Today was a soccer day. A wet day to start.
It started with a very small gathering of friends on a pitch. The rain was light and kept many away, so we moved to a different field with others that play rain or shine. Carl did not participate to save his legs for another day.
When the small game ended kids were arriving for the late morning games. One of the first girls to arrive did not have a ball to play with, so Carl shared and kicked a bit with her. He ended up playing goalie while the team waited for balls and more to arrive. Kind of a fun little bit of unexpected play.
Big soccer event of the day – the Major League Soccer Championship: LA Galaxy vs Real Salt Lake. A few pictures:
Start – March to the Match. A Seattle tradition (for all of one year). Passing by. Notice the wet pavement and sunshine in the background.
March to the Match - 2009 MLS Finals
Warm-ups: the best I could get of Beckam was his butt.
Beckam - LA Galaxy
Start of the game: a bit of the fal-der-al to get things rolling with a bit of pagentry
Starting line-ups
The game was tied 1-1 after 90 minutes of Regulation Time. The game was still tied 1-1 after 30 minutes of extra time. On to penalty kicks. Real Salt Lake wins! after 7 kicks. They really deserved to win this game. They seemed to play harder and just had more action going through most of the game. It was fun to be in the stadium. Cold, but dry and buzzing. One of the best aspects was that we were not rooting for either team. Just a good game.
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