The 2026 FIFA World Cup has brought a familiar stadium sound to global football, but many American sports fans already knew it through one of basketball’s most iconic dynasties. The track playing as teams walk out before matches is not a new FIFA creation or a modern tournament anthem.

As the 2026 FIFA World Cup arrives in Canada, Mexico and the United States, one contest has already begun online: the fight over who sounds like a “real” soccer fan. Fans in the US have been mocked on social media for chants such as “I believe that we will win” and “U-S-A!

Mexico and South African begin the 2026 World Cup in a repeat of the famed 2010 opener.