Major League Soccer (MLS) has awarded their 16th franchise to the City of Philadelphia (Well, Chester really if you check out my previous rant on this issue.) While I may not be thrilled with the decision of venue from a purely political standpoint, it will not keep me from supporting the new team as they prepare to be the loudest, most well-supported, most over-the-top obnoxious fan base the league has ever seen. In other words, typical Philly. A few highlights to-date:
- A team-supporters group, the "Sons of Ben" was formed several years ago, when there was no team, and even the prospect of a franchise was nothing more than a long-shot. Since then they have been responsible for the following:
- Formation of a season-ticket base that already rivals that of more than 3/4 of the league's member teams; a full two years before the first game is to be played.
- Attendance of the supporters group at last years MLS Cup Final, during which they cheered for themselves, and for the Houston Dynamo while firmly entrenched in the sections of the stadium patrolled by the Midnight Riders; the supporters group of the New England Revolution. Why? Because they could.
- To that point, road trips to games at the homes of DC United and RedBull NewYork; all the while cheering for themselves. Why? Because in a few years DC and NY will be the teams' natural rivals but they didn't want to wait any longer to start "pissing those wankers off".
And yes, the abbreviation is the S.O.B.'s.
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(Sung to the tune of Camp-Town Lady)
"We've got any many Cups as you- Red Bull New York"
"We've got as many Cups as you-- and we don't have a team!"
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