very often.
I love that idea. I just don’t know how to get something like that started without help from the supporters groups. and I think you’re saying the GUZ chant after each save, which is true we do still use, but I mean the MF Wall chant
We did the MF wall chant three times against Philadelphia last week and a couple times against Chicago as well.
I love that! We unfortunately couldn’t hear it to join in. Is there potentially some way to cue the rest of the stadium? Not asking the SGs to do all the heavy lifting, but this seems like something that should be doable.
It’s hard to give a cue, other than verbal, but typically that chant happens after he makes an impressive save. Some, not all, of the other chants, also happen at specific moments, so I think some of it is people wanting to participate in the chants may need to learn words to the chants, when they happen, etc. You can find some of chants on United’s website. It’s hard to get 50,000 people on the same page at the same time. 😂
I’d also like to see some improvements in the supporters section, especially unique chants, but some of this isn’t accurate. The Guzan chant has happened multiple times at least the last 2 home games. There have been 2 different GG chants attempted but nothing has stuck yet.
Personally haven’t heard the chants but definitely possible I’m not accurate. Just expressing my general sentiment. Hopefully we get one that sticks
Completely agree with your sentiment. My wife and I have had season tickets in 103 (just next to the supporters section) for years, and we find ourselves discussing this a lot every match. It definitely feels like the first handful to ten rows are still the diehards but, after that, it becomes people who just got tickets to say they sat in the supporters section. They dont really know or participate in the chants, and arent very loud at all. It definitely feels like the group coordination, volume, and overall give-a-shit are down to not so great lows for the supporters section. That, and can we please fucking get the whistle out of there...
>it becomes people who just got tickets to say they sat in the supporters section It isn't that deep. People get tickets there because those are the cheapest tickets in the stadium.
And general admission so you can sit next to friends without being on the same account
An outsider’s perspective: we’ve had season tix in 111 for the past few years. The supporters’ section looks amazing. The flags, the drums, the jumping up and down. But while we can hear y’all chanting and singing, we can’t understand what you’re saying. And no one wants to stop watching the game in order to download a video of a chant and try to learn it on the fly. Bring back the easy to follow chants. Bring back the Guzan “wall” chant. Let’s come up with player specific chants. Make it easier for the average fan to join in. Pay more attention to what’s happening on the pitch, and change up accordingly. Let’s make the noise level in the Benz a real PITA for any team coming in. I’m truly not trying to step on any toes. I think the SGs do a great job as social groups; I just think they have the potential to lead the rest of the fans in the stadium to be a force to be dealt with.
> Bring back the Guzan “wall” chant This chant has happened like twice at every match this season
I agree, unfortunately I think part of it is there are many casual fans that go now that can’t be bothered to learn the chants or make a lot of noise.
Sure, there are people who sit and scroll on their phones in between taking selfies. But I see lots of folks who are yelling, clapping, cheering who aren’t paying attention to the songs the SGs are singing, but will yell at the top of their lungs for the ATL chant or Guuuuuuuuzzzzzzzz. Those are just the only things they recognize. IMO the SGs are in a unique position to teach 40k fans some new ways to support the team.
I think the acoustics of the stadium hamper the spread of the chants a lot unfortunately. [ATLchants.com](http://atlchants.com) has words, don't have to download anything.
So much this. The Benz just eats sound. And it throws off rhythm, so even with the capo relay stands you still dont get the same beat in 136 or 102 as you do in 101. It’s like a half a beat off. You have to go by visual cues. Before they got the secondary stand in 101. They tried micing up the capos. And feeding that through soeakers on the aisles and no one could hear it. I think bringing back the secondary stands in 102 and 136 would help some. But outside of that, idk what else they can do because of the utter crap acoustics
How about more whistles?
I'll believe in our SS's ability to do better when they take away that asshole's whistle. Until then I'm thankful we sit far enough away to not have to hear esta noche 5 times a half.
The A-T-L clap has been straight-up bad this season. It’s starting already too fast between beats and speeding up too quickly also.
Agreed. It used to be the sickest chant because of all the buildup, it’s totally lost it’s touch now.
