I was in 107, right next to Supporters, and after the second goal they stopped singing. The drumming continued, but there was very little singing. Even in that section, I could hear the Red Bulls supporters.
Let's be honest -- let's call it straight -- our supporters are very immature. Throwing things at Red Bulls players taunting us postgame, getting quiet in an elimination game because we're sad -- we really don't have a great supporters section. I watched the end of the LAFC game last night, they were singing in the 120th minute while trailing. Why can't we? The crowd was waiting to explode -- even in the 2nd half, you could feel the entire place was waiting to explode if we scored. It just never came.
Also some of the blame here goes to NYCFC. They priced tickets for last night absurdly high, and it sure looks like a lot of NYCFC fans stayed home. There was a ton of Red Bulls fans there -- it was at least 70-30.
I'm so mad at the supporters for how they acted after the game. I know Tolkin was taunting. I know that sucks. But you can't start throwing things on the field. I loved the way Maxi handled it. He went over and defended us. That's the way it should be. Throwing cans and bottles onto the field is so childish and immature. It was a humiliating way for the season to end, and it's not an isolated incident. We need to learn how to lose with class.
In 2022 I joined the Third Rail for the away tickets deal, to support the supporters section etc. I thought it might be fun to kick the tires, get a little more involved, etc. Maybe go to an away match.
Well my first and only away match was the cup match at RBA. The tailgate was supposed to be food and beer but it was basically just free unlimited shots of hudson whiskey, (in short poorly organized) then when we went into the stadium the supporters chose to mostly harass the very patient RBA security. Did I mention that the core support seemed like a bunch of stupid plástico bros play acting something they might have seen in the UK version of High Fidelity?
When we went down a couple of goals our supporters started showering the crowd below with beer and worse, beer cans. It was the first match home or away that I ever left before 90’ and I’m glad I did because it turned into a mini riot.
After the match accountability was negligible.
Needless to say I didn’t re-up.
The other thing that really grinds my gears is that our chants are recycled metro chants. Nothing site specific, nothing player specific, nothing unique to NYC. No character or creativity. Prior to the team launch I had tried to inject some ideas but the in crowd at the time just ridiculed them. Their loss.
I still love this team. I love the way they play even when they lose (vs. RBNJ chaos ball). But our supporters groups have always sucked at best. The other night was just the full flower of their incompetence.
P.S. that we even ever had an alleged nazi issue is a stain that doesn’t seem to wash out and the more I see, the more I understand why.
Still support the team, but TR and Templados can pound sand and take Jovan with them.
