Cid_MCDP 0 Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 (edited) My buddy and I were lucky enough to attend the U.S. v. Honduras match yesterday. Best sporting event I've ever been to by far! Over 24 hours later and I'm still hoarse from all the singing/ yelling/ chanting. Here's some of the pics we took- We had awesome seats- 13th row behind our bench. The teams take the field The Honduran support was massive. Didn't have much to cheer about after that early goal though... After the match, we got to go down to the pitch because Ben is an official U.S. supporter and he answered an email from USsoccer.com quickly enough to get us in. All in all, I'd say 60 or so of us got to go down to the pitch and walk around. I even managed to snatch a piece of the turf to take home to my Pops as an early Father's Day present (he's a massive Bears fan). I'm on the left. Us on the U.S. bench After the match, we got smashed and were hanging out with all these soccer fans from all over the place. Around midnight, a lot of the U.S. fans had turned in, but the Hondurans were more than happy to hang out, talk soccer, and drink with us. They shared the chips they'd brought with them from home with us and tried to get us to sing Gringos es putas. We may be hicks from the mid-west, but we're not stupido. Great people, gracious losers too. I can't tell you how many dudes wearing white and blue stopped us after the match to say, "Good game." We're both supporters, and were quite drunk at this point, so finding this was momentous at the time. As far as the match itself, I thought we looked more like an actual team than even in the Mexico game. There were some mistakes obviously (I felt so bad for Dempsey when he gave up the ball that lead to the first goal), but everyone played really well overall. Bocanegra stole the show with the Superman goal, obviously, but everyone had an above average to great game. Donovan's PK was wicked, and Tim Howard is THE MAN. When he picked up the armband as Bocanegra was going off injured, I knew we were going to be fine. Such a positive leader type player. The only player on our squad I wasn't really impressed with was Altidore, but he's still young- he'll get it. First touch of a rapist though, to be honest. He's got to learn how to take a long ball pass if he's going to keep playing striker. Edited June 8, 2009 by Cid_MCDP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 11115 Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 love the last photo by the way. p.s. Stevie will be apoplectic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14021 Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 That looks like a great time out! Pictures gradually declining in quality after the match too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14021 Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 Highlights here Donovan didn't half put away the penalty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fop 1 Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 We're both supporters, and were quite drunk at this point, so finding this was momentous at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cid_MCDP 0 Posted June 8, 2009 Author Share Posted June 8, 2009 (edited) love the last photo by the way. p.s. Stevie will be apoplectic. Yeah, I figure I'm going to catch some shit with this thread, but you know what? It's like the most fun I've had just about ever. If I had this great of a time going to a hockey game or a concert or whatever, I'd post about that, so why wouldn't I post this? Also, none of my friends aside from the guy in the pictures with me appreciate the game, so I figured you guys could relate. My buddy Ben got into it when he did a semester abroad and ended up in Aberdeen. His roomates took him to a match and he's been hooked ever since. That looks like a great time out! Pictures gradually declining in quality after the match too Lols, yeah, the nice cameras went back to the rooms before we started getting pissed. Edited June 8, 2009 by Cid_MCDP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howay 12496 Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 Great to see you enjoyed it mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 31671 Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 You're mates with Malcolm Glazer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cid_MCDP 0 Posted June 8, 2009 Author Share Posted June 8, 2009 You're mates with Malcolm Glazer? LOLS!!! I'd never noticed before... does explain all the loot though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest Stevie Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 love the last photo by the way. p.s. Stevie will be apoplectic. Yeah, I figure I'm going to catch some shit with this thread, but you know what? It's like the most fun I've had just about ever. If I had this great of a time going to a hockey game or a concert or whatever, I'd post about that, so why wouldn't I post this? Also, none of my friends aside from the guy in the pictures with me appreciate the game, so I figured you guys could relate. My buddy Ben got into it when he did a semester abroad and ended up in Aberdeen. His roomates took him to a match and he's been hooked ever since. That looks like a great time out! Pictures gradually declining in quality after the match too Lols, yeah, the nice cameras went back to the rooms before we started getting pissed. See you at the World Cup. What was the crowd? About 20,000? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14021 Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 56'000. Owned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4983 Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 56'000. Owned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cid_MCDP 0 Posted June 8, 2009 Author Share Posted June 8, 2009 (edited) To be fair though, there probably were 20,000 U.S. fans out of the 56,000 there. We were outnumbered significantly by the Hondurans in our own house. Pathetic. Edited June 8, 2009 by Cid_MCDP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zathras 296 Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 To be fair though, there probably were 20,000 U.S. fans out of the 56,000 there. We were outnumbered significantly by the Hondurans in our own house. Pathetic. The Honduran fans always turn out in droves to support their team. Here, Mexico, wherever. Soldier Field looked like a sea of blue and white an hour before kickoff, but when the game finally started, it was closer to 60-40. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC1104 0 Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 You're mates with Malcolm Glazer? Lols...if I had Glazer's cash, Cid and I would own NUFC and not TFC Ashley! Sorry, actually, if I had his cash, I'd also have his debt which I would dump on the club, borrow against it and hire my own David Gill to tell the fans how great of an owner I was (Yep, that's me in the photo with El Cid). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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