Saturday, January 23, 2016

USA vs. Ireland

After years of watching the USA women play in World Cup and the Olympics, we were excited to see them live at Qualcomm for a "friendly" against Republic of Ireland.
We got there early to bbq, tailgate and play a little street soccer and corn hole.

 Several of Allison's teammates got tickets together, but I had already purchased tickets for our family as a Christmas gift.  Zoey, Darian and Leslie sat with us and we had great seats!
 We were there early enough to watch the team warm up and Allison and I especially loved watching Hope Solo warm up in goal.


 The girls sported some fun new gear
 and chowed down on some cotton candy.
 Fun team bonding!
Team USA dominated Ireland with a 5-0 victory.  Carly Lloyd had a hat trick, Alex Morgan scored 1 in her 100th game and a new 17 year old scored the 5th! Hope Solo didn't have to work too hard, but it was such a cool experience to watch the greatest goalkeeper in the world!