U.S. vs Mexico

Brian and I went to Reliant Stadium in Houston to watch the U.S. national team play Mexico in a "friendly" match. Of course, there are no "friendly" matches between U.S. and Mexico, and Houston is not a "home" stadium for the U.S. team. The crowd was probalby 90% pro-Mexico. It was a lot of fun and we had a great time and saw some great soccer. The teams tied 2-2, but Mexico moved the ball much better than the U.S. team.

Dynamo win Western Division

We went to our first pro soccer game, and it was a great, great time. We went to the Western Division championship match between the Houston Dynamo and the Kansas City Wizards. The Dynamo won and will play New England in the finals next week in D.C.

The game experience was really awesome. They had a great crowd (the largest for the Dynamo in history at 30,000+) and many sang and jump through the whole match. There was a fun little fan zone outside the stadium, and we also watched the pre-game warmups and the Fox Soccer Channel anchors do their show.

The game was great too. The action rarely stopped, and there was some really great play. (It's funny, I just searched on YouTube for game action and I found the "National Anthem", which was done by three tenors in orange kilts. At half time they sang "500 Miles," which was a hoot.

Sean's YMCA Soccer team

Sean played YMCA soccer with John Michael and Matt M.