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The last time Orlando City hosted a soccer match, the traveling fans of New York City FC acted well... like you’d expect fans of New York City FC to act - like idiots. One stole a seat from the stadium, others were involved in a brawl that injured an Orange County Sheriff’s Deputy.
NYCFC fan tried stealing a seat wtf pic.twitter.com/aEjcyyMdzy
— gg (@Giroudaholic) March 6, 2017
Three soccer fans from NY arrested after allegedly attacking a deputy in Florida after a game there over the weekend https://t.co/4bK8CKPARb pic.twitter.com/Gq6ziVENhi
— NBC New York (@NBCNewYork) March 6, 2017
Philadelphia fans also have a bit of a reputation, so it was good to see that after the match some of the away support took the time to pose with members of the Orlando Police Department and take a photo to show that not all traveling soccer fans are complete jackasses and wannabe hooligans.
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Kudos to the fifty or so Sons of Ben who made the trip to Central Florida, took in a match without destroying property or stealing things, and left without trying to fight local law enforcement! And good on them for taking a minute to show the local cops not all soccer fans are belligerent assholes (we may be assholes, but we’re not belligerent).