LIsten Up Fuckers!

[J.K.]

As a founding member of the Baltimore Brigade, and loyal supporter of
our beloved national team I just wanna say to everyone reading this:
welcome to the one club that will allow you to support our boys, drink
irish whiskey, and operate as an unruly mob of beer swillin hooligans
who will fight off any bastards who support other national
teams....especially if they're American (that means you italians).

Also, hail to the chief Mr. Stephen Dietrich, not only is he a real
patriot (i.e. Iraq. hoo rah) but he is a football (soccer) legend in
these parts. Stories of his ability to shoot a double-knuckle of John
Powers are already stirring among the Fells Point poor and hungry who
see him as the American re-incarnation of William Wallace.


Alright, to Business.

I expect all members of this club to pay your fucking dues (15 bucks
folks) and pay the money for tix to the game at RFK and to get on the
bus. It is important for the Baltimore Brigade to operate as one.

Second. In order for this to work, you need to be involved and tell
others (friends, people you know who like soccer. Even if they are
lukewarm to the game bring them along as it's easy to get into it when
your with a bunch of crazy dudes).

Lastly: Be in attendance. Come out for games. Bring Friends. Most
importantly, have fun.

I am a founding member and Stephen and I will soon be discussing
officers for the club, probably the founding members. This way things
operate smoothly and we can poise ourselves to grow..cos that's the
point lads.

That's all for now. Come on you Yanks!!!

[steve_d...@yahoo.com]

For the record, we don't support hooliganism...

We do support mercilessly taunting others, however. We will only
unleash our terribly clever and witty banter to those who were born in
America, but root for other, abitrarially picked National teams
besides our beloved Yanks because they;
A) Were born to immigrants who __ generations ago moved to the States
and their (Dad/Grandpa/Cousin) raised them to root for that country.
B) Studied abroad in that country and totally loved it.
C) Identify with that countries 'style' of play.
D) Don't like the American 'style' of play


On another note, I'd like to take this moment to confirm the rumor...
I am the American re-incarnation of William Wallace. Hopefully, no
one disembowels me this time.



In all seriousness, lets discuss officers. Considering there's really
four of us founders who are doing this, here's what I'm thinking:

Membership Chairman -- In charge of coordinating recruitment
activities, planning for growth, and collecting e-mail addresses for
potential members.
Secretary -- The one to smooth things over with peeved bartenders,
take the reigns on communicating with Slainte and other pub owners to
make sure they'll accept our motley crew, and working with the
President to coordinate viewing parties for matches we can't attend in
person.
Treasurer -- They'd be in charge of group fundraising, membership
dues, and purchasing Tifo for matches we can attend in person.
President -- Coordinating events and plans with officers and members

I think John is already doing the job of a Membership Chairman, so we
might as well just give him the title and make it official. I see
Eric as Treasurer, considering he's a graphic designer I'm sure most
of the shit we purchase will be through him anyway (Flags, Banners,
etc), and Corey as Secretary, considering he's the most presentable
and well spoken amongst us.

Thoughts? Comments? Concerns?

[John Knapp]

Good respectable leadership Stephen. I still say the Italian National Team are wankers.

[Andy]

Hi guys,

I was pinged by one of you guys for my post on Big Soccer. I'm an
avid USA supporter who had even booked a bus to take people to the USA-
Argentina game in June (incredible experience, btw!). If we're
looking to form a chapter, I can probably get at least 4-6 other guys
and possibly 3-4 times that many. I'm interested in traveling to any
USMNT game that we can get to by bus (which means <5 hours one way w/o
an overnight or 10 hours one way with an overnight) and would bring my
9 year old son as well.

I'm half-English and grew up in Europe (military brat), so I've lived
and breathed the sport my whole life (and yes, in Soccer, I cheer for
the USA against England...it's an underdog thing). I'm not a drinker,
but don't mind watching you guys get falling down drunk ;-)

Andy

[steve_d...@yahoo.com]

Great to have you here, Andy. Thanks for joining. We're sitting at
about 12 members so far, and we meet up at Slainte for viewing
parties. Get your friends to join, and we can have a great time
cheering on the Yanks, organizing bus trips, and singing songs about
our boys.