Everything went right for the U.S. Men’s National Team on Friday during their 2-0 win against Australia.
The win guaranteed the United States would move on to the knockout stages with their second victory in as many games.
While the story is all about another standout performance on the field, I would be remiss if I didn’t mention the performance from the fans in (and outside) the stadium.
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Fans showed up and showed out in Seattle to cheer on the American men as they clinched another trip to the knockout rounds of the World Cup, but for some, they were expecting a different outcome in the stands.
Publications like The Seattle Times predicted the atmosphere would be less than patriotic, presumably due to fans’ conflicted feelings about President Donald Trump.
Before the game even kicked off, fans of the Stars and Stripes showed up in droves and flooded the FOX broadcast desk outside Seattle Stadium, prompting Rob Stone to declare he had “never seen anything like this in American soccer.”
Listen to the roar of that crowd.
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The game hadn’t even started yet, but the American Outlaws were already full-throated in support of the U.S.
The raucous behavior only intensified after things got underway, and reached a fever pitch in the 11th minute after the U.S. went up 1-0 courtesy of an Australian own goal.
Then, the second goal happened (after a quick VAR session), and the celebration was truly on from that point forward.
It’s always nice to see liberals be proven wrong time and time again by Americans who couldn’t care less about politics when it comes to supporting their country, and The Seattle Times is just the latest victim of a patriotic dunking.
I’d like to think this USMNT would have won against Australia no matter the venue and crowd support, but it just makes it even sweeter that the fans made it a point to make this one of the best soccer environments ever seen on American soil.
This World Cup has been a windfall for the country, and we haven’t even made it out of group play yet.
Now that the U.S. is on to the knockout stages, we might see a whole new sense of national pride.
By the end of this tournament, it might be time to start calling America a soccer nation.
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