Welcome, everybody to soccer 101.

My name is Taylor Rockwell.

Thank you, as always, for joining us for what's going to be a loud, intense, raucous atmosphere of today's episode.

Because we're talking about atmospheres.

The 12th man, crowd noise, all that good stuff.

What makes for a good atmosphere?

Where are the loudest stadiums?

Much, much more.

Here with me to break it all down is a man who will be drumming throughout the entirety of this episode to establish the vibe. It's Graham Ruffin. Hello, Graham. Hello, Taylor Rotwell. Yeah, I'll give you a warning before I break into the Viking clap. Or maybe I won't. Maybe we'll just surprise you with it. And then do I have to match the cadence as well? Are we going to slowly feed up as we go? Man, that was a really cool thing that Iceland did

and that a terrible thing that everybody copied. Do I have to match the cadence as well? Are we going to slowly feed up as we go?

Man, that was a really cool thing that Iceland did and that a terrible thing that everybody copied.

Well, I think Seattle Sounders fans would tell you that they came up with that first.

Whether I believe them on that or not, I am unsure.

It's just that, like, Iceland, where they spoke, like, Old Norse the longest, where you think they might still be Vikings. The whole, like, hugh, thing. Like, it felt very, like, this is what Vikings did. This is a proper Viking army coming to invade. Hey, I've never been to Seattle, but from what I've heard, could be Vikings did as well. Yeah. You got a point there. They're usually in Minnesota.

Sometimes they come to Seattle though.

You got a point.

You got a point, Graham.

We're going to talk about atmosphere, as I said.

Let's start off by talking about the concept of the 12th man.

Now, this is a mythical ghost-like figure that sometimes appears in Disney movies to give a team a boost they need.

Is that correct, Graham?

I think that is correct.

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