And let’s not forget in America a club is for an entire state, meaning millions of people, here some towns have 2/3/4 or more clubs… for one town alone. Supporting your team is just not the same in both… And last big difference, teams in the USA play actually very few games, like nfl Super Bowl winner plays 17 games to get there. MLS is about 34. Here big teams play about 60 games, from national championships, to regional or country cups, to European leagues and so on. And on top of that we have the championships by country, the Euro or World Cup. which if you look at the size of USA states and the amount of games the teams play , is actually more comparable than to our classic championships or European leagues. We have passion for our teams…
@@daviddieudonne7829 Thats 1 thing i have no fucking ide why they have there team/clubs limited to 1 per state. Sure if its a sport noone plays then okey, but even there most popular sports the NFL/NBA only have 1 team per state how the fuck is that even happening. 1 quick google search showed about 40.000 officially registered clubs in England alone. The only thing that kept pooping up for the NFL was that there was 32 teams in the NFL. There are apparently betwinn 1200-1500 high school teams around the US and only 32 professionally recognized teams that is a total joke. Each state could create multiple leagues on its own for god sake.
Apart from a show, they are just business destined to make money and sell junk food and cola...., due to which the most popular sports there use to have many breaks during the game..., to make the show more profitable.
@@Gubblll it's hard to disagree, your schools have interesting teaching, but they don't teach everything, our boring ones stick to your head everything except bulle...
As a Mexican football fan, the European great fans are full of passion the same as in South América, and here in my country. We live and breath football with passion. It does not matter if you are por or rich. We become one with football. Nothing can compare with the Premier League matches, the Spanish League, the German and French... Well all the European ones are great. Football runs in our veins for Europeans, Mexican, Brazilians, in Argentina, we live for it... Entire communities Just wait for the weekend to be alive again... That's the difference...
As a European I actually would love to experience a game in Latinamerica. Knowing that we are in that regard the same in the sense how we feel about football and our countries when it comes to international games. I wouldnt be surprised though that some specific games would be even crazier in Latinamerica than in Europe. I mean at the end of the day it is one of the reasons why Europe and South America are the most successful ...what can be also seen in the WC. I do have to say I lowkey hope Africa and Asia reaching that level so that it becomes even crazier hehe.
I agree with you, here in South America we have the same passion for football. The last time (10 years ago) I went to a football game in Venezuela we had a fight against the police after the match 🤣🤣
Also we leave our underdeveloped compatriots to went on these matches, so they fulfill their desires to be part of clan. Its good for them and society too. They feel appreciated, they buy merch. They cheer. All is good with them. No one gonna start school shooting.
@@Blue_North I don't watch Americans sports anymore ... The patriotism is insane ,"Honnor for our troupes" ...american hymne and wathever ...Too much. Sorry but the army in a sport event in europe ,no way ... Americans supporters feel that normal and they are proud of it. There's a big difference...
As a Brit, a thing I've noticed that many Americans I know fail to realise, is that football (soccer) in Europe is pure passion and culture. Whereas in the US, I believe its something that parents take their kids to play til like they age of about 11 and then they give up. Its a sport to Americans, but for Europeans, without sounding corny, its life. If you ever go to Europe, I would really try and get tickets to a game, especially some French and German teams like Marseille, or Frankfurt, or Koln (like you saw in the video).
@Dance 90's Your point is brilliant, add Europe history, we fought each other's for what... 1 000 years so... 😇😁 In France, even Country championship may be tense. We have several regions quite proud of their history and culture.. And proud they must be!
And thousands of people won't mix up the text. Here in Germany a famous singer did so in 2005: Instead of »Bloom in the splendour of this happiness« she sang »Brew in the light of this happiness«… 🤦
For Rugby games of our national team, the band now starts to play so that the public sings along but they stop and let the crowd sing a capella the last few lines. it feels absolutely amazing and rousing
Someone said to me 'To you football is a matter of life or death!' and I said 'Listen, it's more important than that'. Bill Shankly This quote explains everything you need to understand about football in the hearts of South/Middle Americans and Europeans! You don't stay with your club only if they are winning, and switch to another club, it's the choice of a lifetime, like a "till death took us apart" choice!
it's built exactly to swing the weight, if it didn't swing it would be really dangerous. It's not forbidden to jump, but it's frowned upon because the dampers have to be replaced all the time.
The Feyenoord stadium in Rotterdam dances when the crowd is jumping. Lots of journalistst from other countries were terrified and thought there was an earthquake. Also the pyro at the beginning of the match is so impressive. You should watch some Feyenoord videos
Football is a religion in Europe , whilst football in the US is just entertainment, that's the main difference I believe , loved both sides of the pond, just in different ways
Compared to Europe, the US passion seems so... choreographed. I'm guessing the positive nature of the chants possibly comes from the history of college and school "fight songs". The European fans just go for it. No need for any kind of cheerleader (pun intended). The passions is real and raw.
I think the difference is that sports culture in the US is top down, while in europe it's bottom up. In europe most clubs were founded by the working class and even those most who have now have become billion dollar enterprises still have their roots in poor people of a town or suburb banding together to play a sport. The fan scene does reflect that. They believe it's their club to some degree and tend to have a strong voice affecting how a club is run, they organise themselves and come up with their own chants and means of expression. It's a fan culture that has grown over generations. In the US most clubs don't have that, they were founded by some wealthy guy hiring people to play, there isn't such a strong historical connection between the club and the town or its people. In the US the owner can just pack up things and move a club to a different town and change their name, in europe that's inconceivable. US fans don't believe its their club, they are far less organized and the attachment to a club isn't generational. They are being entertained just like the fans in europe, but they don't have that feeling of belonging/ownership.
@@bearzerger That makes sense. It's exactly the reason that things like the Indian T20 cricket league leaves me cold. There's far less personal connection with a franchise.
And no one has translated the French anthem, I do not know this young woman would think of us 😂 Regards to all European football fans! Be proud of our old Europa!
You can look for last year Euro league playoffs (last game) between Olympiacos and Monaco (basketball). Kevin Durant was in Athens and tweeted "unbelievable" for the atmosphere Greek fans created.
Amanda you are right I think about the fact that both are very proud of their teams, but the problem in America is that clubs can't relegate and if you pay a lot of money your in the MLS. But in Europe every point is important because teams play for relegation/promotion, for European qualification and the Championship ofcourse so there is a lot more to play for and so is the need for fans to back their team up.
