San Diego’s soccer game national anthem reveals what makes America amazing

This is a story about America. Our country.

I went on the first day of my soccer game in my hometown of San Diego.

It was the first game of the San Diego Football Club, the history of our club, and there was a lot of hype.

The military parade brings out patriotic Americans from close to far: “We don’t have much more time to come to DC.”

It was a completely sold out game.

It was reported by local news and by social media as a whole.

It was a big deal. San Diego people were excited about their new professional soccer team.

They had many ritual type activities before the game. Local politicians were there, with the cutting of ribbons, various dedication, and all the dignity and circumstances of important opportunities.

When the players acquired the field, the crowd was completely involved.

Finally, before the game, before the sporting event, the time of great American tradition came: Our Singing national anthem.

Now, this is a song that often brings tears to my eyes, as I remember hundreds of thousands of men and women made the ultimate sacrifices to protect our nation throughout our history. And some of those countless heroes were my friends, my brothers I lost. A man who died in defending our flag and our ideals.

So when I thought about those heroes, I thought who would have a strict and sacred duty to play Starspangle banners.

I thought maybe they chose it Local celebrities Because for this task, San Diego has many talented musicians who can do this powerful song justice.

Or perhaps there will be a touching song from outstanding school bands and proud church choirs who explain our turbulent start as a republic, capture the spirit of our flag and the nation, and recognize the sacrifices of the military servicemen.

Then I had the hopeful idea that it could be a navy or marine band.

The Navy and Marines are deeply rooted in San Diego, with millions of sailors and marines deploying from the San Diego coast to face the enemies of our nation.

I thought it was fitting to see our flags respected by active duty forces in uniform.

Finally, the announcer invited the crowd to sing the national anthem, and I stood up with the other 35,000 people. Then, to my surprise, the announcer explained that the national anthem was performed by us, the crowd. It would be a long song.

Are you singing?

I was shocked, disappointed, somewhat by my side. What were they thinking?

Here we were the opening day Historical moments– And were we going to do something to sing?

Now I’m not Pavarotti, Elvis Presley or Robert Plant, but I know how to sing. I sang in bands since I was a kid. In fact, I know that singing is not easy. It’s difficult to adjust, get the right timing and make the right notes.

And do you think 35,000 people will pull this off? I knew people were singing too loud or too quiet. They will sing too much or too low. Some people will not sing at all, and many who sing are completely deaf.

So I didn’t think there was a chance that this crowd could hit the right rhythm and the right pitch and achieve the right level of clarity.

And I was right – at least for a while.

When Giant Jumbotron started scrolling through the lyrics and people started singing, that was what I was expecting. Some are too high, some are too low, too quiet, too loud and too many. Some were off the pitch, some were completely off the tempo.

But soon, after a few bars, my voice began to melt.

The low voice was balanced with the high voice. The quiet voice was reinforced by a loud voice. The notes outside of tune were leveled by people singing perfectly on the pitch.

And when I sang myself, I heard it too.

I have heard this large group of people, people of all backgrounds, people of all sizes, shapes, colors, and beliefs, people with all sorts of contrasting voices and conflicting voices.

As me I heard them sing– The total of their voices – was dispensed and it sounded better than I had imagined.

The group of 35,000 people I sing along was as good as I’ve ever heard the song.

Now: It wasn’t perfect, but their imperfections gave it a soul. They made songs human.

All individuals shared it to give our national anthem a unique but unified identity.

Not perfect, but absolutely amazing identity.

Like this wonderful country.

We have a lot of voices.

Some are rich and poor.

Some are left, right, some centers.

Some are angry and some are happy.

Some work hard, while others rarely work.

Some people are worried.

We are all different.

Some people like countries, heavy metals, some souls…

There are hip hop, hardcore punk, rock and roll, and more.

We are all individuals…

You can sing our songs the way we want them to.

But even if there are all these differences, it’s the same as not.

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We are determined. We are difficult. We are individualistic and optimistic. We fight and die as necessary for our freedom, for our destiny.

As you can see, we are all Americans. This is our country.

And we are not perfect. And not America either.

I found some bad notes. Our pitches are sometimes too high and sometimes too low. Our timing isn’t always perfect, and our rhythm is sometimes turned off.

But the obvious thing is that only through the freedom our ancestors fought can we sing wonderful songs.

And America is absolutely amazing too.

God bless all your Americans.

Sing loudly and proudly:

This is a land of freedom and a brave home.

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July 4th is happy.

And God blesses America.