O when the yanks!

Outlaws!! The time is now!

With International Competitions in sight and World Cup Qualifiers around the corner it is time for Outlaws to unite, plan, and save up to support our NATs in their pursuit for the cup! Before you know it the US Men's National Team will be battleing for a spot in the 2010 FIFA World Cup which will be held in South Africa. At this time there is nothing more important on an Outlaws list of things to do then to set plans with fellow outlaws, future outlaws, family and friends on supporting our nations team in their pursuit of qualification. The video above depicts the support the US had in Nurnberg, Germany before their hard fought loss to Ghana. The March of us supporters and the original outlaw crew, (I remember seeing the guys from Nebraska my group and I found the pre party pub with them). The march was longer then the camera can see and it that lasted for probably twenty plus minutes growing every block. Us Yanks marched from the pub, through the streets, into the subway, onto the subway, out of the subway, and into the stadium. O when the yanks go marching in... how I want each and every one of you to be in that number supporting our team all the way to South Africa.

It is now time to discuss, organize, and plan how you will support the NATS on their long and hard fought road to South Africa. Everything from putting together a chapter, joining the outlaws, organizing a public viewing at your local pub, or simply telling your friends that they should save up some money to go to a game "it has to start somewhere, it has to start sometime, what better place then here, what better time then now" -Rage Against the Machine

-OUTLAW AJACK

"the shirtless guy"

When we roll into town

Anytime that we roll into town for a US game, I always feel that no one knows we are here.

Its time we change that. 

1. The local group

You must rally the troops in your home town.

From the Pub Crawl, To the Tailgate, the march to the game, and yes the victor party.

Please make it easy to find everything and bring a lot of people.

2 Bring people

If your in town or out of town, Bring people. It dose not matter if they are fans or not, because once they came to a game, they will want to come back.

3 Wear your Gear

Wear your Red, White and Blue the whole time your in town.

4 Talk the game up

When your out and about

Tell people why your here,

Tell them about the Outlaws,

Tell them to go to the game.

5 Sign and Flag

Bring US Flags and signs.

The Signs need to be about your chapter, your town or just rooting on the US.

OK and how we always beat mexico.

Dress up our section.

6 Drums and Voices

Look there is nothing that I F&*^ hate more then when our section is Quite.

We need to Put as many Drums In the middle of the section and  hit those damn thing from the warm ups until the end of the game.

The rest of us need to sing, chant, and yell. If you don't lose your voice your doing something wrong.

Share the PASSION,

Bring it to every GAME,

Because if we dont, 

Who will?

   

By 

Coachgi

Daydreaming

For starters, I'd like to apologize for including Eddie Johnson in the honorable mention section of my top 10. Won't happen again. That being said, I will be the biggest EJ fan tomorrow for Fulham assuming he plays. The game against Reading is essentially Fulham's last gasp to avoid relegation so they need whatever help they can get. We have reached a dead period of sorts in the national team schedule, so I figure now would be the best time to examine the future of the team and some possible line-ups for the upcoming friendlies and qualifying. Here is my ideal line-up with an eye towards the future:

----------------Howard-----------------
Dolo-------Boca-------Gooch-----Pearce
------------Bradley----Edu-------------
Donovan-------------------------Beasley
------------------Adu-------------------
----------------Altidore-----------------


-To me, the only question about this line-up is Left Back. Pearce has played pretty well in the past couple friendlies and I think he'd get the nod over Bradley's boy Jonathan Bornstein. You may be asking yourself where is Clint Dempsey. As much as I love Deuce I think he may be the odd man out in the future especially as Freddy and Jozy continue to develop. This is a very young and dangerous line-up, one I feel is capable of beating England. Howard is a monster in goal and the backline is solid. In the midfield you have two very good Defensive Mids in Bradley and Edu and plenty of speed on the outside with Donovan and Beasley. Up top, we just let Freddy go to work and allow him to connect with Jozy as they did in the U-20 World Cup. If nothing else, it would make for some exciting, fast-paced soccer. Let me know what you guys think about this line-up and post your ideal line-ups in the comments section.
--Outlaw Veteran

USA 3: Poland 0

My time in Poland was pretty much defined by this. I had orginally heard about the game and decided that I needed to get there by any means possible. It really wasn't too hard for me after all since I am living in the middle of Slovakia until July (I teach English at a high school here). I met up with a group of 4 other Americans through contacts on the bigsoccer.com forum section. One of our group members had secured tickets from the federation since the ticket process was all in Polish and quite a debaucle. There had been reports that it had sold out, and there was people telling us that there would be seats available. US Soccer pointed us to the Polish federation and they directed us right back. Needless to say, we scored 7th row tickets near the half line. We met up before the game to get some dinner and have a few drinks (I usually feel loosened up and ready to sing after a few brews). I knew I was going to have to be on my A game if we were to be heard at all. From the reports I heard, we were pretty much going to be the only American contingent. We walked to the stadium decked out in our US gear and started singing some songs. I have never felt so singled out in my life. I had also heard rumors that the Polish fans were a pretty rough crowd. So I had to keep my eyes out for trouble so I wouldn't end up under a few thousand Polish boots. We made it to the stadium with no altercations. Just Poles trying to outsing us. We were so out of place it was crazy. We were in a sea of Red and White. No blue in sight. We, on the other hand opted for more of a Blue, Red, and White look. Really outlining the odd color out of Polands Red and White duo. The national anthems were played (although the US anthem was played rather quickly) and the game got underway. Everytime the US did something good apparently we were on tv (as reported to me by prime US soccer supporters watching the game in Minnesota). The Polish photographers were also snapping pictures of us throughout the game since the 5 of us were louder than our section. That wasn't true for the rest of the stadium though. We had to pick when they weren't screaming to counter-attack. For the most part we had some very well-placed cheers and chants. After the game I switched game scarves with a Polish fan that asked me to. We left the stadium and decided to have a victory beer, then go to the USA team's hotel and see if we could catch a glimpse of them. We ended up seeing almost all of them and I got to get pictures with most and talk to some of them. I asked Heath Pearce how his situation was going at Rostock. He gave the classic "my coach doesn't believe in me so I am working hard to stick it to him" answer. It was nice to hear that. I hope he finds his way to a team that appreciates his services.

As for the game itself, I thought it was an excellent result given the current state of the Polish team. They qualified top of their group over Portugal taking 4 points off of them. Maybe they underestimated us, who knows. Many people were saying that Leo Beenhaker was going to blow Bob Bradley out of the water with his superior tactics. Others argue that we only scored on set plays. This may be true, but a goal is a goal. A converted opportunity is a converted opportunity. The object of the game is to score, no matter how it goes in. Say what you will, this was an excellent result that will hopefully give the US some confidence to take on true world super powers in Spain and England. A result from even one of these games will surely turn some more heads. Spain is sure to bring a nearly full squad to prime themselves for the Euros this June. England, on the other hand, will just have to saddle up and play for pride since their arrogance has kept them out of the Euros. I am not belittling Croatia at all because they deserved to get in. But I digress...The Poland win was a great result on Euro soil. End of story.

Until next time...