i'm sure you've seen julie's recent post about our trip to watch the AZ Cardinals place the smack-down on the MN Vikings on sunday. i will say it was a great introduction to live NFL matches. the crowd was crazy-loud from the moment we walked in the stadium, and watching the Cards upset the Vikes was frosting on the cake. mmm....cake.
but, that wasn't the only football event we took part in. friday night we joined my fellow CMU alums at buffalo wild wings to watch the CMU Chippewas defeat the Univ. of OH Bobcats. thanks to that win, CMU now owns their 3rd MAC championship in 4 years. not bad. i just wish they had been that good when i was a student there.
saturday was more my style. as you may be aware, i've become involved with a grassroots group here in PHX called MLS Phoenix Rising. it's a group that is working to bring a pro soccer team to phoenix. oh, you know i'm geeked about that potential. we met with chris from phoenix pro soccer, which is working with some investors to accomplish the same goal. after that little meet & greet with him, i joined the group to head to Reach 11 Sports Complex to watch the US Under-17 national team play Brazil. it was fun hanging out with them & getting to know some of them a little better. the final score was 1-1. the US made a good showing against Brazil.
since you already know what happened sunday, i'll skip to last night (monday). i drove back to Reach 11 to watch another soccer match. for this one, i had an early christmas present. the US U17s played the Netherlands! i couldn't pass it up, even in 40-degree rainy weather. i was pulling for the Netherlands the entire way. i even wore my Netherlands jersey. the Netherlands won, 3-0. I met a family from the Netherlands. their son/grandson (i met the grandpa & mom) is a midfielder for the Dutch side, and plays in the youth division for AZ Alkmaar. that was awesome.
needless to say, it was a lot of both types of football for 1 weekend, but it was great all the way around.
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