I live within walking distance of Craven Cottage, home to Fulham FC. For some unknown reason, the stadium also hosted international friendlies in November, including USA vs Colombia. Why those two teams were playing London a stones throw from my house is unknown, but what a gift. It was like Christmas in November!
The crowd was decidedly pro Colombia - the American contingent was far smaller. I went with an England fan / coworker, but was insistent he root for the USA as we were clearly out numbered.
It was definitely the rowdiest football game I have been to. Colombians take their football very seriously. It was like going to a game in South America, but a lot safer. The US put up a very valiant effort, but fell 1-2. We had amazing seats just down the goal line and saw a lot of the action. Toward the end, it got really crazy as fans started to run on the field (kicked off by one who got far enough on to bear hug a player). The crazies to police ratio was way off, but thankfully it appeared that the crazies were generally harmless.
We had a nice walk back along the river after, me thinking back on how weird and wonderful this city is (and silently chanting USA USA USA).
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