In Europe, the club fans see themself as a family, a brotherhood, a tribe, that's extreme loyal to the club name and flag! I know because my father was one of them. He was extremely passionate about his football/soccer team. I don't see that in the U.S. regarding any sport. The only thing I could compare it to in the U.S. would be the brotherhood formed within the military. If you served in the military, I hope you can understand what I mean.
As an Englishman that is a brilliant explanation, it really is one huge tribe. You are born into a family and whatever team your siblings/parents support, you are automatically adopted into that tribe, you have no say in the matter. 😂You are raised to love that team no matter what and build a strong dislike for your rivals. If your team loses that week it ruins your entire week, if you win it just automatically makes you happy for the rest of the week. I support Liverpool just like my brother, sister, father and my grandad and when we won the Premier League for the first time in 30 years the level of euphoria and celebration was unexplainable. You could go as far to say that football is like a religion in Europe and South America, whereas in the US it just seems like entertainment. Just the fact that it's called soccer in the US is enough to explain the difference I would say, it's simply unacceptable to call it anything other than football outside of the US.
In Greece they are huge gangs basically who all have love for each other...usually are poor kids who found a brotherhood...the sad part is thsy they are all criminals and crazy they Stab each other every week and fight for territory they do raids and ambushes to each other for control of drug market snd influence of pwer etc etc....I myself have been attacked many times for wearing wrong colours at wrong places...
While American Football fans are working their way up the ladder , the European fans are standing on the top rung of the ladder !! Thanks for the video Amanda !! 😃
There may be a ladder, but there are no rungs for America to climb. There will never be a decent team in the US and no good chant will ever be sung. The US/MX/CA World Cup will show the difference in the most brutal way.
If it could not move, it would have already collapse I guess, and a lot of this happy people would be already gone... Thank you very much, technology!!!😀
Yea but the us is as big as your continent. We have states bigger than most European countries. That being said, every state has state pride, just like countries do.
Thing is America can be loud, but there is zero atmosphere. In Europe Football is our life and we make a point of showing that. It's absolute passion and emotion.
I do remember that some 30 years ago American football was advertised as "family friendly" in Germany. Like a sunday afternoon picknick. It took a long time and a major tsports broadcast to boost the sport. Last year the crowd in Munich did impress even veteran players and coaches by bringing quite a big chunk of european passion about sports to the game.
I visited a German cousin 2-3 years ago & watched Mainz 05 play Dortmund. The cheering & chanting last the whole game, whereas in UK it tends to die down & only last 5 or 10 minutes in one go.
You must have been to some crap games in the UK. Newcastle, Aston Villa, Millwall, Nottingham Forest, Wolves, Leeds fans etc all sing throughout the game.
That stadium has been built to shake like that. In that way it is capable of absorbing the kinetic energy, produced by the jumping people. You have the college fans that are the top of crazy fans for you, but still there is no comparison. This is why you saw a few videos of the USA and way more from us. Bless you American sister.
Europe, central America & South America all incredible. Having seen the atmosphere River Plate & Boca produce when they play, that must be hard to beat.
Football fans are tribal but in Europe teams are closer together so the intensity is greater when you have 1000's of rival fans in the stadium. In the US teams are more spread except for few instances of 2 teams from the same city means you get a better away support.
In Europa il nostro sport nazionale e il calcio.. non sarete mai come noi... Italia,francis, Inghilterra, Germania, spagna e paesi dell'est Europa.. noi viviamo per il calcio! Sempre forza Milan ❤️🖤🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹
I've been to watch football matches in many European countries and the US, as well as the UK. Nothing beats the atmosphere at stadiums in Germany, Italy and Spain. The absolute best atmosphere I ever experienced was at the old (now gone) Estadio Vicente Calderon, in Madrid, when I watched Atletico Madrid v Barcelona. The whole place was shaking and rocking!
I think the same seems to apply with music also, if you watch videos of huge stadium concerts in continental Europe the atmosphere and everything is amazing, then watch a video from same tour in UK or US and it feels flat in comparison. Just my opinion but I'm going to put my theory to the test this summer hopefully!!
@@QuicknStraight Europe is a continent that goes from Iceland to the Ural mountain range in Russia. The UK sits within the western territory of the Eurasian tectonic plate meaning it is in Europe. The European Union is a political entity consisting (now) of 27 European countries. Learn the difference.
Every football club in Europe has its own stadium song. You could hear some of them in the videos. Every fan knows the song, of course, and with it they greet their team and say goodbye to them after the game. Sometimes these are pop songs or children's songs with new lyrics, but sometimes it is the original as well. Liverpool fans, for example, always start the game by singing "You'll Never Walk Alone". It's especially touching when they sing the song after the game, even though Liverpool lost. You could also hear some national anthems in the video, which are usually sung along loudly. And the shouted "Hu!" accompanied by clapping, which starts slowly and then gets faster and faster, comes from Iceland. This is how the Icelandic fans support their team. Some fans of other nations thought it was so great that it has since been adopted by them as well. There are also a few songs intended to "annoy" the opposing team. For example, when the fans of a team playing against FC Bayern Munich sing to the tune of "Yellow Submarine": "Zieht den Bayern die Lederhosen aus " ("Undress the Bavarians from their Lederhosen"). But this kind of singing is rather rare. Usually the chants are for your own team to support them.
Lately there was a Soccer match between Eintracht Frankfurt and SSC Napoli and in the whole city of Napoli Frankfurtfans were banned cuz italian police was affraid that they cannot protect either the Frankfurtfans and the Napolifans. Nevertheless 800 Frankfurtfans went to Napoli and it was really scary. There were Streetfights between both fanbases and the Police. You have to go see the videos. It was brutal
Just love that giggle and snort lady.. American positivity isn't really a bad thing it's just different from us Brits,we insult and degrage even ourselves 😂😂
Hello)Look at the atmosphere at the stadium during the derby, for example, in Serbia at the match Cervena Zvezda-Partizan, at the atmosphere in Greece or Turkey)In the USA, football is not as developed as in Europe, so there are much fewer football fans and fan associations, too
7:55 "FRAMÅT MALMÖ" "HEJA DI BLÅE" "FORWARD MALMÖ" "COME ON THE BLUES" Call and respond chant from the Most Champions of Sweden Malmö FF. That was away in the Uefa Euro League against Chelsea when 3500 Malmö fans were outsinging 36500 Chelsea fans away at Stamford Bridge. Our own home support is electrifying with megasize flags, big tifo displays and flares. We sing for 2 hours straight minus 15 minutes at half time break.
