Soccer Trip - Miami

We went to Miami in summer for the 2007 ConCaCaf Gold Cup soccer tournament. We watched Canada and Guadeloupe, and Haiti and Costa Rica, in the Orange Bowl, which is now no longer in use apparently. Unfortunately Trinidad & Tobago played in Los Angeles, so we didn't see them play this time. It was an interesting experience. The first game, Canada and Guadeloupe, didn't have that many people watching. But Haiti and Costa Rica had a lot more people show up. I didn't understand a whole lot of the various shouting going on since I speak neither French nor Spanish. And there was definitely a fair amount of exuberance on behalf of the spectators, but not as much as seen on some televised matches in other countries where things fly and entire sections of the stands do something in concert.

In amongst the soccer games we went to, we did some beach and restaurant exploration. And some pool-side reading. All-in-all, a lovely Miami experience.