Well, I have a question that some students have been asking me lately, I need your help to solve it. Let´s imagine I´m a soccer team fan, so is it correct to say "I cheer for flamengo"? or should I say only "I´m a Flamengo fan"? and only during the matches say "Let´s cheer flamengo on".

Is it possible to say that I´m a soccer team fan, and express that I support it all the time and I always have a desire for its victory using the verb CHEER?

Thanks!

Bárbara

 

take a look at this definition:

cheer
1 [intransitive and transitive] to shout as a way of showing happiness, praise, approval, or support of someone or something: Everybody cheered when the firemen arrived.
The audience was shouting and cheering.
The spectators cheered him wildly.
2 [transitive] to make someone feel more hopeful when they are worried: By late afternoon there came news that cheered them all.
Government policy towards higher education contains little to cheer university students.
 —cheering adjective: cheering news
cheer somebody ↔  on phrasal verb
to shout encouragement at a person or team to help them do well in a race or competition: They gathered round the swimming pool and cheered her on.

 

My husband supports Burnley FC (poor soul).

Edit: He´s an avid fan, never misses a match. He´s a real die-hard fan. Agree with Bruce about cheer. If you are actually at the match, then you can cheer your team on. 

 

Bruce