In Europe our teams are part of our family and we love them from a young age. My dad took me to my first game when I was 5 and 33 years later I still suport them in better or worse.
Well the craziest fans in Europe you find in Greece, Serbia and Turkey. Actually the derby between Red Star and Partizan in Belgrade, Serbia is called the most dangerous derby in Europe.
@@drigerdranzer7514 Greece, Serbia and Turkey dont have that passion like Germany does. Not even close. Serbians Turks and Greeks Stadiums are empty most of the time expect by derbys. Also Germany Stadium has the highest fan spectators no matter which leauge 2 3 4 whatever. Also Germans travel to away games like no other country in Europe so please, dont compare "good weather fans" too true football fans. Numbers dont lie.
@@intence1233 theres only one football ie played by the feet no doubt yowsers want to change everything so maybe there sport should be hand or hold ball seriously it's a trades description issue calling it that over there.
@@thejanner ⚽️ is the only football it called football cause u play it with your feet the rugby should be called handball or something don't try change our football into soccer some of u americans need to chill out
All the clubs in America are franchises. The fans can get as excited as they like but they know, absolutely, that a couple of bad years and the club might just leave. That simply doesn’t happen elsewhere. Our clubs might have terrible decades of performance but they won’t “move”. They are literally part of the community they’re in.
The thing is that european clubs stand for something. They have an identity that did not change for generations and is not shaped by people from the outside. These clubs are the center of many comunities connected with you city, social group, culture and political views. You dont choose your club the club chooses you based on who you are and where you are from. It is your city vs my city, your cluture vs my culture, rich vs poor and left vs right. Some clubs and comunities go along well. Others don't because they don't fit or fight for power to represent a region
Usually in Madrid police keeps visitor team fans in a wide area before the match, and the guide them to the stadium safely, so they don’t mix with the rival fans. They separate them in a different zone of the stadium and they get in sooner than the locals. They also stay in it for a little bit after the end of the match. There can be problems with individuals, but this system usually works very well.
British football is tribal. It's a religion here (and in most of Europe). It's not just the love of your club, it's the hatred of other clubs. Rightly or wrongly, that's just how it is. That's why you can see the passion. Their heart belongs in that stadium, whereas, and I may very well be wrong, and apologies if I am, most US fans would go home disappointed and then be sound 30 minutes later. It doesn't work like that in Britain/Europe. It's a heartbeat
In European football leagues fans are alot more tribal, everybody knows the songs, the banter, there's promotion and relegation, therefore there's much more jeopardy, the atmosphere is very gladiatorial with high stakes because the battle occurs at both ends of the league ie bottom teams could end up beating the the top teams and this makes for an intense match experience.
In the U.S it's all about the spectacle and show making it feels very forced and stiff. Football in Europe is about passion and heart and every win or loss decides how your week is going to be for alot of people. It's at a completely different level here and it just can't be compared to the U.S.
Unlike America in Europe, we have more than two thousand years of history, hundreds of wars between nations and even internal in the country. Sport is a passion for us, the weight of history that comes out of our stomachs. the reflection of past history. Hello from France
when i see this i can't help but think what it would really be like facing a big medieval army marching, chanting. but i think this video gave us a taste what it could be like xD
Amanda , the one from Sevilla in Spain is missing, the whole stadium sings acapella, it is considered the best soccer anthem in the world, seriously that one cant left!
The thing about the chanting in UK football grounds is that its largely spontaneous, or not organised as such. If someone turned up with a Mic at an Premiership game, he'd be told where the mic would fit! The European parades are just scary!
Most European clubs are a century old or there abouts. Our great grandfather's stood in the same places we do now. Football is in our blood and we f***ing love it.
Professional American soccer teams have only been around for 20-30 years whereas some European football clubs date back to the late 1800's. They've had a lot longer to cement team loyalties and perfect their chants.
One thing that helps with team loyalties is that teams are named after and eternally are part of the city they started in. This whole way American teams hop cities makes sense from a hyper capitalist perspective, but imho not from the perspective of fostering and automatically maintaining city and team fanbases.
That Tubby Ted Bundy at the 2:00 minute mark always makes me feel like his going to picking up a hitchhiker on the way home that will never see the light of day again.
I believe it is this way in american sports because the american fan is seen (and see itself) as a costumer, while in Europe and South America fans are passionate and teams know fans will protest if things goes wrong.
Verdade viu no america do sul e na Europa os torcedores realmente amam seus clubes até mesmo quando são rebaixados estamos com eles nos bons e nos mal momentos. A sensação de ser rebaixado é uma merda 😂mas mesmo assim a gente não abandona os nossos times . Isso sim é paixão de verdade.
Watching videos is all well and good, but live on site is still an impressive experience. Travel to Dortmund to the largest football stadium in Germany and take a look at the "Yellow Wall" where 81,000 fans give it their all for 90 minutes, or to Liverpoll to Anfield with tradition and atmosphere.
As a European and certainly one who is glad to live here, sports is one of those areas where I deeply and sincerly respect and admire the Americans' way of thinking. Violence among the fans of various sports clubs is almost unheard of in the US. Most Americans see sports as entertainment, not some zealous pseudo-religious cult that defines ones identity, as is all too often the case in Europe.
Instead of this, both sides in politics vandalize shops when their _heroes_ aren't elected. It wasn't just when Biden won... the other side smashed shops 4 years earlier when Trump won. In europe most people just say, _ok,_ so this or that guy won.
I think to sum it up, North American fans are enthusiastic while European and South American teams are passionate. It is their life, it is their soul. Americans may get to be the same. But it will take time as its still a new thing there.
In Germany there are about 127917 football clubs. Every small town hast at least one. My hometown has about 25000 residents. And 6 Clubs playing in different leagues stages. And none of them are related to a school or Something Like that. Edit: also most clubs have youth Teams divided in age groups also playing in a League system
Having attended a few US sporting events and UK football matches I think the US has the better entertainment day out with tail gating and food/drink ordered to your seat. Whereas in football in the UK it's full on about the match. You might have a couple of pints pre-match in a nearby pub but then it's chanting or singing to encourage your team with known songs or abusing the opposition team!
