Olympic Soccer Prelim Action

Above is the WAVE at one of the Olympic prelim soccer games that we saw yesterday. We traveled to Tianjin to see USA vs Japan and Holland vs Nigeria. The US vs Japan game had 37,000+ people in attendance and the Holland/Nigeria game brought out 57,000+ people. The US scored the only goal of the night, winning their match. The USA/Japan game was good and it was awesome to see the USA, but the second game was much more intense. I loved EVERY second of the two matches. Their skills are incredible! The goalie from Holland was incredible and apparently it wasn't even the starting goalie. The players flew through the air and took incredible shots on goal that were met by flying goalies. The fans for Holland were WILD...they were decked out in their orange gear, including balloon hats and wigs. This was only a preliminary game and it was incredible...I CANNOT WAIT FOR THE OLYMPICS TO START.


Keep your fingers crossed for me....I might get WATER POLO TICKETS (for $5 USD !). My TA is a former Olympian (figure skating, 2002) and she is getting tickets from the US Olympic Committee and there were 5 water polo tickets available. We had to do a raffle for the tickets that she could get...and my name got picked!!! That means as long as the tickets are available from the USOC I will get to see an aquatic sport!!!! The only disappointing thing is that water polo is not played in the water cube, which means I probably will not get to see that venue.