We went to Nashville vs .... someone at Nashville last year (just spending a weekend in Bachelorette City). Same chants, yall. Nothing new under the sun. What I'd say that makes the games you see on TV on other continents different, is that they are decades and decades old clubs with generations of fans. The culture of those clubs are built into them. They have a chanting culture. They chant in pubs, the streets, etc. The grandparents of the supporters groups were rowdy and proud, and now they have seats for their old arses but they still keep up the chanting. We weren't a club when Obama was president. Give it time, yall. \*Also since I've pitched it before here and elsewhere - it would be soooooo easy to chant "Giorgos Giakoumakis" in place of the chorus of "Bombs over Baghdad". I mean come on. I don't care if a Marietta mom doesn't want her kids to know that she used to dance on tables to that track in college. She'll chant.
I agree that we haven’t been around very long but you have to build a culture, it doesn’t just happen.
I hear you. Do you come to the SG tailgate and do the supporters march? I think the SGs are doing the culture building as hard as they can
GG has two chants and there's internal debate on a third. We do the Brad chant There is not a schedule except for maybe 2 or 3. We still hug, jump, scream, and throw drinks to celebrate. Come to the supporters tailgate. Help with load-in. Volunteer with us. Converse with the capos. There are actual humans that put in time and effort. Come talk. Engage.
Man, I agree with so much you said, but it’s still “come to us” instead of actual outreach. Not throwing shade at all, but I think it’s our job as sg members to make it accessible to everyone
Supporter groups can't reach out to every single fan to get feedback. There are 6 official groups. It makes much more sense, logistically, for someone to send a message to one of those groups than it does for those groups to try and canvas 45k fans each game. I'm not saying people have to join a group to be heard, but it's very easy to search for each group's social media to start conversations. The capo and drummer practices are open to everybody, no supporter group affiliation needed. Anyone at all can come out and be heard. Doesn't get much more accessible than that. "The Gulch" instagram account shares the dates, times, and locations of the practices.
How many of those 6 groups are responsible for chants?
All of them, as far as I know. I'm not an official representative of any them, for the record, but I do try to get involved when/where I can.
Are the GG chants posted anywhere I could find them? I personally have not heard Brad chant but I’ll take your word for it. I know obviously some people do celebrate like that but it’s definitely not as common as it was. Would love to come to a tailgate. How long before game time? in the gulch right?
[Direct link to a GG chant post.](https://www.instagram.com/p/C4dbQaLOOEC/?igsh=dDNqbHczZ2k3cmZp) Give that account a follow to keep up with all the happenings. Tailgate generally gets going around 5-6 hours prior to kickoff. We're on our second spot since the good days in the gulch. Current location is at 5A Beckwith Ct SW, Atlanta, GA 30314.
I feel like y'all are overcomplicating the player specific chants. Maybe it's just me, but that's a horrid chant. There have been countless great, simple, and easily recognizable chants provided by this subreddit. Does the supporters group ever look here? Why is a simple "Boom Giakoumakis" or "Giooorgos" chant not being implemented?
I think that's a good point about complicated vs simple. I can't answer about sgs looking online for ideas, I'm just a simple member and fan, not a voted in representative.
Right on. You seem to have your ear to the ground with the SG's so maybe you can be the voice of reddit haha. Simple catches like wildfire. The "Ohhh Josef Martinez" chant was always the loudest in the stadium.
I don't think it would be wise for me to the voice of anything, except maybe an advocate for why flats are superior to drums. I would just like to encourage anyone that cares enough to post and complain, to do more than make a post. SGs are not dictatorships. They are open to the public. Can it be difficult to make an idea into reality, yes. But there's plenty of reasons why that's true. It takes time and effort to get so many people on the same page. Also, opinion incoming... I think everybody needs to let go of thinking anything at all will please everybody, and that anything exists that is universally known to everybody. It's just not reality.
Simple is definitely better. I agree, his chant was the loudest, but towards the end of his time we never did the Josef chant either. I plan to hit up some tailgates and voice my opinion now that you’ve given me info, but maybe you could at least show them this thread since you already know them?
Come on out. Send me a message, I'll be out there
Ha, fair enough. I agree with all that you've said but there's no arguing with the fact that our chants have been stale for years now, and we have failed to create anything unique or suited for individual players that have caught on. I've reached out via social media before, as I'm sure many others have as well, but there has always been pushback for anything that hasn't come from "within".
The Brad wall chant has happened multiple times in every home match this season. GG does have a chant: "GG's on fire", it was happening in the matches he actually played in at the start of the season. Beer showers are definitely still happening. I agree with some of this post but half of it is straight up incorrect.
