if anyone except the ones cheering the fire behind the net really was watching the game. is it always quiet like that? no applause when the earthquake player threw in the ball at the fire with a fair play spirits? most of audiece was little girls with their parents. is it same in the soldier field??
i think the litte girls might have been there because of Donovan. The atmosphere is totally different in Soldier Field. Actually depends where you sit. Anywhere near Section 8 is good times. I've sat in the Orange seats before and it was almost the same as sitting in Cardinal Stadium...quiet and for the sucks.
Fair play doesn't get applause here. Visitors getting carded, and being on the receiving end of hard tackles does.
Re: Re: i was at cardinal stadium today and was wondering I saw two girls with these homemade Landon Donovan shirts and wanted to puke
that's good spirits then. for a moment i thought they weren't watching the game. btw from the angle i saw, the earthquake's no.11 definately deserved a yellow when he held the fire player with both arms for 5 seconds or more. what was that?
Dunno, Lagos definitely had Whitfield tangled up good though. Apparently the ref decided (from what I was told later) that Whitfield initiated contact with Lagos, and that therefore there was no card. Personally, I would have carded Lagos for holding Whitfield, and I probably would have carded Whitfield for tossing Lagos over his shoulder and onto the ground when he wouldn't let go. But that's just me. Actually, you're right, most of the Naperville people don't watch the game. But I can't think of many occasions where fair play will get applause in Chicago, Naperville or not.
Re: Re: Re: i was at cardinal stadium today and was wondering       Would you rather the two girls have had bought their Landon Donovan shirts from a store? -G
haha yea at least they were creative! I heard some girls on TV though, every time he touched the ball, they would scream
i love the neighbor anyway. i love the bookstore near the stadium. free parking is bit too far though.
oh geez. forget about the Fire and the soccer game going on....SHE TOUCHED LANDON DONOVAN WITH THAT HAND!! OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!
not to mention a mere 4 blocks farther away is 5 stories of free parking. i cant believe anyone would complain about finding somewhere to park.
It's also not a very long walk to the upper level parking at the municipal center. Always empty spaces there on game days. Always.
first i parked at the 1st floor of the garage right in front of the stadium but saw the sign said 3 hours only so moved to some school about a mile and half away. on the way back to my car i noticed some people were parking at the municiple center. don't they have any restrictions?? anyway, I'll just console myself for not paying $10 or $15.
I think the garage under the municipal center is timed, but the lot above ground is untimed on weekends, on weekdays there are some restrictions during governmental hours.
Nope! Soldiers Field is much better. No worries we will back there this fall!! Thank God!! I am sure that Soldiers field will have a Starbucks in every section to make those that have Suburbia withdrawl when they come to the city happy. The crowd in Naperville is also less experienced when it comes to the subtle game action like that. Some only know "hey look the guy is near goal maybe he will score." No offense but that seems to be the case.
Re: Re: i was at cardinal stadium today and was wondering I hope you aren't dissapointed when you show up and it is SOLDIER FIELD.
Was she the one screaming: "I'll never wash this hand again!" Right next to the girl screaming: "I'll never use mouthwash again!"
I am so sick of this suburbs don't know anything about soccer crap. I have lived in the city and have lived in the burbs. I have been to most of the matches at Soldier Field and I have been to most at Naperville. The vast majority of people at both places are there to watch the Fire. I was standing at midfield, and most people were watching the match pretty closely. Young soccer playing girls are actually excited to see a soccer player? One of the brightest young stars in the sport and that is such a bad thing? This only happens in all of the established sports in this country, so why is it bad when it is finally happening to soccer? Yes, all of our problems will be solved when we move back to Soldier Field. Give me a break! Can we say "Soccer snob"?
Absolutey agree! What's wrong with that? I think it's great that there is a "soccer star" playing in a pro league in America being treated like a star by young American girls! It's called progress. (just as long as the boys don't pose for anymore of those "glamour shots" like last summer...Landon's being one of the funniest! Good grief.)
People are always talking about this photo of the nats a while back will someone tell me want happened