Soccer retrospective: Mac and “the lapdog of Satan”

German soccer fans summon Lucifer in satanic display during home game

During a March 29 match, fans of German soccer club Kaiserslautern shocked the sports world by performing a satanic choreography that featured what appeared to be a summoning ritual of Satan in Latin.

Soccer retrospective: Mac and “the lapdog of Satan”

On Saturday, Oct. 12, 1996, Macalester’s men’s soccer team was losing to nationally #2 ranked Amherst College. They’d managed a goal, but still faced a deficit at the half. Mac’s biggest soccer super-fan, then-senior Andrew Virden ’96 knew the team needed a boost. Known by friends as ‘Grimace’ or ‘Dark Goat,’ he would lead crowds for the next twenty years. Against a national powerhouse, he and his friends knew they needed a cheer, and a good one…

Disturbing scenes occurred during a clash in the German 2nd Bundesliga between FC Kaiserslautern and Fortuna Dusseldorf. The home fans presented a dark setting, invoking the name of the Prince of Darkness. Although the club's nickname is "The Red Devils" (Die Roten Teufel), the content presented was far from the usual football symbolism. During the setting of the match against Fortuna Dusseldorf, fans of the second division FC Kaiserslautern pre…