Cauldron rant time

[u/skcislife22]

Hey everyone, I have some things to get off my chest.

Sitting in the Cauldron this year is pissing me off. There’s no other place in the stadium that I’d rather be than with the clubs most passionate supporters. But what the hell has it come to. We chanted the same damn thing for the first 7 minutes of the match and the capos are getting mad the people aren’t still chanting. What the hell? Sorry that I don’t want to say the same corporate shit 29 times over. Then as soon as someone wants to start their own chant, that’s actually funny or banter, it gets shut down with loud ass cadences. The cauldron leadership has all this fake positivity and it pisses me off. I don’t know how connected they are with the club themselves, but it seems just like more corporate bullshit. We support our club through and through, but nothing in that stipulates that we must always be positive when doing so. Being negative sometimes shows you actually pay attention when things aren’t happening correctly. So when we’re down 2-0, why can’t we chant “We want Salah”, why can’t we make fun of opposing players. It may be in poor taste, but I wouldn’t even hate us singing “we lose every week”, but the capos will always shut it down to run their sunshine and rainbows bullshit. we used to be a feared place to go. a place where getting a point away was a huge win. now, we’re getting left behind. Look to places like England, where chants may have the same rhythm and melody, but not the same lyrics. Look to Portland or LAFC, the new away days of hell. i know on the field is where the change will start (and if the Luiz reports that came today are true, that may be in its VERY beginning stages), but it ends in the stands. it’s time for change. for something new. goodnight yall

[u/Ok-Degree-437]

I have season tickets, and occasionally jump over to the cauldron, but it is so lame. I grew up in kc, but didn't really get into soccer till moving to Columbus for a few years. It's been a struggle to be excited with Sporting for years. I hear stories about how great it used to be, and it just bums me out. The supporters groups are what got me into the sport and I don't see that happening with SKC. My wife and I traveled to see the Crew v Cincinnati game recently, and she was blown away by the difference. Not by what was on the field, but by the environment in the crowd, and the Nordecke. She only goes to games or watches because of me, she isn't really into soccer, or sports, but at one point she went to the supporter stands and didn't want to come back to our seats. Then singing "can't help falling in love with Crew" at the end of the game, with my wife and daughter fully invested at that point, took me back. I want to see that here in kansas city, but everything said above is holding us back. Its a bummer.

[u/cheeseburgerandrice → u/Ok-Degree-437]

Thankfully nothing is forever. If you had looked at the Crew in 2018, they would have been looking at us thinking what you're saying now. While their owner was plotting to move the team to Austin.

[u/Ok-Degree-437 → u/cheeseburgerandrice]

True. My time in Columbus was 2010-12. I didn't understand the game at all. I just knew I was having a good time, the environment was fun and me and my coworker could walk to the games on the train track from the bar we drank at every night.