Rising cheer from soccer den maybe? (9)
I believe the answer is:
crescendo
'rising cheer' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both human attributes as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I can't see?
'soccer den maybe?' is the wordplay.
'maybe?' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen 'maybe' mean this).
'soccer'+'den'='soccerden'
'soccerden' with letters rearranged gives 'CRESCENDO'.
'from' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for crescendo that I've seen before include "Gradual increase in volume" , "hear this from crowd?" , "Gradual increase in music's loudness" , "with score building" , "Gradually increasing sound" .)