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Live from Denver: It's Soccer Night!





My Houston friends should love this:  Last night we were invited to come along to our first ever professional soccer game:  the Colorado Rapids vs. the Houston Dynamos.  CO got outplayed, but it was so much fun to watch!  Yeah, I can admit it.

The atmosphere was so much different than what we're used to (pro baseball).  The music was great -- must be what the young folk are listening to these days -- and I've never heard so much booing in my whole life!  And the acting: the replays were a hoot b/c they would show in slow motion where the player got hit (like the shoulder) & then you would look down on the field & they would be on the ground holding their ankle.  Sandy warned me they liked to act!  (:  Thank you so much for letting us tag along and providing the babysitting and jerseys too!

Comments

Fun! We have a minor league Baseball team here. Not too exciting. I wish we had soccer. Besides the city leagues, that is.
Maegan said…
Looks like fun, we love going to the lacrosse games of the Mammoth.
Anonymous said…
I just have to say that we are a little bitter against the Rapids. We went to a Real Salt Lake game like 2 years ago and they played each other. A player on the rapids totally had this cheap shot when an RSL player was injured. He acted like he was going to kick it out for the injury so the goalie was walking to the injured player and the Rapids guy shot it in. So cheap! I guess we can have a little family rivalry, haha.

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