I can’t speak for UK Fans but I can say that especially in the Deep South it’s mostly about the Tailgating experience. Tailgating on Saturdays before a favorite College team is quite the social experience. The Southeastern Conference in College sports has some fantastic tailgating venues and the assortment of food and drink it’s absolutely amazing. It’s not just BBQ either here it’s gumbo, jambalaya, crawfish, deer sauce picante, pork, fish, duck, and other assorted wild game fresh from the bounty of Nature’s abundance. Everyone invites anyone nearby to be a guest, hospitality is #1 and no one goes away hungry or thirsty and if your team is on the losing end the tailgating goes on and more beer goes along way in healing the pain of a loss to your most bitter rival. 😂
We living with all our passion for our Football clubs. The Club is part of our life and its over generations. The grand grand father was already a xy club ultra, etc.
The stadiums are built like that so to take the jumping and not break, at least that one hehe that's why the fans aren't worried about it moving like that. It's meant to do that, like some buildings have hearthquake protection
In the States, sports in general, not just soccer is seen as entertainment...Just look at the superbowl halftime show. Over here, noone wants to see that during halftime or before let s say the Champion s League Final. People are here to watch the game and suppirt their team and their city. It s passion!!!
I'd say in Europe, or at least in Germany, many chants are about the passion, love and history of the clubs. Not just, "We are the best" (though of course, that too) but somehow, "you should know, WHO WE ARE and What we've been through". And like in England many are mocking the other teams, as well. There's a funny chant from Union Berlin, where they chant, "Wir sind eure Hauptstadt, ihr Bauern!" Which means, "We are your capital, you farmers!", as Berlin is Germany's capital. And every time, that's hilarious. The difference has to do with the history. Most clubs in Europe have over 100 years of history. So there's legacy, love and history.
In Europe the leader of a football club Ultras group is calles a Capo (or Kapo). That's the guy who order and start the songs, the movments of his ultra group. And if we'are so passionate in Europe, it's because most of the clubs have a century history, from grand pa to the father to the kids, everybody love a club since decades and decades, it's a family story. (Sorry for my english)
American Sport is all about entertainment. It is a show... Europe is all about passion. Crowd is the 12th man on the field.
And let’s not forget in America a club is for an entire state, meaning millions of people, here some towns have 2/3/4 or more clubs… for one town alone.
Supporting your team is just not the same in both…
And last big difference, teams in the USA play actually very few games, like nfl Super Bowl winner plays 17 games to get there.
MLS is about 34.
Here big teams play about 60 games, from national championships, to regional or country cups, to European leagues and so on.
And on top of that we have the championships by country, the Euro or World Cup. which if you look at the size of USA states and the amount of games the teams play , is actually more comparable than to our classic championships or European leagues.
We have passion for our teams…
@@daviddieudonne7829 Thats 1 thing i have no fucking ide why they have there team/clubs limited to 1 per state. Sure if its a sport noone plays then okey, but even there most popular sports the NFL/NBA only have 1 team per state how the fuck is that even happening. 1 quick google search showed about 40.000 officially registered clubs in England alone. The only thing that kept pooping up for the NFL was that there was 32 teams in the NFL. There are apparently betwinn 1200-1500 high school teams around the US and only 32 professionally recognized teams that is a total joke. Each state could create multiple leagues on its own for god sake.
Apart from a show, they are just business destined to make money and sell junk food and cola...., due to which the most popular sports there use to have many breaks during the game..., to make the show more profitable.
in europe show makes fans
@@daviddieudonne7829 Did you know London has 7 clubs !?
american stadiums - try not to fall asleep
europe stadiums - try not to die
Lol
Well, it's the other way around in schools.
Europe School - try not to fall asleep
American School - try not to ...
@@Gubblll it's hard to disagree, your schools have interesting teaching, but they don't teach everything, our boring ones stick to your head everything except bulle...
@@Gubblll HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA made my day🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@LADYRAEUK see football holigan
"I believe we can win" has got to be the most childish, embarrassing chant ever.
It's like chanting "my mum says I'm cool"
The response of the English was brilliant. In the same rhythm: "What the f****** hell was that?"
Almost as bad as the Scotland World Cup song from years ago…..”don’t come home too soon”
@@Fitzhugh666 ~ just as embarrassing as that time England were singing 'it's coming home' when it actually went to Rome.
@@Fitzhugh666 I think the pilot waits for the Scots on the tarmac at World Cups.🤣
As a Mexican football fan, the European great fans are full of passion the same as in South América, and here in my country. We live and breath football with passion. It does not matter if you are por or rich. We become one with football. Nothing can compare with the Premier League matches, the Spanish League, the German and French... Well all the European ones are great. Football runs in our veins for Europeans, Mexican, Brazilians, in Argentina, we live for it... Entire communities Just wait for the weekend to be alive again... That's the difference...
As a European I actually would love to experience a game in Latinamerica. Knowing that we are in that regard the same in the sense how we feel about football and our countries when it comes to international games. I wouldnt be surprised though that some specific games would be even crazier in Latinamerica than in Europe.
I mean at the end of the day it is one of the reasons why Europe and South America are the most successful ...what can be also seen in the WC.
I do have to say I lowkey hope Africa and Asia reaching that level so that it becomes even crazier hehe.
I agree with you, here in South America we have the same passion for football. The last time (10 years ago) I went to a football game in Venezuela we had a fight against the police after the match 🤣🤣
Fully agree, mate! Greetings from GER/EUR ❤
i thank mexico for Santiago Gimenez
True brother 🤜🤛
In Europe we don't fly the flag of our nation in league matches. We keep that for international games..
Lazio and Roma - Italian flags, Crvena Zvezda and Partizan - Serbian flags, CSKA and Levski - Bulgarian flags...
Also we leave our underdeveloped compatriots to went on these matches, so they fulfill their desires to be part of clan. Its good for them and society too. They feel appreciated, they buy merch. They cheer. All is good with them. No one gonna start school shooting.
@@Blue_North I don't watch Americans sports anymore ...
The patriotism is insane ,"Honnor for our troupes" ...american hymne and wathever ...Too much.
Sorry but the army in a sport event in europe ,no way ...
Americans supporters feel that normal and they are proud of it.
There's a big difference...
@Unintentional Failure 🤣....
But they never won the Superbowl...
@Unintentional Failure Arff, I wanted to see tge US navi defensive line in NFL....
Sadness^^
As a Brit, a thing I've noticed that many Americans I know fail to realise, is that football (soccer) in Europe is pure passion and culture. Whereas in the US, I believe its something that parents take their kids to play til like they age of about 11 and then they give up. Its a sport to Americans, but for Europeans, without sounding corny, its life. If you ever go to Europe, I would really try and get tickets to a game, especially some French and German teams like Marseille, or Frankfurt, or Koln (like you saw in the video).
