Updates to the Site

Hail and well reacquainted! This past weekend was a valiant effort from the Pride in a home loss to MIT's Engineers. Coach Gibson along with several other alumni happened to be in attendance. In housekeeping, "Alumni Games" now has its own home on the site having moved from the "Stats" section.

In other news, our OG is home! Coach Cannon was appointed as Coach Gibson's replacement over the summer.

As my time as capo continues, I'm glad a familiar face will be leading the charge for years to come! I'm hoping to keep adding content in the near future.

Bella Ciao! (Unofficial Song)

NEW!

(to the Italian war song Bella Ciao)

The time has come now,
Brothers and sisters,
Oh bella ciao bella ciao bella ciao ciao ciao,
The time has come now,
Brothers and sisters,
To lock arms and join the fight,

The drums are beating,
The flags are waving,
Oh bella ciao bella ciao bella ciao ciao ciao,
The drums are beating,
The flags are waving,
For Springfield I will give my life,

And I will tell them,
And we will tell them,
Ooh bella ciao bella ciao bella ciao ciao ciao,
That we are Springfield,
We wont surrender,
'Cause were coming for the cup,

Next time you see us,
We'll still be singing,
Oh bella ciao bella ciao bella ciao ciao ciao,
Next time you see us,
We'll still be singing,
We are Springfield 'til we die,

na na.... 2x minimum

Massachusetts (Unofficial Song)

NEW!

(The Bee Gees' Massachusetts, adapted for Springfield)

Feel I'm goin' back to Massachusetts,
Something's telling me I must go home,
And the lights all went out in Massachusetts,
The day I left them standing on their own,

Had to shuffle back on up to Buff’lo,
Gotta do the things I need to do,
And the lights all went out in Massachusetts,
They brought me back to see my way with you,

Talk about the life in Massachusetts,
Speak about the people I have seen,
And the lights all went out in Massachusetts,
And Massachusetts is one place I have seen,

I will remember Massachusetts,

I will remember Massachusetts,

I will remember Massachusetts

On the Rocky Road to Cambridge (Unofficial Song)

NEW!

*This tells the story of the 2013 SCWS season that would set the precedent over the next four seasons (and then some in part) en route to the NEWMAC Championship which Springfield finished second in the regular season behind MIT in the opportunity to host the match.

(to The Dubliners' On the Rocky Road to Dublin)

While in the merry month of August from me home I started,

Left the girls of Lancaster nearly broken-hearted saluted father dear,

Kissed me darling mother shout for all to hear me sing and share with one another,

{{Bridge}}

Then off to sound the horn,

And leave where I was born,

Eastward be adored,

To cherish Springfield - football with all my energy fatigued,

Still smiling with glee,

For all the world to see,

{{Chorus}}

On the rocky road to Cambridge,

One, two, three, four, five,

Trap the beavers turn ‘em down the rocky road

And all the ways to Cambridge, whack fo-lol-de-da

In Boston town that night I rested chords so weary,

Started by daylight next morning blithe and early,
Took a drop of tea to keep me heart from shrinking,

That’s the Ricky’s cure when’er he’s on for singing

{{Bridge}}

To hear the lassies smile,

Laughing all the while,

At me curious style,

‘Twould set your heart a-bubblin’,

They asked me was I hired,

And wages I required,

To lay was almost tired,

{{Chorus}}

Of the rocky road to Cambridge,

One, two, three, four, five,

Trap the beavers turn ‘em down the rocky road
And all the ways to Cambridge, whack fo-lol-de-da

In Cambridge next arrived, I thought it such a pity,

To soon be so maligned a knock of that antiquity,

So then I took a stroll, all among the quality,

Crumble it was fallen, in a new locality,

{{Bridge}}

Something crossed me mind,

When I looked behind,

No crumble could I find,

Upon me voice a-wobblin’,

Worrying all of the same,

Considering the game,

It was very tame,

{{Chorus}}

On the rocky road to Cambridge,

One, two, three, four, five,

Trap the beavers turn ‘em down the rocky road

And all the ways to Cambridge, whack fo-lol-de-da

From there I got away, me spirits never falling,

Briefly for a time, ‘twas only time for stalling,

Then we went and scored,

Said the ref no goal and went without reward,

Uncertain look from Ricky,

{{Bridge}}

Dow’n among the pack,

Again, on the attack,

The lads and I stood back,

Winds around me whistling,

An hour and ten we tread, to kicks we went with dread,

Or better for instead,

{{Chorus}}

On the rocky road to Cambridge,

One, two, three, four, five,

Trap the beavers turn ‘em down the rocky road

And all the ways to Cambridge, whack fo-lol-de-da

The girls of Springfield when at last we ended,

From the mark again, I really couldn’t stand it,

Blood began to boil, temper I was losing,

‘Twas faith in them they began abusing,

{{Bridge}}

Thank the Lord says I,

The lads had all let fly,

And the girls were by,

And saw was I a trailin’,

Forever remembered the day,

They joined in with the fray,

Quickly cleared the way,

{{Chorus}}

For the rocky road to Cambridge,

One, two, three, four, five,

Trap the beavers turn ‘em down the rocky road

And all the ways to Cambridge, whack fo-lol-de-da

At the Knowledge Corridor (Unofficial Song)

