While everyone was sleeping and trying to recover from the World Cup Semifinal Spanish rout of the youngsters of Germany, our next two Major League Soccer opponents decided to duke it out in the US Open Cup out in Tukwila, WA.
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Who Knew?Switzerland kicked off it’s World Cup Campaign yesterday afternoon against After Switzerland gained the lead and the second half progressed, I was happy that the meeting ended and I could try to rush back to the hotel in the rain to catch the end of the match (BTW, Geneva is almost ALWAYS overcast with drizzle…it’s kind of like the Seattle of Europe). On the tram ride back to the hotel you could see people standing outside the many bars and restaurants with TV’s. World Cup in Switzerland Geneva is one of those international melting pot kind of places. There are people from here, but there are many that have come here. There’s a huge immigrant (legal and illegal) presence. You see it on the streets, and you hear it in the voices. World Cup from SwitzerlandFor the first week of the World Cup, and I’m here in Geneva, Switzerland for work. The upshot Vevuzelas. There here. And not at World Cup events, folks just have them on the street. And they use them. Seemingly randomly, not just if they’re watching a game. Sure it’s an annoying sound, but if it brings someone bring a little fun into their life, it’s actually hard to find complaint. There’s actually two public watch areas in Geneva for the World Cup. Both at the two biggest local stadia, Stade de Geneve, the home of the local Swiss Second Division side – Sevette FC, and Patinoire des Vernets home of the local Swiss hockey team Geneve-Servette and a really cool old hockey venue. The stretch between the AC Milan match and the World Cup break has turned out better than planned. Five games, four wins and a tie. The wins were the AC Milan friendly, Chivas USA at home, Real Salt Lake Open Cup play in, and Seattle in the rainy place in corner of the map. [...] |
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