Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Unexpected Fun

Let's be honest, like most parents I enjoy watching soccer when (and only when) a child I know is actually on the field and playing. So, when we were offered free tickets to watch the USA Mens National Team play Trinidad & Tobago in a World Cup qualifing match in Nashville, my first thought was "Thanks, but no Thanks". KK truly wanted to go, so being the "super nice" mom that I am, I agreed, as this opportunity happens only once every umpteen years or so. I couldn't have been more wrong about the entire evening. I have been to many sporting events, and I have never been to one so fun and full of team spirit! The stands were packed and full of fans that have a true love of the game. Even Trinidad & Tobago had a large fun following.

Our select soccer club started the evening off right with a very large tailgate party in the parking lot and the night just kept getting better. We had great seats; 7 rows up from the field right in the corner. We won 3-0 and I was actually into the entire game, not bored for one minute. I was feeding off the crowd!

I must also tell you that our highlight of the evening was seeing ourselves on the Big Screen at LP Field (home of the TN Titans). And don't think for one minute that as soon as we saw ourselves, we didn't call everyone else we knew at the stadium to make sure they saw us too :-)

The game was televised on ESPN2 and some friends of ours were Tivo-ing it when they saw us, so they backed it up, and sent us the picture. No, not the one in the white sweatshirt. I am the nerdy one sitting down right after the second goal, and KK is the goofy looking one with her mouth hanging open. (You would think they could have found a better still frame to send us than this one???)

Moral of the story; Don't knock it, til you try it!

2 comments:

The Creek Cats said...

How cool! Look at ya'll on tv!!

In Rambler's case we are not sure if he may have been vaccinated for FIV by a previous owner (if he had one) which would cause him to test positive without actually having the virus. We find it to be pretty unlikely because he was unnuetered when we found him. We'd figure if he was vaccinated, why wasn't he neutered too?

BeadedTail said...

Sounds like a great time and how exciting that you were on TV! Gotta love that TiVO!