I don’t think it’s a good idea for Americans to go to europe because Europeans hate Americans💀
football is life :)
For France I think the best place is Lens. And I am from Paris 😁
Let s face it US fan look like kids. Soccer in Europe is about fighting. In Latin America it is war 🤣
@Dance 90's Your point is brilliant, add Europe history, we fought each other's for what... 1 000 years so... 😇😁 In France, even Country championship may be tense. We have several regions quite proud of their history and culture.. And proud they must be!
6:20
Thousands of people singing the national anthem is SO much better than one 'famous' singer doing vocal practices.
Mareille singing : "la Marseillaise" was so logical !
the same thing is at 09:00
Except for this. :)
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And thousands of people won't mix up the text. Here in Germany a famous singer did so in 2005: Instead of »Bloom in the splendour of this happiness« she sang »Brew in the light of this happiness«… 🤦
For Rugby games of our national team, the band now starts to play so that the public sings along but they stop and let the crowd sing a capella the last few lines.
it feels absolutely amazing and rousing
Someone said to me 'To you football is a matter of life or death!' and I said 'Listen, it's more important than that'.
Bill Shankly
This quote explains everything you need to understand about football in the hearts of South/Middle Americans and Europeans!
You don't stay with your club only if they are winning, and switch to another club, it's the choice of a lifetime, like a "till death took us apart" choice!
4:50
That stadium is actually made to flex and bounce to not break.
Most European stadiums are buildt to be flexible, like American skyscrapers.
Eintracht Frankfurt 👌
The stadium shown in the video is max Morlock in nurnberg and it’s actually forbidden to jump there because of the risks
it's built exactly to swing the weight, if it didn't swing it would be really dangerous. It's not forbidden to jump, but it's frowned upon because the dampers have to be replaced all the time.
The Feyenoord stadium in Rotterdam dances when the crowd is jumping. Lots of journalistst from other countries were terrified and thought there was an earthquake.
Also the pyro at the beginning of the match is so impressive.
You should watch some Feyenoord videos
@@ayato089Bro its the Stadium of the Eintrach Frankfurt
"You´ll never walk alone" in Liverpool is impressive, unforgettable especially for those who experience it for the first time. Never forget
Is it fuck 😂
Better done by Celtic.
Celtic do it better than Liverpool… also Anfield goes so quiet afterwards (unless they play Manchester United)
Football is a religion in Europe , whilst football in the US is just entertainment, that's the main difference I believe , loved both sides of the pond, just in different ways
América do Sul>>>>>>>>>> Europa
@@rafaelcastro3455 Europa>>>>every continent
@@MusashiWarez3600 boy, you are embarrasing yourself. In football passion, South America is ahead of everyone else.
South America looks like there having a carnival when the footy is on 😂
@@jayhanna1623 true, but the south Americans take it virtually to a civil war...🤣
Football is the main religion of Europe.
I'd love to see the "I believe that we can win" US fans at an away game at Panathinaikos 🤣🤣🤣
So would I Hoddy
They will not know what hits them and they will be laughed at.
they would be make Greeks furious as fuck that would US fans running away from Gate 13 fans😂😂😂
I would genuinely pay just to see that XD
nothing would happen, no one would hear a single word over the chants of the Greeks!
I love the fact that at 7:30 is already freaking loud, but still the capo wants it to be louder haha ("LAUTER")
Compared to Europe, the US passion seems so... choreographed. I'm guessing the positive nature of the chants possibly comes from the history of college and school "fight songs". The European fans just go for it. No need for any kind of cheerleader (pun intended). The passions is real and raw.
I think the difference is that sports culture in the US is top down, while in europe it's bottom up.
In europe most clubs were founded by the working class and even those most who have now have become billion dollar enterprises still have their roots in poor people of a town or suburb banding together to play a sport. The fan scene does reflect that. They believe it's their club to some degree and tend to have a strong voice affecting how a club is run, they organise themselves and come up with their own chants and means of expression. It's a fan culture that has grown over generations.
In the US most clubs don't have that, they were founded by some wealthy guy hiring people to play, there isn't such a strong historical connection between the club and the town or its people. In the US the owner can just pack up things and move a club to a different town and change their name, in europe that's inconceivable. US fans don't believe its their club, they are far less organized and the attachment to a club isn't generational. They are being entertained just like the fans in europe, but they don't have that feeling of belonging/ownership.
@@bearzerger That makes sense. It's exactly the reason that things like the Indian T20 cricket league leaves me cold. There's far less personal connection with a franchise.
And no one has translated the French anthem, I do not know this young woman would think of us 😂 Regards to all European football fans! Be proud of our old Europa!
You still don't go to South America, which is more passion.
U pretty much explained it perfectly
You can look for last year Euro league playoffs (last game) between Olympiacos and Monaco (basketball).
Kevin Durant was in Athens and tweeted "unbelievable" for the atmosphere Greek fans created.
Pro sports in the US is about the “entertainment experience” not just the game. In Europe, the game and the passion for it is the experience.
Amanda you are right I think about the fact that both are very proud of their teams, but the problem in America is that clubs can't relegate and if you pay a lot of money your in the MLS. But in Europe every point is important because teams play for relegation/promotion, for European qualification and the Championship ofcourse so there is a lot more to play for and so is the need for fans to back their team up.
also, the match can still be decided up until the last moment, not always, but WAY more than in american football
In Europe, the club fans see themself as a family, a brotherhood, a tribe, that's extreme loyal to the club name and flag! I know because my father was one of them. He was extremely passionate about his football/soccer team. I don't see that in the U.S. regarding any sport. The only thing I could compare it to in the U.S. would be the brotherhood formed within the military. If you served in the military, I hope you can understand what I mean.
As an Englishman that is a brilliant explanation, it really is one huge tribe. You are born into a family and whatever team your siblings/parents support, you are automatically adopted into that tribe, you have no say in the matter. 😂You are raised to love that team no matter what and build a strong dislike for your rivals. If your team loses that week it ruins your entire week, if you win it just automatically makes you happy for the rest of the week. I support Liverpool just like my brother, sister, father and my grandad and when we won the Premier League for the first time in 30 years the level of euphoria and celebration was unexplainable. You could go as far to say that football is like a religion in Europe and South America, whereas in the US it just seems like entertainment. Just the fact that it's called soccer in the US is enough to explain the difference I would say, it's simply unacceptable to call it anything other than football outside of the US.
