{"id":262412,"date":"2026-02-01T11:34:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T11:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/262412\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T11:34:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T11:34:10","slug":"the-songs-we-sing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/262412\/","title":{"rendered":"The songs we sing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the fascinating fan aspects of global soccer (and collegiate sports) is when a large element of the stands sing in unison. Whether it&#8217;s ten, thirty or seventy thousand, there&#8217;s power to the chorus of unified voices supporting their team.<\/p>\n<p>These multi-generational traditions also help people new to a team start to capture the history of a club. The song could be &#8220;Bow Down to Washington&#8221; or &#8220;You&#8217;ll Never Walk Alone.&#8221; The shores and the sport do not matter \u2013 unity of spirit does.<\/p>\n<p>In Seattle there are a few songs we sing every match at specific moments.<\/p>\n<p>Today I ask you to sing with me.<\/p>\n<p>Sing when Brian Schmetzer walks out. It&#8217;s a simple chant.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udde3\ufe0f Brian Schmetzer&#8217;s Rave Green Army <\/p>\n<p>Sing &#8220;Seattle&#8221; right at kickoff.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfbc The bluest skies you\u2019ve ever seen are in Seattle<br \/>And the hills the greenest green, in Seattle<br \/>Like a beautiful child, growing up, free and wild<br \/>Full of hopes and full of fears, full of laughter, full of tears\u00a0(beers)<br \/>Full of dreams to last the years, in Seattle. . . in Seattle! \ud83c\udfbc<\/p>\n<p>Sing &#8220;Roll on Columbia&#8221; at the 12th minute.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfb5Roll on Columbia, roll on<br \/>Roll on Columbia, roll on<br \/>Your power is turning the darkness to dawn<br \/>So roll on Columbia, roll on \ud83c\udfb5<\/p>\n<p>Sing &#8220;Sounders &#8217;til I die&#8221; at the 74th minute.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfb6I\u2019m Sounders \u2018til I die<br \/>I\u2019m Sounders \u2018til I die<br \/>I know I am, I\u2019m sure I am<br \/>I\u2019m Sounders \u2018til I die\ud83c\udfb6<\/p>\n<p>Yes, the <a href=\"https:\/\/weareecs.com\/song-list\/?ref=sounderatheart.com\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Emerald City Supporters lead these songs<\/a>. They are our songs whether we are members or not. These traditions are our traditions \u2013  just like the boom-boom-clap, the call-and-repeat and scarves up. When the players win trophies they join in these songs. They know these songs. These songs we sing are part of us.<\/p>\n<p>These are the songs of unity.<\/p>\n<p>These are the songs of the Seattle Sounders.<\/p>\n<p>Sing with me.<\/p>\n<p>A correction was made to the song sung in the 74th minute.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sounderatheart.com\/merch-table\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Use our affiliate links<\/a>\u00a0to support your bloggers when buying merch and tickets.<\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"kg-signup-card-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/aWaQ8vPM.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                    Enjoying this content? <\/p>\n<p class=\"kg-signup-card-subheading\" style=\"color: #FFFFFF;\">Sign up to get it delivered to your inbox everyday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"kg-signup-card-disclaimer\" style=\"color: #FFFFFF;\">No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.<\/p>\n<p>        Catching up on Sounder at HeartHere&#8217;s what you missed on the site this week.Sounders<\/p>\n<p>Next match: Sunday, February 22 vs. Colorado Rapids | 6 pm PT | Apple TV\/FS1<\/p>\n<p>Reign<\/p>\n<p>Next match: Sunday, March 15 at Orlando Pride | 1 pm PT | Victory+ (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nwslsoccer.com\/news\/victory-faq-everything-nwsl-fans-need-to-know-about-the-free-streaming-platform?ref=sounderatheart.com\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a new free-to-view partner of the NWSL<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>These two stories are from last week, but deserve your eyes.<\/p>\n<p>Defiance<\/p>\n<p>Next match: Sunday, March 1 vs. LAFC II| 7 pm PT | Streaming TBD<\/p>\n<p>Looking back at the newsEverything else you need to know<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of the fascinating fan aspects of global soccer (and collegiate sports) is when a large element of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":262413,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[156,157,111,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-262412","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-music","10":"tag-new-zealand","11":"tag-newzealand","12":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=262412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262412\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/262413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}