Gold Cup Semifinal

Last night we went to the Gold Cup semifinal game at Nissan Stadium.  The United States men's national team was playing Jamaica.  The big boys got us the tickets by doing a soccer clinic the night before (in the extreme heat and humidity - THANK YOU!).

Our seats were on row W of the upper deck.  This was the view from them ...

Look at all those good looking (and red, white, & blue) boys!

Before the game started we moved to the opposite corner where no tickets appeared to be have been sold and sat in row G.  The view was actually pretty good and we could pick out specific players.

The US started off really strong with several chances.  Weston McKennie scored in the 9th minute!

 

And then the lightning delay started at 15:27.  The game started at 8:35 pm (which is already past the boys' bedtime) and the delay ended up being 90 minutes.  Everyone had to leave their seats and the field for most of that time (we could come back during the 15 minute player warmup period).  We sat in the concourse, ate a pretzel, and did puzzles on my phone.  It wasn't too bad but the boys were definitely getting tired.

We were very happy to be back in our seats.  We kept busy during warmups taking selfies ...

The game finally started at about 10:20 pm.  And this was Gray at 10:25 pm ...

Carter and Rylan were still holding it together and seemed to be enjoying watching the game.  It was an exciting game with lots of scoring opportunists which helped.

Just after half time, Rylan passed out for a couple minutes and then Pulisic scored and we woke him up with our cheering - Gray didn't stir though.

The power nap helped him though and he stayed awake the rest of the game.  Then Carter passed out with about 10 minutes left in the game but Pulisic scored again and he woke up!

The US ended up winning 3-1.  Jamaica was impressive though and kept it interesting.  The game ended just before midnight.  We had parked at Brian's office so we got on the road about 12:30 and home at 1 am.  I'm glad we stuck it out and luckily the boys slept in a little this morning.