In Greece they are huge gangs basically who all have love for each other...usually are poor kids who found a brotherhood...the sad part is thsy they are all criminals and crazy they Stab each other every week and fight for territory they do raids and ambushes to each other for control of drug market snd influence of pwer etc etc....I myself have been attacked many times for wearing wrong colours at wrong places...
@@Warm-qq2wo hahahah ok softy
Hence the fly over
I went to my first Leeds match for my 4th birthday. I am 64 now. I still act like an idiot. I love the spontaneity that regularly appears.
While American Football fans are working their way up the ladder , the European fans are standing on the top rung of the ladder !! Thanks for the video Amanda !! 😃
There may be a ladder, but there are no rungs for America to climb. There will never be a decent team in the US and no good chant will ever be sung.
The US/MX/CA World Cup will show the difference in the most brutal way.
Argentina is another galaxy when it comes to cheering.
Und dann kommen wir
The stadium IS moving. The stands have inertial dampeners so they move with the jumping of the fans and don't collapse.
Yeah at first that seems dangerous but engineer can build stadiums ahaha.
If it could not move, it would have already collapse I guess, and a lot of this happy people would be already gone... Thank you very much, technology!!!😀
1st difference.. USA is a country, Europe isn't a country, but a continent composed from around 50 countries...
Yea but the us is as big as your continent. We have states bigger than most European countries. That being said, every state has state pride, just like countries do.
Football is engrained in the DNA of Europeans, and this is borne out in your lovely video
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Thing is America can be loud, but there is zero atmosphere. In Europe Football is our life and we make a point of showing that. It's absolute passion and emotion.
¡In USA!
I do remember that some 30 years ago American football was advertised as "family friendly" in Germany. Like a sunday afternoon picknick. It took a long time and a major tsports broadcast to boost the sport.
Last year the crowd in Munich did impress even veteran players and coaches by bringing quite a big chunk of european passion about sports to the game.
I visited a German cousin 2-3 years ago & watched Mainz 05 play Dortmund. The cheering & chanting last the whole game, whereas in UK it tends to die down & only last 5 or 10 minutes in one go.
And Mainz is a dwarf when it comes to Fans. Can get way better
You must have been to some crap games in the UK. Newcastle, Aston Villa, Millwall, Nottingham Forest, Wolves, Leeds fans etc all sing throughout the game.
@@Krautstaude He lives there, but I get your point.
That stadium has been built to shake like that. In that way it is capable of absorbing the kinetic energy, produced by the jumping people. You have the college fans that are the top of crazy fans for you, but still there is no comparison. This is why you saw a few videos of the USA and way more from us. Bless you American sister.
Europe, central America & South America all incredible. Having seen the atmosphere River Plate & Boca produce when they play, that must be hard to beat.
Football fans are tribal but in Europe teams are closer together so the intensity is greater when you have 1000's of rival fans in the stadium. In the US teams are more spread except for few instances of 2 teams from the same city means you get a better away support.
In Europa il nostro sport nazionale e il calcio.. non sarete mai come noi... Italia,francis, Inghilterra, Germania, spagna e paesi dell'est Europa.. noi viviamo per il calcio! Sempre forza Milan ❤️🖤🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹
I've been to watch football matches in many European countries and the US, as well as the UK. Nothing beats the atmosphere at stadiums in Germany, Italy and Spain. The absolute best atmosphere I ever experienced was at the old (now gone) Estadio Vicente Calderon, in Madrid, when I watched Atletico Madrid v Barcelona. The whole place was shaking and rocking!
Spain and The Netherlands for me! Abolutely beautiful.
@steiner554 Not any more! lol
I think the same seems to apply with music also, if you watch videos of huge stadium concerts in continental Europe the atmosphere and everything is amazing, then watch a video from same tour in UK or US and it feels flat in comparison. Just my opinion but I'm going to put my theory to the test this summer hopefully!!
@@QuicknStraight
Europe is a continent that goes from Iceland to the Ural mountain range in Russia. The UK sits within the western territory of the Eurasian tectonic plate meaning it is in Europe. The European Union is a political entity consisting (now) of 27 European countries. Learn the difference.
@@darthwiizius Obviously you don't have a sense of humour or see the impact of Brexit!
Every football club in Europe has its own stadium song. You could hear some of them in the videos. Every fan knows the song, of course, and with it they greet their team and say goodbye to them after the game. Sometimes these are pop songs or children's songs with new lyrics, but sometimes it is the original as well.
Liverpool fans, for example, always start the game by singing "You'll Never Walk Alone". It's especially touching when they sing the song after the game, even though Liverpool lost.
You could also hear some national anthems in the video, which are usually sung along loudly.
And the shouted "Hu!" accompanied by clapping, which starts slowly and then gets faster and faster, comes from Iceland. This is how the Icelandic fans support their team. Some fans of other nations thought it was so great that it has since been adopted by them as well.
There are also a few songs intended to "annoy" the opposing team. For example, when the fans of a team playing against FC Bayern Munich sing to the tune of "Yellow Submarine": "Zieht den Bayern die Lederhosen aus " ("Undress the Bavarians from their Lederhosen").
But this kind of singing is rather rare. Usually the chants are for your own team to support them.
0:39 this always gets me. fans patheticly shouting "i think that we will win" is just the best and most ironic thing in the world. :D
Lately there was a Soccer match between Eintracht Frankfurt and SSC Napoli and in the whole city of Napoli Frankfurtfans were banned cuz italian police was affraid that they cannot protect either the Frankfurtfans and the Napolifans. Nevertheless 800 Frankfurtfans went to Napoli and it was really scary. There were Streetfights between both fanbases and the Police. You have to go see the videos. It was brutal
I’ll have a look !
Basketball U.S versus Europe atmosphere is a phenomenal video to react to.
And American Basketball Players Talking About European Basketball Atmosphere
@@alexandermills9965 what about the difference between US American and European basketball coaches?
Nobody gives a fuck about basketball outside of US. Basketball doesn't even make it into the top 5 most popular sports in the world.
I´M from portugal. Benfica for me is life. Like everything else is just waiting. That's the diference
Just love that giggle and snort lady.. American positivity isn't really a bad thing it's just different from us Brits,we insult and degrage even ourselves 😂😂
but that's why chants like "you're nothing special, we loose every week." are just great.
Nah europeans just hate Americans while us Americans are generally very welcoming.
