Soccer Match

Ok, let's just pretend I've been posting things for the last month...its probably just your fault for not checking it enough.

I went to a soccer match. The teams aren’t important and the crowd was sparse, but here are the observations: 

·     Although not many people came, the fans were INSANE. I got so many hugs when we scored goals. Everybody threw garbage at the field when we tied.

·     IF it were an important game, I can’t even imagine what it would have been like. The stadium fits 120,000, the second largest non-racing stadium in the world. We got VIP seats, the best seats in the house (aka the only seats in the stadium that are seats and not concrete bleacher-steps) for $1.40 a ticket. The price goes down from there. 

·      They…were very fascinated that white people came to the match. We were the only ones there. After the game we were surrounded by a circle of at least 30, simply staring, about 10 camera phones taking pictures. We’re used to it.

·      Dogs on the field. No big deal. 

·      The vendor (that boy) was going through the rows selling cucumbers. The ultimate game-day snack. The crunching satisfies angry urges, and of course there are numerous health benefits that go along with it. I find it humorous to wonder what kind of things American fans, say for example fans at a Iowa Hawkeyes football game, would say about a cucumber vendor. 

  Conclusion: People everywhere get really crazy about soccer. They almost put my roommate and me on Viking’s Sundays to shame. However, it’s extremely clear that people here care much much more about Cricket. I just don’t get it. I never will. Cricket is the worst. That's the moral of this blog.

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