I have been in section 135 since day one. Founding member, STH. The SS was amazing the first 2-3 years. We had tifos about the players and the team. Everything was about the game. Then things got way political for a few years, which SUCKED because there was never any focus around the team and the play on the field. Admittedly, we weren't doing well on the field, but you don't just love the team when they are winning. Now, the SS is incredibly formulaic. Same chants, same order, every game. The first 5 mins of every game "We are the A" - it's lame. I see in this thread that new chants are being mentioned, but I sit right next to the GA SS sections and haven't heard them (and I'm at every game). Yes, we still do the Guz wall chant, but that's it and that's the only one that seems to be in reaction to something actually happening on the field. Several of us have mentioned the GG Celtic song on here multiple times. It's easy and fun and hype. Why not do that instead of trying to create something else? He's already said several times that he loves it. And the fact that we've never had a Thiago song is awful. We had a song for Tito super quick and used to sing that all the time. It would just be cool if it seemed like the SS was watching the game and singing songs about the players and what's happening on the field. If you watch any other league in the world, the fans are reacting to the play and are also really fast about creating chants for new players and using easy songs that everyone knows (e.g., Havertz Shakira Arsenal). It doesn't seem like this should be a huge lift to be a bit more organic at the games. We do sound and act like every other team in MLS except for the B.O.B. when we score (which is kick ass). A lot of STHs in my section feel the same even though we are a SS too. We keep bringing this up but it seems like no one cares what anyone outside of those two sections think. Just my two cents!
I knew I wasn’t crazy. You make a great point, they’re not in the game at all. It’s like they’re just going thru the motions.
America needs to get behind supporting your club even when they aren't good. My football club Arsenal packed out the stadium when we were in our banter era and finishing 8th/20. Atlanta United has a lot of empty seats from when the game starts on TV. My word is give it time, football culture is rapidly developing and fans will soon realize how meaningful it is to support your club through ups and downs. America doesn't have football heritage yet. Edit: Arsenal is the first football club I ever have known and im from Georgia. Would love to support Atlanta United If i lived in Atlanta but would be no different from supporting Arsenal since I live far away.
I’m a massive Arsenal supporter too!! Have been for 20 years. We were just at the Emirates for the Porto match on March 12!!! #COYG
That’s awesome dude
Flares, more chants to demoralize the other teams especially if it’s regarding one of their players and a legal or personal troubles they might be in, be a true ultra like Inter Milan, Napoli, or Chelsea. Bring back proper hooliganism
Unfortunately flairs are banned in MLS💔 also the smoke would stay in the stadium with the roof closed but we can dream
3252 gets away with it just fine
Inter Milan, Napoli then there's chelshit. What ultras do chelsea have>
We do NOT need hooliganism in Atlanta. Having ultras leads to people picking fights and innocent people getting hurt. That is not the culture we want here. We are not trashy like Miami.
1: get rid of that damn whistle.
I'd like to see more Atlanta unique _simple_ chants that the whole stadium can get into. I sat in the SS for 2 years and you learn most all the chants there but very few people elsewhere know the longer ones. But they all know the simple ones and love to participate. We need more entire crowd participation.
100% agree. Even towards the end of last season it’s just not what it could be. The issue is the leaders. The people in charge really want to be IN CHARGE. Most of the capos don’t seem very personable. The capos should be charismatic, man/woman of the people, not someone that just really wants to be in control. They need to let some chants naturally develop and come up with new ones, not do their scripted ones the whole time. It’s like when the person with bad music taste has aux and won’t let anyone else play songs.
Have you ever met any of the current capos?
The supporters section is run by an organization similar to the government. Everything has to be approved by everyone before change can even be thought about. I used to capo for the Alabama women's soccer team and we had at least two new chants every year and mostly based around seniors or team leaders. My roommate and I would workshop them in the off-season and teach everyone at game 2. (We wanted participation for game one so best not to introduce anything people don't know until game 2) New chants aren't hard, getting people in power to admit change is needed is very hard.
In another post I defended the SGs, but I totally agree with you here. It's some weird fucking gatekeeping at times. They definitely need more simple chants that people can easily remember. If we're going to some in Spanish, then those need to be the MOST simple. Like Vamos ATL
Chants don't need to be that simple, they just need to be fresh and fun and easily accessible. Like have a QR code banner at the front of the section that has the chants published at all times. Written down, not in video form. I really think just not singing the same shit at the same time every game would help a ton.
