This ...

...is what 65,000 soccer fans watching an exhibition soccer match looks like. I took my brother to see the Seattle Sounders take on Chelsea Saturday. What an amazing experience! Steve and I are both soccer fans from way back, and this fit the bill perfectly. Chelsea is a world-class organization and had several national team captains on their side. They were obviously better than the Sounders.

I thought the Sounders looked like the more dangerous side for the first ten minutes or so, and then Chelsea scored a beautiful goal twelve minutes in. The Sounders chased for the rest of the match, eventually losing 2-0. The had several chances, but just couldn't finish.

But the energy in that stadium was electrifying. I can't recall ever feeling anything like it, even in 30 years of Husky football. Come to think of it, the only time I ever experienced that kind of electricity was in the 1995 Mariners-Yankees ALDS series.