The US hosted Mexico in Cincinnati for a World Cup qualifier, and Taylor and Andrew flew out to join Jared going to the game. The pregame atmosphere was super festive with a supporters parade, drums, chants, songs, smoke, and lots and lots of people everywhere.
The stadium outside was lit up for the occasion with stars and stripes moving graphics.
Soccer fans are awesome! The Mexican fans were awesome, and Sam's Army showed up in full force. One of the fans sitting close to us was in his Mandalorian gear.
With our connection with Geoff Stevens, we got tickets to a suite behind the goal. The food in the suite was yummy - it was even decorated with red white and blue macaroons
The weather was cold and misty, but we dressed warm enough and represented the stars and stripes. The seats were incredible - right behind the goal!
In the first half, Mexico was attacking at our end, so we were a little unnerved when some of the action was on our side, including a big save by the US keeper early in the 1st half. As the half progressed, the US seemed to play on the offensive side more and more, and as the 2nd half started, much of the action was right in front of us. In the 69th minute, Christian Pulisic came on, and in the 74th minute he headed home the first goal of the game! The stadium erupted, we high fived anyone around, and celebrated. In the 85th minute, Weston McKennie scored and for the next 5 minutes plus stoppage, the stadium chanted "Dos a Cero" as the US put the game away. It was one of the best sporting events I've ever been to in person - and it was so much fun to watch it with my brothers. We LOVED every minute of it and talked about it for hours afterwards.
We also found ourselves that weekend doing feats of strength - leg wrestling, giving Andrew awkward brother hugs... or something like that. It was fun to have a boys weekend with 2-0 as a highlight!
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