NEW!

(to The Tragically Hip's At the Hundredth Meridian)

Me debunk a Canadian myth?
And be the voice of morale?
Where the Pioneer Valley begins,
At the Knowledge Corridor,
At the Knowledge Corridor,
Where the Valley begins,

Stepping stone for a victory zone,
Old Hill is where we play,
Golden Bears are lagging,
In the Sixteen Acres,
At the Knowledge Corridor,
At the Knowledge Corridor,
At the Knowledge Corridor,
Where the Valley begins,

Left alone to get tenacious,
Big, bold, and brawny,
A revolution was a-happening at Springfield,
Came crashing through the NEWMAC,
A dynasty behold the story untold,
Putting on - a very good show,
Took down Western New England,
In the Sixteen Acres,
At the Knowledge Corridor,
At the Knowledge Corridor,
At the Knowledge Corridor,
Where the Valley begins,

At the Knowledge Corridor,
At the Knowledge Corridor,
At the Knowledge Corridor,
Where the Valley begins,

I remember,
I remember Buffalo,
And I remember Hillsborough,
It would seem to me I remember every single little thing I know

{Bridge}
For the vast posterity, promise me, promise me,
If I should leave some place I don't want to be,
You'll write 'em up and sing with me, unceremoniously,
Away from McKnight as well as Bay, Sixteen Acres same,
Whispers of our name and the glory of eternity,
And honor us justly and duly and properly,
A-I-C and Win-nu are the enemy,
At the Knowledge Corridor,
At the Knowledge Corridor,
At the Knowledge Corridor,
Where the Valley begins,

At the Knowledge Corridor,
At the Knowledge Corridor,
At the Knowledge Corridor,
At the Knowledge Corridor,
At the Knowledge Corridor,
Where the Valley
Begins

The Voice of Ricky Mazella (Unofficial Song)

NEW!

*This tells the story of my rise to prominence as the founder of the Naismith Army as the official student supporter's group of Springfield College Athletics.

(to Gordon Lightfoot's Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald)

The legend lives on from New England on down,
Of the lake that they called Massasoit,
The lake, it is told, never gives up her gold,
When the skies of November anointed,
With a mind of his own come to town all alone,
It was Ricky Mazella quite surely,
Should the time ever come for his work to be done,
When the gales of November came early,

The man was the guy from St. Mary’s High,
And a smart native Western New Yorker,
As soccer player though, he was overlooked so,
Somewhere near the Canadian border,
Not knowing his fate as he seemed to debate,
When he waited to hear back from Springfield,
And later that week when the letter came in,
Their acceptance made his future sealed,

Upon his decent Pioneer Valley bound,
It took him two months to get settled,
And every lass knew, as the captain did too,
T'was the ghost of November who meddled,
The dawn came late and the breakfast had to wait,
When the gales of November came slashin',
When afternoon came it was calm again,
In advance of a match that had beckoned,

When suppertime came, the young buck did the same,
He thought maybe he should go see the action,
At four o’clock pm the match would begin,
He decided to barrack by reaction,
John Gibson once more coached the ladies to score,
As the match had progressed and developed,
And shortly later on when his wits had kicked on,
Came the voice of ol’ Ricky Mazella,

For that was the day that old Springfield had changed,
While his echoes still linger Brock-Affleck,
The mem’ries all say of his praises today,
In the times that he said were fantastic,
He might have been pressured or he might’ve been forced,
But he didn’t want to leave his alma mater,
And all that remains are the faces and the names,
Of the husbands, the sons, and the daughters,

December came not during those three long years,
While they only got as far as John’s Hopkins,
But the night sky gleams like the young man's dreams,
As the times that they had were a-rockin’,
And then came the day that he went away,
Much to his own chagrin haunts forever,
It wasn’t his plan though, as the ladies all know,
With the gales of November remembered,

In the Marsh Memorial Chapel they prayed,
Were they able to find a new fella,
The Union bell chimed till it rang twenty-six times,
For each win under Ricky Mazella,
The legend lives on from New England on down,
Of the lake that they called Massasoit,
The lake, it is told, never gives up her gold,
When the skies of November anointed

Her Name is Kaleigh Dale (Player Song - Re-release)

Introducing a new player for the 2018 season!

