Ole Ole Ole!!!!

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

So I love soccer and last week we got to go to a World Cup Qualifier soccer game, Uruguay vs. Ecuador and it was AMAZING!!! Even though I know that neither is a particularly good team it was still super cool. We went with several members from the church so it was cool how they looked out for us. At one point there was this very sketchy guy who sat down by us and kept staring everyone in the group up and down.

They immediately recognized he might be a thief or police officer, but regardless we needed to be on our guard. The game was emotional but there was not a riot or anything like on TV probably because there was only about 50 Ecuadorian supporters and over 50,000 Uruguayans. The national pride was palpable and it was awesome how they would suddenly break into chants or songs to support their team. Unfortunately they never scored which really bummed me out. It was still 0-0 at the end. Overall it was a memorable and exceptional experience. And yes Eric they really do chant "ole ole ole" just like in the Ricky Martin song.

I am going to include a video soon -_- stay posted!