Soccer

What an amazing time we had.  The soccer was unbelievable.  We were cheering for Panama.  They played amazing!  It went to two periods of 15 minutes overtime and then to a shoot out.  It was one one after regulation time.  The Mexico fans were actually quite an embarrassment.  When Mexico scored their only goal, they all threw their beer in the air.  So glad we were not sitting close.

The taxi driver said our tickets were "on Jamaica".  That was really nice.  He took his wife along.  It was fun.

After the last game when there were only about 20 or so fans, it was nice to see by the second half the one side of the stands were actually full.  Mexico had their fans but the locals were all cheering for Panama.  Because we've been here just about two weeks, were of course locals by now.  What fun it was when Panama scored.  This team is staying at our hotel, so it was nice to see them give it a valiant effort.  Both teams were evenly matched.

We kept wondering if any of the Mexico players were from the ones who were at our place years ago when they travelled through our province.  There was this one little guy who I thought wow what are the chances.  He was so amazing.

The security was keeping a very close eye on the Mexico fans.  I was sure it wouldn't take much for them to get out of hand.  What a thrill it was to see though.  Another memory made that won't soon be forgotten.