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With Eastern Iowa’s outdoor fields covered with snow and ice and most cleats and pads put away for the season, it may not seem like the time of year to talk soccer.
Fans, know, however, that the World Cup in Brazil is barely six months. And at least one group of fans in Cedar Rapids is already counting the days.
In September, a group of football fans here USA(USA Jersey) men formed the 94th chapter of the American Outlaws, a group founded in 2007 in Lincoln, Nebraska
They wear bandanas - meaning their outlaw status, and joy and singing in stadiums and bars across the country .
They represent, members say, a chance for Real Madrid Jersey sports fans separated by allegiance to a city or state to cheer for a team as a united nation.
I'ma big fan of the Red Sox, people have their teams they support Said Zach Schladetzky, vice-president of the American section Outlaw Cedar Rapids. "But when it comes to international football, it's everyone in the country team.
The process to become an official chapter begins once a group has 25 paying members. Members pay $ 25 per year to U.S. national Outlaws. Each new chapter should also select a bar "home base" who agrees to welcome the members of each televised match of the Men's National Team Soccer United States(Soccer Jerseys).
There are 35 members of the Cedar Rapids group, which meets in Jersey, 200 First Ave. NE.
They will be there 17 hours in June 16 when the United States takes Ghana World Cup.
"I see football as something more, Says the director of Jersey Tory Thompson. Four years ago, he had a little arrow so. But now, football has started to develop more. It's good to be on the ground floor of it. "
In Iowa City a group of about 30 regularly attends American Outlaw events at Donnelly’s Irish Pub. That group is in the process of becoming an official chapter.

Paul Hendricksen, American Outlaws Iowa City chapter member, says the passion of soccer fans is contagious.

“When I was growing up I used to hate it, then when I really took the time to watch my first game in the 2006 World Cup I became hooked,” he said.

The American Outlaws has more than 100 chapters nationwide.(Argentina Jersey) Chapters rely heavily on social media — find both Iowa City and Cedar Rapids groups on Facebook and Twitter — to spread the word about events.

Not only is it a chance to cheer on one’s country, the American Outlaws organization provides an opportunity to connect with others who share the same passion for soccer.

The national organization designates sections in stadiums for supporters and group members frequently travel to games.

Chapter President Derek Oja and Schladetzky and more than 20 members of the Cedar Rapids group attended the Kansas City World Cup Qualifier match when the United States played against Jamaica at Kansas City Sporting Park earlier this year.

“The game atmosphere is unlike any other sport,” said Oja. “We don’t sit and just cheer whenever something good happens, we stand from the moment we get to our seats until the final whistle, cheering, chanting and waving your scarf and flag the entire time.”

“To us it’s more about that passion the people bring to games,” said Schladetzky. “It’s as if nothing more could matter in the world because it’s your own country that is playing and has a chance to do something.”