Monday, September 2, 2013

THE 75's

The american outlawsSam's Army  two supporter groups for USA soccer that have time and time again come through and offer usa a great home field advantage regardless of venue through out the country, seattle, Columbus, Portland, Chicago, Kansas city. we all know there are plenty of issues going on on the field and plenty of politics going on behind the scenes but what about in the stands. USA soccer has Crew stadium as a go to place to play matches when support is needed. USA rugby hasnt necessarily packed the house in various venues. so far we have huston as perfect location the last two years, charleston has done good but out side of those two locations what else has there been? Santa Clara hosted a few years back and had over 10k show up and from what i can recall there was hardly any advertisement done for the game and if there had been half the effort given to it like in Huston im sure there could of been even more to show up.

what i am mainly writing about is why don't we the fans passionate or just casual create a supporters group for the eagles, something where fans alike can meet up and gather together before home games, organize meetings at local bars or resturnats for those of us who have little ones. the AO's each have a go to pub to watch soccer matches at and if are to get more people turned on to rugby and show networks that there is a demand then we should each localy begin to organize with each other and have a place of gatherings for each test match or major set of games, six nations, rugby championship or Heineken cup finals.

im not saying lets build TIFO's and bring smoke bombs to games, although it wouldn't hurt , but rather lets better organize our self's for the betterment of our country, for all four major national teams, give them a home advantage worthy of our foes to be afraid of.

i hope to create a Facebook page dedicated to such thing and I am suggesting The 75's as a name, but open to better choices of course. 75 for the creation of USA Rugby organization.

thoughts are welcomed

1 comment:

  1. Nick, These groups are already formed and working. They may not have the catchy names but in Houston we have the Lost Afternoon. This fundraising luncheon has filled banquet halls in Houston for five years now and is one of the reasons two Int'l Test matches in Houston filled the stadium. Brian Vizard's USRFF Hall of Fame Induction ceremony always tends to bring plenty of Eagles Supporters (it defo did last year).

    However, If we want to see 70K+ in a stadium for an Eagles Test, they've got to be winning.

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