"Score a go-o-al for the U.S.A."
Like Japan, another nation where soccer has only shown dramatic growth recently, we fans in the U.S. take a lot of our cultural cues from Europe. Thanks in particular to Fox Soccer Channel's weekend showings of English Premier League games, Americans have been able to experience some of the flavor of seeing a match in a country with a long soccer tradition.
One of the things that has made the trip across the Atlantic is singing for your team. Most commonly, fans take a popular song, change the lyrics around a bit, and an anthem is born. At Arsenal, "Volare" became "Vieira," for midfielder Patrick Vieira. Liverpool fans adapted "You'll Never Walk Alone" after it was a hit by Gerry and the Pacemakers.
It is with this tradition in mind that we propose taking an English song and modifying it for American purposes. The song in this case is one from the early days of the Clash (that's Joe Strummer's band, not Eric Wynalda's team), "I'm So Bored with the U.S.A." Why this song? The chorus is one line repeated twice, it's an easy melody to learn, and it's always sweet to take what was meant as a slam and turn it into your own source of amusement. That's why Arsenal fans in London sing "boring, boring Arsenal," once a poke directed at their defensive style, when their team is up 2-0 and making magic on the field.
So, without further ado, here's the sound bite. Substitute "Score a go-o-al for the USA" for the original lyrics and it's golden.