Kickin' The Ball Around

About a month ago, I experienced my first professional soccer game - FC Dallas against the Sporting KC! I know almost nothing about soccer, but I bought the tickets for Jenks' birthday in June (he's a huge soccer fan).

FC Dallas (Futbol Club Dallas) play at Pizza Hut Park in Frisco, Texas.

It's a very pretty place - I was VERY impressed with their field/park/facility.

Here we are, sweating our brains out! He really needs to re-think when his birthday falls on the calendar.....oh wait, mine's in AUGUST. Yuck! lol

I love their logo - very TEXAS!

It wasn't very crowded since the Dallas Mavericks were in the NBA Playoffs that night.....and it was about a billion degrees out too.

Here are the players coming onto the field - they apparently always get escorted by kids/fans.

Um, I LOVE the color of their uniforms! Way better than the blue ones on the Kansas City players or the neon green refs. :)

They are ready to go!

Here's some of the action.....

The team on their bench....

Here's the sidelines 'flag guy' (not sure what his official title is - Jenks, this is your invitation to finally leave a comment on my blog!)...

They look tired - they are doing a LOT of running in extreme heat!

There go the referees....

After half time, we found a place in the shade to watch the rest of the game - THANK GOD!

Here's the team bench again....

I thought it was interesting to go to my first major league soccer game - although I probably should've experience one of them in Europe when I was studying abroad. After all, that's where the sport is much more popular!

Big kick!