Hello)Look at the atmosphere at the stadium during the derby, for example, in Serbia at the match Cervena Zvezda-Partizan, at the atmosphere in Greece or Turkey)In the USA, football is not as developed as in Europe, so there are much fewer football fans and fan associations, too
And basketball too. In those countries, basketball fans are literally mental.
US Sports its all about money. Europeans just passion.
Gr from Napoli!
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Congrats on the title. From England.
Absolutely BUZZING just watching the passion !
7:55
"FRAMÅT MALMÖ"
"HEJA DI BLÅE"
"FORWARD MALMÖ"
"COME ON THE BLUES"
Call and respond chant from the Most Champions of Sweden Malmö FF.
That was away in the Uefa Euro League against Chelsea when 3500 Malmö fans were outsinging 36500 Chelsea fans away at Stamford Bridge.
Our own home support is electrifying with megasize flags, big tifo displays and flares.
We sing for 2 hours straight minus 15 minutes at half time break.
In Europe our teams are part of our family and we love them from a young age. My dad took me to my first game when I was 5 and 33 years later I still suport them in better or worse.
I think the Germans or the Italians win it for out and out passion.
Well the craziest fans in Europe you find in Greece, Serbia and Turkey.
Actually the derby between Red Star and Partizan in Belgrade, Serbia is called the most dangerous derby in Europe.
Greece has entered the chat.
@@drigerdranzer7514 Greece, Serbia and Turkey dont have that passion like Germany does. Not even close. Serbians Turks and Greeks Stadiums are empty most of the time expect by derbys. Also Germany Stadium has the highest fan spectators no matter which leauge 2 3 4 whatever. Also Germans travel to away games like no other country in Europe so please, dont compare "good weather fans" too true football fans. Numbers dont lie.
@@danhodson7187 with a empty stadium
Spanish are up there too!
I think she should go to a Red Star Belgrade game, really nice and calm 😂 like Nero burning down Rome.
US "soccer" crowds seem a little less uncouth, but nothing beats a Six Nations rugby crowd - all mixed 100% fun.
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It's the real FOOTBALL you yanks need to understand that
@@thejanner rugby isn't that good football ⚽️ is way better
@@intence1233 theres only one football ie played by the feet no doubt yowsers want to change everything so maybe there sport should be hand or hold ball seriously it's a trades description issue calling it that over there.
@@thejanner ⚽️ is the only football it called football cause u play it with your feet the rugby should be called handball or something don't try change our football into soccer some of u americans need to chill out
All the clubs in America are franchises. The fans can get as excited as they like but they know, absolutely, that a couple of bad years and the club might just leave. That simply doesn’t happen elsewhere. Our clubs might have terrible decades of performance but they won’t “move”. They are literally part of the community they’re in.
The thing is that european clubs stand for something. They have an identity that did not change for generations and is not shaped by people from the outside. These clubs are the center of many comunities connected with you city, social group, culture and political views. You dont choose your club the club chooses you based on who you are and where you are from. It is your city vs my city, your cluture vs my culture, rich vs poor and left vs right. Some clubs and comunities go along well. Others don't because they don't fit or fight for power to represent a region
Usually in Madrid police keeps visitor team fans in a wide area before the match, and the guide them to the stadium safely, so they don’t mix with the rival fans. They separate them in a different zone of the stadium and they get in sooner than the locals. They also stay in it for a little bit after the end of the match.
There can be problems with individuals, but this system usually works very well.
British football is tribal. It's a religion here (and in most of Europe). It's not just the love of your club, it's the hatred of other clubs. Rightly or wrongly, that's just how it is. That's why you can see the passion. Their heart belongs in that stadium, whereas, and I may very well be wrong, and apologies if I am, most US fans would go home disappointed and then be sound 30 minutes later. It doesn't work like that in Britain/Europe. It's a heartbeat
In European football leagues fans are alot more tribal, everybody knows the songs, the banter, there's promotion and relegation, therefore there's much more jeopardy, the atmosphere is very gladiatorial with high stakes because the battle occurs at both ends of the league ie bottom teams could end up beating the the top teams and this makes for an intense match experience.
In the U.S it's all about the spectacle and show making it feels very forced and stiff. Football in Europe is about passion and heart and every win or loss decides how your week is going to be for alot of people. It's at a completely different level here and it just can't be compared to the U.S.
College football fans have more passion than you tame fans.
@@joeysausage3437 😂
@@joeysausage3437 bet wahahah
Unlike America in Europe, we have more than two thousand years of history, hundreds of wars between nations and even internal in the country. Sport is a passion for us, the weight of history that comes out of our stomachs. the reflection of past history.
Hello from France
Liverpool "YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE"
in Germany every Football fan live for this. We can't wait till the weekend to support our clubs. It's in our blood.
7:49 (The guy on the lamppost) we call him "Zeehond" which means "Seal" because he's known for jumping into crowds. Just a funny story :)
when i see this i can't help but think what it would really be like facing a big medieval army marching, chanting. but i think this video gave us a taste what it could be like xD
English and European crowd chanting is all about passion, intimidation and real life rivalry. American crowd chanting is...er...well, oh dear!
Football is europe is emotion, in the US its show.
Europe has had a long history of tribalism, and it won't stop at the stadium's doors. Go team, for your country and your countrymen!
Amanda , the one from Sevilla in Spain is missing, the whole stadium sings acapella, it is considered the best soccer anthem in the world, seriously that one cant left!
The thing about the chanting in UK football grounds is that its largely spontaneous, or not organised as such.
If someone turned up with a Mic at an Premiership game, he'd be told where the mic would fit!
The European parades are just scary!
Most European clubs are a century old or there abouts. Our great grandfather's stood in the same places we do now.
Football is in our blood and we f***ing love it.
There's a similar video on Basketball fans and I'm afraid to say there is just no comparison European fans be wild!
Lol I’ll check it out
Болельщиков Галатасарая на домашней арене надо было посмотреть! Вот там перфоманс в 110 децибел! 😊
Nada supera a atmosfera das torcidas dos times brasileiros e argentinos
sports - the only safe hobby for men through all the ages. freedom & passion
Professional American soccer teams have only been around for 20-30 years whereas some European football clubs date back to the late 1800's. They've had a lot longer to cement team loyalties and perfect their chants.
Ah that’s a great point
You can't shouted like us British makes me laugh when say Americans are loud never be outside London
It's called FOOTBALL
One thing that helps with team loyalties is that teams are named after and eternally are part of the city they started in.
