FIFA Women’s World Cup

Last weekend we got to join Emily and Brian for a Women’s World Cup game at Eden Park.

It was the USA vs Vietnam, and the outcome was never in doubt. You know the phrase “they never had a shot at winning”? Well in this case it was literally true… the Vietnamese team never had a shot on goal. The American players were all a head taller, sometimes head and shoulders taller, and sometimes more like head, shoulders and sternum taller. And proportionately bigger. And more experienced, and so on.

But even if the game was a bit boring, the afternoon most certainly wasn’t. I haven’t seen so much starring and striping in a long time. These two ladies took it upon themselves to lead our section of the stadium in song throughout mist of the second half. The wave was very successful a couple of times. The Vietnamese fans were out in big numbers, and ready to get into chant wars with the Americans.

We ate a lot of junk food, but still went out for tacos and a scoop of Ben and Jerry’s afterwards.

Tonight, the NZ Football Ferns drew 0-0 against Switzerland, meaning they’re out of the tournament. But the USA is still in (as expected), so now we can root for them with undivided loyalty.

Thanks for the tickets, guys, we had a blast!