Mmm-Hmm, You Know Dat's Fo' Real

REAL Major League Soccer, that is. So, Thursday night was Salt Lake Real's first game in their Brand New Stadium! Yea! Big-D scored some tickets for the game, which were pretty decent seats. It was my first LIVE major league soccer game, so I was pretty excited. Thought I'd share some of the evening's highlights with all of you in the Blogosphere, so here goes.

Before hand we were invited to a dinner by one of Big-D's corporate vendors. We had London Broil and some sort of fancy-schmancy Chicken & Penne pasta, along with some other sides and good dessert. The only bad part of the dinner was the sales rep was a "close" talker. I wanted to scream, You're in my personal space! Big-D told me afterwards that he really didn't even know what the guy was saying, cuz all he could see were the guys big lips in his face. But he was a nice guy. At the end of the dinner, they held a drawing and we won this Real hat. PrettyPrettyPrincess has already claimed it for herself.
Next we get to the game, and the stadium was really nice. It sure beats Rice-Eccles stadium where they had been playing all season. Oh and of course we had to get a Churro! mmmmm....
The game was good. The players got really intense, too. Not quite as bad as hockey, but more "in-your-face" than football, though the physical contact wasn't as much as either of those. It's just sort of funny to watch 'em get all riled up. Oh - there was an incident in which one of the players got kicked in the head - blood was drawn; oozing, dripping sort of blood. That got the fans all up in arms too! Unfortunately, I forgot my camera, so these pics from my phone will have to do. But no bleeding scalp pics - sorry!

Then, during half time, some guy proposed to his girl out on the field. She never did give a resounding "yes". Though, I suppose when she jumped up and down and practically knocked him over jumping into his arms, we all figured it was a yes.

The guy in white is down on one knee proposing. The girl facing his direction is in shock. She thought they were going to be part of the half-time contest. The two plebs behind them who are blocking the way of my camera are the two announcers coordinating the half-time contests. It was still sweet, and all of the spectators gave the appropriate "awwww".

Ok - so the girl in front of me was a Crack-Addict. How do I know??? Well, let's just say that EVERY TIME she stood up it was waaaaay obvious. After the second time of witnessing her shenanigans, I lean over to Big-D and tell him I'm gonna snap a pic for my blog. We're both laughing so hard, that when she did stand up with the crowd to jump up and down, it was hard to get a clear shot. But this is what I ended up with. Presenting Crack-Addict.

After snapping the pic, Big-D & I observe that it's too blurry. "What a BUM-mer!" Big-D states. "Maybe you'll get another CRACK at it soon!" But no such luck. The wind picked up a bit, and like myself, Crack-Addict wrapped herself up in a blankie.
Here we are in the stadium trying to stay warm! (notice our pink noses) Isn't Big-D so cute???

So here's to a good dinner followed by action, blood, drama, "crack" and staying warm at the game! A very eventful night, indeed!