(to The Romantics' I Wanna Be Sedated; Replacing "Oh, Kaleigh Dale)

Twenty, twenty, twenty shots every night,
Her name is Kaleigh Dale,
Letting you know she's up for the fight,
Her name is Kaleigh Dale,

Just play some pretty football, put 'em in the net,
Hurry, hurry, hurry, she's faster than a jet,
She's gonna make you nervous,
She's gonna make you sweat,
Oh oh oh oooh oh

Twenty, twenty, twenty shots every night,
Her name is Kaleigh Dale,
Letting you know she's up for the fight,
Her name is Kaleigh Dale,

Just play some pretty football, put 'em in the net,
Hurry, hurry, hurry, she's faster than a jet,
She's gonna make you nervous,
She's gonna make you sweat,
Oh oh oh oooh oh

Ba, ba, ba, ba,
Ba, ba, ba, ba,
Her name is Kaleigh Dale...

Oh, Kaleigh Dale (Player Song)

Introducing a new player for the 2018 season!

Uncommissioned OCT 12 2018

(to The Electric Light Orchestra's Don't Bring Me Down)

You got me singin' goin' out of my mind,
You got me thinkin' I ain’t wastin' my time,
(Oh, Kaleigh Dale, Dale Dale Dale Dale Dale)
I'll tell you once more for every time that we score,
(Oh, Kaleigh Dale),

She'll have a go when asked take a pen,
Without a doubt, I know she’ll do it again,
(Oh, Kaleigh Dale, Dale Dale Dale Dale Dale)
Attacking divine, I know that she’s doing fine,
(Oh, Kaleigh Dale),

Oh, Kaleigh Dale whoosh,
Oh, Kaleigh Dale whoosh,
Oh, Kaleigh Dale whoosh,
Oh, Kaleigh Dale,

There is a girl that I just happen to know,
Her perfect passing call it tic-tac-toe,
(Oh, Kaleigh Dale, Dale Dale Dale Dale Dale)
I'll tell you once more for every time that we score,
(Oh, Kaleigh Dale),

You're always talkin' 'bout your crazy nights,
You’re scorin’ goals that are so outta sight,
(Oh, Kaleigh Dale, Dale Dale Dale Dale Dale)
I'll tell you once more for every time that we score,
(Oh, Kaleigh Dale),

Oh, Kaleigh Dale whoosh,
Oh, Kaleigh Dale whoosh,
Oh, Kaleigh Dale whoosh,
Oh, Kaleigh Dale,

You're playin' well just like a snake in the grass,
Not very many have your style and class,
(Oh, Kaleigh Dale, Dale Dale Dale Dale Dale)
I'll tell you once more for every time that we score,
(Oh, Kaleigh Dale),

NEWMAC is shakin' got ‘em runnin' away,
You got me singin' for you every day,
(Oh, Kaleigh Dale, Dale Dale Dale Dale Dale)
I'll tell you once more for every time that we score,
(Oh, Kaleigh Dale Dale - Dale - Dale Dale Dale),

I'll tell you once more for every time that we score,
(Oh, Kaleigh Dale)

Hello, Kinsey (Player Song)

Introducing a new player for the 2018 season!

(to Theodore Geisel Seuss/Boris Karloff' Welcome, Christmas)

Kinsey Colby, Kinsey Colby,

Hello Kinsey, come this way,

Kinsey Colby, Kinsey Colby,

Hello Kinsey, will you stay,

Thank you, thank you, Kinsey Colby,

Thank you, thank you, Kinsey Colby,

Kinsey may this be thy task,

Clear the ball is all we ask,

Kinsey Colby, Kinsey Colby,

Hello Kinsey, bring your cheer,

Kinsey Colby, Kinsey Colby,

Hello Kinsey, steer us clear,

Hello Kinsey, Kinsey Colby,

Hello Kinsey, Kinsey Colby,

Kinsey's who you're here to see,

Redding's best to ever be,

Kinsey Colby, Kinsey Colby,

Hello Kinsey, bring your fight

Hello Kinsey, Kinsey Colby,

Hello Kinsey, Kinsey Colby,

Greetings Kinsey, while we stand

Hearts to hearts and hands to hands,

Kinsey Colby, Kinsey Colby,

Hello Kinsey come this (come this) way

Hayley, Go (Player Song)

Introducing a new player for the 2018 season!

