Not much to say. All in all it was a good season. The team frustrated me most of the year, but we made some new friends at the park and that makes it all worth while. There are a lot of questions about what the future holds. For the team it's who is coming back and who will we sign for next year? Overshadowing all of that is the fear of a strike or lockout. Will there even be soccer in the US next year?
Plenty of time for that in the future. But for tonight, good memories of the year and a bad taste for how it had to end.
Monday, November 16, 2009
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Do you have an extra ticket?
Something odd happened to me last Saturday night. We went to the Fire's playoff game against New England. Now, the Fire won and it was a great game with some great atmosphere. I love a full house and it was even better that everyone was wearing red (unlike the Club America game this year: full house, everyone in yellow). At the end of the game the entire stadium started to sing "Fire" with Section 8 (I haven't seen that too often!) But that's not what the odd thing was.
We got to the stadium a little late. We visited a friend in the city beforehand because she was having a birthday party. We ended up getting caught in traffic on Harlem (mental note: don't take Harlem again). I dropped Cindy, Charlotte and the kids off closer to the Stadium, then parked in the far outskirts of the Toyota Park parking lot (next to the trains). As I was walking up I saw the smoke from the flares rise above the Toyota Park walls. I walked by the Section 8 tail gate - now abandoned since the game was on. I could hear the crowd moan and cheer - I could hear the chants of Section 8. And then it happened...something that I never thought would occur at a Fire game.
"Hey buddy, do you need some tickets? Do you have any to sell?"
A scalper...at a Fire game. You know you've hit something when you are 15 minutes into the game and the scalpers are wanting to buy tickets from you! I know, scalping is illegal. Toyota Park is probably not happy that there are scalpers there. BUT - there were scalpers there...and they are only there if they think they can make some money. I know they won't be there next March, but for a few minutes, it felt good.
Cindy asked me if it could have been a sting operation...if the cops or security were looking to catch people selling tickets. Perhaps it was, but then again, the game was sold out. And it looks like the game this week is sold out. People on the boards are begging for tickets. I have mine, and it feels good. And I wonder (and somewhat expect) that they will be back.
Congratulations Chicago Fire...you have hit the big time...at least for a little while.
We got to the stadium a little late. We visited a friend in the city beforehand because she was having a birthday party. We ended up getting caught in traffic on Harlem (mental note: don't take Harlem again). I dropped Cindy, Charlotte and the kids off closer to the Stadium, then parked in the far outskirts of the Toyota Park parking lot (next to the trains). As I was walking up I saw the smoke from the flares rise above the Toyota Park walls. I walked by the Section 8 tail gate - now abandoned since the game was on. I could hear the crowd moan and cheer - I could hear the chants of Section 8. And then it happened...something that I never thought would occur at a Fire game.
"Hey buddy, do you need some tickets? Do you have any to sell?"
A scalper...at a Fire game. You know you've hit something when you are 15 minutes into the game and the scalpers are wanting to buy tickets from you! I know, scalping is illegal. Toyota Park is probably not happy that there are scalpers there. BUT - there were scalpers there...and they are only there if they think they can make some money. I know they won't be there next March, but for a few minutes, it felt good.
Cindy asked me if it could have been a sting operation...if the cops or security were looking to catch people selling tickets. Perhaps it was, but then again, the game was sold out. And it looks like the game this week is sold out. People on the boards are begging for tickets. I have mine, and it feels good. And I wonder (and somewhat expect) that they will be back.
Congratulations Chicago Fire...you have hit the big time...at least for a little while.
Two for one
Ok..I have been missing for some time now....perhaps it is time to write again.
Can I really do two blogs at the same time (I haven't been able to do one...what am I, crazy?).
Well, here goes nothing.....
Can I really do two blogs at the same time (I haven't been able to do one...what am I, crazy?).
Well, here goes nothing.....
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