Women's World Cup: USA vs Colombia

USA: 3 Colombia: 0
What an awesome game! We arrived at the stadium before four (the game started at six) and we all painted our faces with watercolors (it was the only thing we could find).  Our faces actually turned out pretty cool with Amy and Krista painting American flags on their's and on mine was red, white, and blue stripes (I had on my American flag t-shirt).  Thirteen minutes into the game and America already scored with an amazing long shot that hit the back right corner.  It was a gorgeous shot and started us off on a good foot.  The footwork in the game was amazing too and it was interesting to watch the different moves by the women to pass, feint, and move quickly across the field.  Colombia got the ball into the goal and celebrated as if they had scored, but unfortunately for them they were off-sides so the goal wasn't counted.  The referees in the game where horrible because they didn't call penalties that they should have for both sides so it was very aggressive game, but interesting to watch.  In the second half, there was another amazing goal that arched from a long distance and got past the goalie and it was kicked by #15 who was not great at passing the ball, but was really good at getting around the other players with fancy footwork.  The last goal that was scored was a completely lucky shot because the ball should have been caught by the goalie, but it bounced off of her fingers and into the goal.  Overall, it was a spectacular game.  Our seats were the obstructed view seats so they only cost 25E instead of 80E so the view wasn't perfect, but we were five rows above the field so we could actually see the players' faces.  We also saw the second goal perfectly which was amazing and the players ran to our side to celebrate.  A lot of people took our pictures at the game because of our faces and one older gentleman commented that he liked the design on my face the best and then said, "Merci" (the red, white, and blue stripe make up France's flag).  There were a lot of cameras around and Krista and I both got to be filmed, but we have no idea what station it was for.  There was an American family across from us that got filmed by a different camera crew, and were told that it was ESPN so we were close to being shown in America.  There were a ton of people from the US, which was amazing and it was nice to hear people speaking in English.  There were even supporters from Colombia and they had signs saying "Te Amo Colombia" and sombreros with the Colombian colors.  The game was amazing and it was definitely worth.  We had so much fun and there were over 25,000 in attendance and the seats were sold out so we were lucky enough to go.  I have no idea what's planned for tomorrow so I guess I that means I get to sleep in.
Night,
~Kiersten