(to The Cars' Best Friend's Girl)

You're always racing down the field,
While you improvise.
And in the NEWMAC while you're here,
They'll never know the real surprise,

(Here she comes again),
When she's racing past the halfway line,
Ooh, you better breathe,
(Here she comes again),
When she's dancing past the halfway line,
I kinda like the way she weaves,

Look at Hayley go,
Look at Hayley go, go,
She's looking for twine,

You've got your sharp-shooting boots,
Like a peacful dove,
Ooh when you take your shot,
It's some reaction to love, o-ove, o-ove,

(Here she comes again),
When she's racing past the half way line,
Yeah, you better breathe,
(Here she comes again),
When she's racing past the half way line,
(Here she comes again),
I kinda like the way, I like the way she weaves,

And look at Hayley go,
Look at Hayley go, go,
She's looking for twine,
(All the time),

You're always racing down the field,
While you improvise,
And in the NEWMAC while you're here,
They'll never know the real surprise,

(Here she comes again),
When she's racing past the halfway line,
(Here she comes again),
Ooh, you better breathe,
(Here she comes again)
When she's racing past the halfway line,
(Here she comes again),
I kinda like the way she weaves, like the way she weaves,

And look at Hayley go,
Look at Hayley go, go,
She's looking for twine,
(All the time),

(It's Hayley Byers),
(It's Hayley Byers),
She's looking for twine,
(It's Hayley Byers) yeah yeah,
(It's Hayley Byers),
She's looking for twine,
(It's Hayley Byers) oh, yeah yeah yeah,
(It's Hayley Byers),
She's looking for twine,
(It's Hayley Byers),
(It's Hayley Byers)

Chrissy Conley, From East Providence (Player Song)

Interesting a new player song for the 2018 season!

(to Violeta Tomovska's Oj, Vardare Makedonski)

In the back four standing five foot five,
She is studying psychology,

R-
Chrissy Conley, from East Providence,
You won't pass her, she will make you flinch,
Chrissy Conley, from East Providence,
She won't let you take a single inch,

Chrissy Conley has a figure eight,
On you she will set the record straight,
R

Come see Chrissy rise above and soar,
All a part of Springfield's mighty roar,
R

She's in action while we sing this tune,
Here protecting for the white maroon,
R

Good Luck on Your Quest (Player Song)

Introducing a new player for the 2018 season!

(to Spirit of the West's Home for a Rest)

You'll have to excuse me, I'm not at my best,
I've been gone many years, been distraught since I left,
These so-called vacations will soon be my death,
I'm so sick from my life, I need home for a rest,

We arrived in September and Springfield was hot,
We stayed at the field with Coach John on the Spot,
We only saw glory that we could achieve,
Kept a shine on the cup so long as we believed,

R-
Bridget O'Connor, I hear you're the best,
Here from Hannover, Mass, a nice place, I confess,
But your teammates have told me that you're AES,
5 foot 6 in the net, so good luck on your quest,
(So good luck)

Springfield College, from I-90 east,
In a big old van we strifed to say the least,
We managed to pass through the Birkshire's high peaks,
We were so very close in this New England heat,
R

The Pioneer Valley upon us had come,
At one hundred degrees, beating down was the sun,
With no air conditioning, we couldn't bear,
But as we got to campus I no longer cared,
R

And that was the story of Ricky's first day,
He would sing for the team both at home or away,
So now in this tune for Miss Bridget we sing,
In his mem'ry we join, quality may you bring,
R

Home or Away (Unofficial Team Song)

Introducing a new song for the 2018 season!

Home or away,
We are with you,
Fight for the badge,
Springfield College Pride

Angel Schofield (Unofficial Team Song)

Introducing a new song for the 2018 season!

(to Weezer's Buddy Holly)

What’s with the NEWMAC dissing my club,

Why do they got to front,

What did we ever do to these girls,

Why are they so violent,

Ooh ooh, Springfield College Pride,

Ooh ooh, they’re the team for me,

Ooh ooh, they’re the best to ever be,

Oh-ee-oh she just looks like Angel Schofield,

Oh oh but she plays like Kelly Haines,

I don’t care what they say about us anyway,

I don’t care about that

For the Springfield Pride (Unofficial Team Song)

Introducing a new song for the 2018 season!

