Get free access to the most comprehensive World Cup coverage in The Athletic app.Some of U.S. Soccer’s most committed fans learned Tuesday that they will be scattered throughout multiple sections in the upper decks of World Cup stadiums.After months of waiting and trying to organize support at U.S. men’s national team World Cup matches, members of supporters groups received their seat assignments, which are both far from the field and somewhat dispersed, making it difficult to coordinate chants or visual displays.Leaders of the largest group, the American Outlaws, told The Athletic they were “disappointed” and “frustrated” with FIFA, the global soccer governing body that runs the World Cup and manages tickets.“It’s just kind of a bummer,” Whitney Zaleski, an AO member and staffer, said in a phone interview. “Because that is what a supporters group is: we sit together, we chant together. So, it’s just going to be a different environment.”Their frustration comes near the end of a months-long ticketing process that has elicited outrage and exasperation among fans across North America and around the world. Individuals and groups alike have blasted FIFA’s ticket prices, its opacity, and other practices that they felt were confusing, misleading or exploitative.Tuesday’s seat assignments, in that wider context, are perhaps a relatively minor concern, but they echo FIFA’s broader de-prioritization of dedicated fans and in-stadium atmospheres.The fans in question are those who won lotteries for a limited number of $60 tickets. In response to backlash, FIFA carved out less than 2 percent of inventory for these “supporters entry tier” tickets, and tasked each team’s soccer federation with “ensur[ing] that these tickets are specifically allocated to loyal fans who are closely connected to their national teams.”U.S. Soccer offered them to members of three supporters groups: AO (which says it has around 25,000 members), Sammers and Barra 76 (which are significantly smaller). At a typical U.S. game, these groups get tickets behind one goal, in one or a few unified sections. They stand, sing and chant for most of the match, often with drums banging and scarves or flags waving.