Sons Of Ben Show Solidarity With Revolution Supporter Groups With A Minute Of Silence

by Scott Kessler on Jun 23, 2011 6:29 AM EDT in News

The Sons of Ben were #DTF last night. Not in the Urban Dictionary definition of the acronym, but rather "Defend(ing) The Fort."

As a show of solidarity for their fellow supporter groups in New England, the Sons of Ben decided to have a minute of silence during the twelfth minute of the Philadelphia Unions' goalless draw with Sporting Kansas City. Along with the silence were pieces of paper held up by many members of the River End reading "#DTF."

Their decision to hold the minute of silence came after reports came out of New England that the Revolution had clamped down on their supporter groups within their version of the River End, The Fort.

Here's one of the videos that has already been posted on YouTube of the event:

After the jump, more videos of the Sons of Ben's moment of silence to support the Midnight Riders and the Rebellion, the New England Revolution's main supporter groups. (A big thanks to Rory128 on YouTube, @RockstarLugo10 and @barbcvphilly for the videos.)

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haha

I love how well you hear the venders. It was stunning to realize how silent PPL Park could be without the support. Pretty cool display.

by Buzzkill_Ed on Jun 23, 2011 6:57 AM EDT reply actions

GET YOUR ICE COLD BEER HERE

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by Scott Kessler on Jun 23, 2011 7:08 AM EDT up reply actions

haha

Nice pic of Zach as the freeze frame of the second vid.

by Buzzkill_Ed on Jun 23, 2011 7:10 AM EDT up reply actions

WOW....

Being a member of the Rebellion, it’s incredible to see the show of support that’s been shown by everybody, but it means a lot coming from one of our biggest rivals (all fueled by each other’s supporters groups). It means a lot to see that and it’s greatly appreciated. Thank you Sons of Ben…. We still hate you 180 (give or take 5 or 10 for stoppage time) minutes a year though ;-)

by MikefromCT on Jun 23, 2011 10:34 AM EDT reply actions

Yeah,

We just found out your FO is even bigger jerkoffs than you guys are! :-)

by ChefJim27 on Jun 23, 2011 11:25 AM EDT reply actions

#dtf

I was laughing last night when we held these up. If you guys are new to the term, go to urbandictionary.com. a lot of kids use it for a booty call (down to f***). By the way, being there last night, it was awesome to see how quiet the stadium is when we (SoB) aren’t going full force…you could hear a pin drop. AWESOME!

by Scottcb71 on Jun 23, 2011 11:30 AM EDT reply actions

Yup.

SoB try to keep at least a little humor in these things.

by Buzzkill_Ed on Jun 23, 2011 11:49 AM EDT up reply actions

It was a great display

The only thing I didn’t understand was that I was under the impression instead of YSA their was gonna be a DTF chant for all goal kicks. Instead I believe the first goal kick may have been DTF but after that it reverted back to YSA. Now while I don’t mind YSA and ,honestly I feel that makes a bigger impression to the F.O. about look you can’t just bum rush us, just wondering why they decided to forgo that part?

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by Talon Talent on Jun 23, 2011 1:47 PM EDT reply actions

I believe we were trying to do Support the Fort on GKs. The problem was that every time you do the oooooooooooooo build up, the majority just revert back to YSA, so the capos stopped trying to lead the GK chant.

by Buzzkill_Ed on Jun 23, 2011 2:25 PM EDT reply actions