(to U2's Pride {In the Name of Love})

Looking down on the four-one-three,
The beauti-ful lush scenery,
As I arrive to the Haley Stand,
This is the place to be,

For the Springfield Pride,
For love of the Springfield Pride,
For the Springfield Pride,
Got my eyes, they're open wide,

Many times in these glory years,
We have managed to have some fun,
And we can look back to successes past,
When all is said and done,
R

Thinking bout what might have been,
If I were forever young,
Many things - with togetherness,
That we could - do as one,
R
For the Springfield Pride,
Got my eyes, they're open wide,
For the Springfield Pride,
Got my eyes, they're open wide

Sara Swetland (Player Song - Re-release)

(to Steve Miller Band's Jet Airliner)

I was ready to come back to town,

Sought around for more,

Singing a song for Miss Sara Swetland,

From Manchester up in New Hampshire,

At 5 foot 4 she's paving the way,

Down the midfield she's on the run,

Oh here come's Sara Swetland,

Studying sport biology,

Oh here come's Sara Swetland,

And she's got a mighty pedigree,

Goodbye to all my friends at home,

Goodbye to people I've trusted,

I've got to go out and make my way,

To go to college to be open minded,

But my heart keeps calling me backwards,

As I get on the Interstate ninety,

Trying to write this song for Sara,

You know you gotta go and keep on walking,

Through the ivy,

Here come's Sara Swetland,

Studying sport biology,

Oh here come's Sara Swetland,

And she's got a mighty pedigree,

Touchin' down in New England town,

Feel the heat comin' down,

I've got to keep on keepin' on,

You know the Haley Stand keeps plays that Springfield sound,

And I'm goin' wothout hesitation,

You know that I can surely see,

That I don't want to get caught up in any of that,

Funky kicks goin' down in the NEWMAC,

Here come's Sara Swetland,

Studying sport biology,

Oh here come's Sara Swetland,

And she's got a mighty pedigree,

Oh here come's Sara Swetland,

Studying sport biology,

Oh here come's Sara Swetland,

And she's got a mighty pedigree

Here come's Sara Swetland,

Studying sport biology,

Oh here come's Sara Swetland,

And she's got a mighty pedigree

Oh here come's Sara Swetland,

To the place that we cal home,

Oh here come's Sara Swetland,

In the midfield where she roams

Oh What a Night (Unofficial Team Song)

Introducing a new song for the 2018 season!

(to Frankie Valli and the Four Season's Oh What a Night)

Oh what a night,
Autumn soccer you must come to see,
   Autumn soccer, it is one with me,
Springfield College is the place to be,
What a feeling, what a night!

Renee/Melisse (Player Song)

(to the tune of Bournemouth's Great Escape Song)

Du du du,

Du du du du,

Du du du du du du du,

Du du du,

Du du du du,

Du du du du du du du,

Renee

Hey, Brinsley (Player Song)

(to the tune of DJ Otzi's Hey, Baby)

Hey, hey Brinsley (ooh ah),

I wanna knoooow – how you score a goal

The Night That Sara Swetland Scored (Player Song)

(to the tune of Johnny Burke's The Night Pat Murphy Died)
Uncommissioned SEPT 26 2018.

Oh, the night that Sara Swetland scored is a night I'll never forget,

Some of the girls got loaded glad and they ain't got quiet yet;

As long as the ball was passed around every lass was feelin' great,

Then Ricky came with the Naismith Arm' some music for to play,

And that's how they showed their respect for Sara Swetland,

That's how they showed their honor and their pride;

They said it was a fairytale and they winked at one another,

Now everyone in the Haley sang, the night Miss Swetland scored,

Miss Swetland stood in the corner, to service by the net,

When Johnny and his friends, came roaring from the get;

They crept into an empty spot toward that very goal,

Then Swetland put it into play with a score she gave and stole,

R

At three o'clock in the morning, after having fun so late,

Gibbo came to break it up and check Miss Swetland's state;

He stopped the clock so good ol' Ricky couldn't tell the time,

And at a quarter after three, they argued it was nine,

R

And everyone got merry, they didn't care for prayer,

Miss Swetland said she'd wait till all the gang were there;

Of all the sights I've ever seen that made me jump for joy,

They sang along and told to me "you're a very lucky boy,"

R

On the way they stopped at Inty beyond the Bemis-Schu,

They all walked in 'round half past eight and staggered out at noon,

They went up to Brock-Affleck, so holy and sublime,

And found out when they got there, they left the ball behind,

R

Oh, the night that Sara Swetland scored is a night I'll never forget,

Some of the girls got loaded glad and they ain't got quiet yet;

As long as the ball was passed around every lass was feelin' great,

Then Ricky came with the Naismith Arm' some music for to play,

R

They said it was a fairytale and they winked at one another,

Now everyone in the Haley sang, the night Miss Swetland scored