This whole way American teams hop cities makes sense from a hyper capitalist perspective, but imho not from the perspective of fostering and automatically maintaining city and team fanbases.
Do you believe there's still fans about from the 1800's ???
Americans will never get it, passion is something alien to them
I love the Viking Thunder Clap the Icelandic fans do.
From its humble beginnings in Scotland 🙌🏴😎
Americans may get confused a bit. In Europe we call the Football the game where you actually use your legs to move the ball ;)
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That Tubby Ted Bundy at the 2:00 minute mark always makes me feel like his going to picking up a hitchhiker on the way home that will never see the light of day again.
Different worlds (Continents), Great Stuff Amanda, i like it
Watch 35,000 leeds fans sing loudest ever marching on together amazing atmosphere
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Compare Europe Vs Argentina
You should come over and enjoy this live. Life changing.
I just will say: ¡Eliminatorias Sudamericanas!, ¡Copa Sudamericana! y ¡Copa Libertadores de América!, ✌🏻😎👍🏻
I believe it is this way in american sports because the american fan is seen (and see itself) as a costumer, while in Europe and South America fans are passionate and teams know fans will protest if things goes wrong.
Verdade viu no america do sul e na Europa os torcedores realmente amam seus clubes até mesmo quando são rebaixados estamos com eles nos bons e nos mal momentos. A sensação de ser rebaixado é uma merda 😂mas mesmo assim a gente não abandona os nossos times . Isso sim é paixão de verdade.
I can't wait to see you reacting to South American Football Ambience, even for Europeans that´s the real deal when it comes to Chants and Fans
European and South American football ambience is the real deal, total passion!
4:40 European stadions are like Japanese skyscrapers. made to withstand earthquakes.
The biggest mistake is confusing Football with Soccer.
Fair
There is no confusion for the majority of the world. Football is football, only Americans and upper class twats in the UK call it soccer.
Watching videos is all well and good, but live on site is still an impressive experience. Travel to Dortmund to the largest football stadium in Germany and take a look at the "Yellow Wall" where 81,000 fans give it their all for 90 minutes, or to Liverpoll to Anfield with tradition and atmosphere.
As a European and certainly one who is glad to live here, sports is one of those areas where I deeply and sincerly respect and admire the Americans' way of thinking. Violence among the fans of various sports clubs is almost unheard of in the US. Most Americans see sports as entertainment, not some zealous pseudo-religious cult that defines ones identity, as is all too often the case in Europe.
Instead of this, both sides in politics vandalize shops when their _heroes_ aren't elected. It wasn't just when Biden won... the other side smashed shops 4 years earlier when Trump won.
In europe most people just say, _ok,_ so this or that guy won.
That Eintracht's Frankfurt fan chant was taken from a tv story for children named 'Pippi Langstrumpf'.
I think to sum it up, North American fans are enthusiastic while European and South American teams are passionate. It is their life, it is their soul. Americans may get to be the same. But it will take time as its still a new thing there.
In Germany there are about 127917 football clubs. Every small town hast at least one. My hometown has about 25000 residents. And 6 Clubs playing in different leagues stages. And none of them are related to a school or Something Like that. Edit: also most clubs have youth Teams divided in age groups also playing in a League system
Having attended a few US sporting events and UK football matches I think the US has the better entertainment day out with tail gating and food/drink ordered to your seat. Whereas in football in the UK it's full on about the match. You might have a couple of pints pre-match in a nearby pub but then it's chanting or singing to encourage your team with known songs or abusing the opposition team!
I can’t speak for UK Fans but I can say that especially in the Deep South it’s mostly about the Tailgating experience. Tailgating on Saturdays before a favorite College team is quite the social experience. The Southeastern Conference in College sports has some fantastic tailgating venues and the assortment of food and drink it’s absolutely amazing. It’s not just BBQ either here it’s gumbo, jambalaya, crawfish, deer sauce picante, pork, fish, duck, and other assorted wild game fresh from the bounty of Nature’s abundance. Everyone invites anyone nearby to be a guest, hospitality is #1 and no one goes away hungry or thirsty and if your team is on the losing end the tailgating goes on and more beer goes along way in healing the pain of a loss to your most bitter rival. 😂
Football fans don't go for a "entertainment day out" we go to watch our team play
@@mattsmith5421 Football fans go for the food and then the game. Not to sing silly chants like some euro Dummy collecting government checks.
Wish I can go to Europe an experience those football crowds😢 it’s just sad the Europeans dislike Americans so I definitely won’t be going
@@DA-db9bi they don't care about you, you'll be fine lol
Your audio is so good I feel you in my brain
That Seattle freak was disturbing
Needs hospitalised.
In Europe he'd have that microphone shoved up his arse. You don't need one person to get the chants going. It's spontaneous.
"You Never Walk Alone" Champions League, end of Liverpool v Barcelona Semi Final Second Leg. Liverpool win. Best football crowd moment ever !
Football in America is money in Europe is passion
We living with all our passion for our Football clubs. The Club is part of our life and its over generations. The grand grand father was already a xy club ultra, etc.
She did not just call Europe a Country 😂
The stadiums are built like that so to take the jumping and not break, at least that one hehe that's why the fans aren't worried about it moving like that. It's meant to do that, like some buildings have hearthquake protection
In the States, sports in general, not just soccer is seen as entertainment...Just look at the superbowl halftime show. Over here, noone wants to see that during halftime or before let s say the Champion s League Final. People are here to watch the game and suppirt their team and their city. It s passion!!!
I'd say in Europe, or at least in Germany, many chants are about the passion, love and history of the clubs. Not just, "We are the best" (though of course, that too) but somehow, "you should know, WHO WE ARE and What we've been through". And like in England many are mocking the other teams, as well. There's a funny chant from Union Berlin, where they chant, "Wir sind eure Hauptstadt, ihr Bauern!" Which means, "We are your capital, you farmers!", as Berlin is Germany's capital. And every time, that's hilarious. The difference has to do with the history. Most clubs in Europe have over 100 years of history. So there's legacy, love and history.
In Europe the leader of a football club Ultras group is calles a Capo (or Kapo). That's the guy who order and start the songs, the movments of his ultra group. And if we'are so passionate in Europe, it's because most of the clubs have a century history, from grand pa to the father to the kids, everybody love a club since decades and decades, it's a family story.
(Sorry for my english)
Because of the patriotism of the Americans and the love to their flag, it seems like they all cheer for the same team.
The stadium was not coming apart, the ledges sits on steel dampners, so it can move, for added stability