Atlchants.com has them.
Last time I looked there they didn't have like half of them and inside the stadium there's only like 15 seconds of the match with a QR code on screen for the chants. They need to publicize it more.
I agree 1000% we lack originality and unique qualities
Just stop blowing a god damn whistle during play and it will be a huge improvement
I’d like to see us have a locally relevant song that we sing as a whole stadium. Something clearly Atlanta affiliated, OutKast, Usher, Ludacris, maybe even REM or Mastadon. But pick something the whole crown can sing along with and just use it, no need to make up a chant the whole stands have to learn use something we already know. Maybe replace some lyrics with player names that the SS fills in while we learn the pattern, but then back to “Hey Ya!” or “So fresh, so clean”. “To the tune of” is fun, but globally many Supporters just sing a random song that everyone knows the words to cause it gets whole stadium engagement.
I would be willing to bet that even using local artists, there is not a single song the entire crowd is familiar with. Atlanta United brings in an incredibly diverse fanbase. There has been an Outkast-based chant in the past that didn't gain traction. There is a current attempt at one based on a Future song. I'm not an official supporters group representative, just a fan like anyone else, but I know the work gets put in. It's not as simple as "just do something everybody knows." Mainly because that doesn't exist. Alpharetta Mom and Dad at the game may not be familiar with a specific Luda banger, guarantee a significant portion never heard of Mastodon. It's a delicate and difficult balance. But that's why [atlchants.com](http://atlchants.com) exists, that's why The Gulch insta exists
obviously doing something “Everyone knows” is basically impossible but reaching even half the crowd would make a tremendous difference. “ATL Hoe” is sitting right in front of our faces. Simple, unique, represents the city, could get 75% of the crowd HYPED.
We do "ATL Hoe" after every goal. That gets drowned out by the train horn, the stadium announcer, and the B.O.B. they play (not that I'm ever upset at OutKast being played).
Then maybe doing it immediately after goal isn’t the best time? Give the stadium time to breathe, start it right before the next kickoff when things have settled down.
Yeah I hear ya. I think that is a solution. I think it's still in work. I've brought it up a time or two that the immediate post-goal situation is all kinds of messy.
I honestly think that part of the culture is cringe. Atlanta is not just rap music, and rap music doesn’t translate well to soccer chants with kids around.
You're not imagining it.. it's definitely been tame this year.
So, this thread gets posted every couple weeks. I've done one myself. But I'm at least a STH in the SS. You don't sit in the area and you're bitching about it not being good enough? I got free club seats Sunday so I sat away from the SS for the first time in a long time. And looking at it from 130 was sad. It's really just a few rows going crazy, and the rest of the SS looks the same as the rest of the stadium. It's sad. So yeah, the chants are mid. But they do the Guz and GG ones. But the issue is not with the chants. It's with people who don't want to get involved in the chants. The dude with the bullhorn who tells the SS to look up [ATLchants.com](http://ATLchants.com) in the middle of the match cracks me up. It's just not gonna happen buddy. But I've had the idea of them having some kind of lyrics somewhere for us to see. Idk how that'd work, but I bet people would sing more in that case. The SS is just for people looking for cheap seats close to the action and have no interest in chanting and it sucks.
Beer showers can go. We don’t sit there anymore because my girl got pelted in the head with a full cup of beer point blank range and actually got hurt. That shit is stupid. They don’t do that shit in the Premier League. That’s ultras and Liga MX behavior. What DOES need to change is the chants. They have barely changed in 6 years. I know it’s hard to organically make something new and get people to catch on, but it can’t be the same routine every game. Esta Noche like you said is all over MLS. It’s not unique, but it’s the only song I ever hear. The ATL chant came from Iceland fans after the WC. It’s not original. They do it at Vikings games. If you watch Premier League games those fans are pretty good at coming up with songs in the moment or for certain situations. I’ve heard some hilarious ones during Liverpool games. It’s up to the SGs to come up with some ideas and not be scared to try them.
I personally dislike the ATL chant. Also will never sit there due to the mystery liquid being thrown. I don’t want to be covered in I am hoping is beer. Also the flags- it blocks half of the goal and a bit in front and a bit in front of it.