On Tuesday my son called me to say that his company had an extra ticket to the U.S.A. World Cup Qualifier Game against Panama at Century Link Field. He asked me if I’d like to meet up with him and go to the game. What do you think I said!? Yes, thank you. Off I went to a hotel in Bellevue to meet up with the rest of the group. Joshua’s company had reserved a party bus to take everyone across Lake Washington to the stadium. They also had booked a private suite for the game.
Josh was able to represent well with his USA warm-up. He and I were probably the most excited of the bunch to be going to the game. Soccer is a joy for me to watch and I understand that for many it would just make you yawn. We caught the “soccer bug” after going to World Cup games in the U.S.A. in 1994.
It was a beautiful day in Seattle and as we crossed Lake Washington it was fun to see all the sail boats out in force. What fun to just let someone else do the driving.
When we got into the stadium they were handing out complimentary scarves to everyone. We were very excited to receive these!
We headed to the elevators to go up to the Suite Level. I had never been on the Suite level before.
You have to have a ticket that shows a Suite # to be admitted onto this floor.
We looked down to our usual level when we come to a game. Our Club level is pretty sweet, too.
Here it is…Suite 16. We were very happy to see we were not far off from the 50 yard line! Woohoo!
Wow…this is going to be fun and comfortable!
Food and drinks included and 2 private restrooms.
We picked our seats and hung our flag and got ready to cheer the U.S.A. to victory!
The excitement was mounting and I sat ready to enjoy it all.
This is the Centennial year for soccer in the U.S.A. Our Seattle fans are the best and unfurled these banners to celebrate 100 years of history!
#6 Brad Evans and #18 Eddie Johnson are players from our own Sounders Football Club here in Seattle. Brad Evans scored the winning goal for the U.S.A. against Jamaica and Eddie Johnson scored a goal in this game against Panama. We’re proud of our Sounders!
At Half time we took the time to take some posed photos.
What a great group of people from all over the Western States that work for our son’s company. I met folks from Arizona, Utah, California, Idaho, Denver and Washington.
I was able to spot and zoom in on the Space Needle from our suite.
Great views all around. Scoring first made for a wonderful atmosphere in the stadium and the chants “We are going to Brazil” made for a lot of excitement. It’s not a given for a country as large as the U.S.A. to qualify for the World Cup. We won this game with a 2-0 result.
When the game was over we headed down to find The Party Ride bus to take us back to the East side of Lake Washington.
We spotted the Party Ride just where they let us off. There were a lot of people who wished they could hop on that bus with us.
What a great experience for this soccer lover to enjoy with my son. If you ever have a chance to enjoy a game in a suite I would highly recommend it.
The party bus was fun, too. I got home late and was happy to know I had nothing on my calendar until noon on Wednesday. It was nice to just relax the morning after all the fun I had on Tuesday night. Thank you dear son of mine for thinking of your soccer lovin mom! You are the best!
Today is Friday and if the weather is decent I’m headed to Edmonds for their annual Art Festival. I worked hard on Thursday clearing out the free standing cabinets in our kitchen to get ready for the new floors being installed in July. I cleared out our island cabinets as we will have to remove the island completely so the floor can be replaced under it. We have prep work to do before the flooring contractor can come in so I’ll be living with the bare necessities in my kitchen. I told Dear that if I’m too limited we might just have to eat out every night!
I’ve been so sad to see the news about the fires in Colorado. I do hope things come under control soon. Hope all is well where you live.
I’m joining in with The Tablescaper for her meme called “Oh the Places I’ve Been #9” since I’m home alone this week and have time to come and visit all the participants.
Apple on our apple tree in late August.
Shine – taken in a chapel at one of the Oxford colleges in England.
Food – yummy and comforting pub food in England.
Thankful for 4 marriages that have lasted 40 years in our family, my sisters, ours, and two cousins. Dear and I will celebrate 40 years next Saturday!
Makes Me Smile ~ Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle
Home ~ Where you can put your feet up and relax.
Scarf ~ My favorite scarves are my soccer scarves. This is me and my son Josh enjoying a U.S.A. National Team game at Century Link field in Seattle. Sunday night we’ll be wearing our Rave Green Sounders Soccer team scarves and hope that we can pull ahead of L.A. Galaxy to advance to the M.L.S. finals.
Old Trafford in Manchester, England. Manchester United vs. Sounders FC friendly scarf!
The Happy Wonderer ~ ellen b. 