Mexico vs. Costa Rica

Despite being extraordinarily busy recently, I found time to go to theConcacaf Gold Cup match between Mexico and Costa Rica at Soldier Field on Sunday night. This was my first time at Soldier Field, and my first sporting event of the summer.

Soldier Field is home to the Chicago Bears during football season. The stadium is huge with a 61,500 person capacity. For this game, every single seat was filled and the game was entirely sold out, something that has not happened at Soldier Field in ages.

 

The match was fun! It felt like mini-Mexico. I really do not think I saw one supporter for Costa Rica. Everyone was wearing green and black, waving Mexico flags, whistling, and blowing in horns to show their support.

Mexico won 4-1. They scored all four goals before halftime! It was really amazing, the first three happened almost in succession. Here is a quote speaking in futbol terms, "Rafael Marquez scored the opener after 17 minutes, before Jose Andres Guardado (19', 26') netted a quickfire brace. Pablo Barrera added a fourth on 38 minutes, and Mexico entered the half-time break with a comfortable, 4-0 lead." The crowd was wild!