Your Voice Matters, But Not Like You'd Expect
du Nord, February 19, 2011
Contributing Editor Graham FoxWe have stood. And danced and cheered. And sang and urged our boys on till our voices crackle and it hurts to speak the next day.We’ve pledged allegiance to a coach, espoused the greatness of individual players, screamed, moaned, groaned, and cheered, as good and bad plays and fouls appear on the pitch.We argue for more reds and yellows for the opponents, more penalty kicks called for us, and for that extra two minutes of stoppage time that we need at the end of a game. No play our team make is ever worthy of a foul and almost everything the other team does proves they are diving, cheating, curs.Do our voices and the soccer incantations affect the game?Have we changed anything?After work, driving down I35 South through stop and go rush hour traffic, I’ve often wondered what our actions and voices as fans are worth.Well let me tell you something, what you say matters. What you sing matters. How loud you boo and cheer, it all matters.But maybe not like you think, and Tobia Moskowi