What, Where, and Why IRACHETA?

No, Ms. La Madrid, it's not “Ira” for anger, its “IRA” for “Iracheta”.

“La pesca”, Tamaulipas, September 2016: the name “Iracheta” is born. The one night fishing trip caught more than just fish from the water, it also caught a nickname that would revolutionize the ASFM 2000 generation.

ASFM students, Eugenio García, Alonso Bringas, and Richard Hussemann, were all present when the name Iracheta entered the ASFM vernacular. When Eugenio García was introduced to Gabriel de la Garza´s chauffeur, he burst into laughter, due to his name being Aniceto Iracheta.

Eugenio was immediately reminded of his friend Arnulfo Treviño, believing he embodied the unique surname. When the group of fishers returned to Monterrey they did not waste one second to fill their friends in on the new inside joke.

With time Eugenio´s group of friends, “Marea,” started to popularize the word that would become viral.

But the name “Iracheta” didn't stop there; a few weeks ago ASFM hosted the Juvenil C soccer ASOMEX tournament. Normally ASOMEX is seen as an excuse to get out of class and see your friends play, but that wasn’t the case this year.

High school students from Bach I to Bach III started to like the idea of being a real supporting crowd, and 100 student voices would not only join the supporting parents, but drown them in their cheering.

Arnulfo was one of the original members and because of this the name “Iracheta” was proposed to baptize this new group, “La hinchada Iracheta.”

As the tournament progressed, more and more people started to join until the supporters filled up an entire section of the stands in the boys final. The leaders Pato Escalante, Luis Santos, Gustavo Gonzalez, and Mario de Armas would lead the cheers that were parodied from those of the the professional team Tigres.

Songs like; “Dale campeon, dale dale campeon, dale dale dale CAMPEON”, “Eagles mi buen amigo, este torneo volveremos a estar contigo...” and “Hincha de eagles cuál es tu profesión? La E La E La”.

The cheers positively impacted the players, but they got out of hand during the boys semifinal game. 11th graders served detention because of some inappropriate cheers and missed the girls’ game for third place.

After intervention from team captain Richard Husseman, the students were allowed back on the bleachers to support the men’s team. Unfortunately the Elite lost the game against ASF, but never the support of the “Iracheta”.