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Published: August 23rd 2015
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It's Summer now and I have been going to camp. Through all the weeks of Summer we have watched the Women's World Cup. With our teams USA and Brasil (Italy women's team are not as good as the men's team). After 3 weeks of camp I finally am going to the Women's World Cup Final. A few days before we left, Germany played in the semi-finals and the winner was going to the finals. I was scared that Germany was going to win, but after they scored their second goal, the USA was going to the FINALS! YAY!
Sadly, Ania was not coming. We had a 5 hour delay in Dallas before flying to Canada. We arrived at 900pm and I was exhausted because that was midnight in Miami. When we got to the hotel we met friends there- Matt, Chantell, and Riley. Their other daughter, Veda, was in camp in Madrid. My dad used to work with Matt and Chantell at a restaurant in Santa Barbara many years ago. They now live in Denver but I had not seen them for more than 5 years. The whole family loves soccer, especially Riley who has a very good
game face. Riley and I became friends right away. I ended up staying up a couple hours then came my Zzzzzs
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The next day we got breakfast and went to the fanfest. At the fanfest there were some games and the last American Idol winner came on to sing. His song was the theme song for the Women's World Cup - Beautiful Life. Then we went out to lunch at Boston Pizza right next to the stadium and watched the England v Germany game (Womens World Cup 3rd place match) and the Chile v Argentina game (Copa final). I was cheering for England and Chile. Both of them won! My dad and Matt wanted Argentina to win and both had on Argentina shirts. I was so happy when Chile won in penalty kicks. England won in extra time.
Then my dad and Matt wanted to try Japadog because they heard they were famous here. It was basically a Japanese hot dog with different spices, seaweed and sauces. I liked it. We then went back to the hotel and Riley, Chantell and I watched a movie. Riley fell asleep first, then Chantell, and I
was the last.
USA! USA! USA! Today is the day that USA goes against Japan to see who will be the winner of the Women's World Cup. We first went out for breakfast, then we went back to the hotel to get our face painted. Riley, my dad, Chantell, and I all got our faces painted. Chantell, Riley, and I all had the same pants. My dad had his crazy ones too. Outside the stadium there were a lot, and I mean a lot, of USA fans. Only a small group of Japan fans. One of the highlights was when my dad chanted " I believe that we will win" and the Japanese fan with a drum responded "I believe that WE will win." The crazy thing was that we were on camera so many times.
We finally went inside the stadium and we had a special place to eat and drink because we had the hospitality tickets.Right when we were about to go to our seats, we took a picture with the real Landon Donovan.
Right when we sat in our great seats USA scored 4 goals in under 15 minutes. The
first goal was a corner by Rapinoe that Lloyd scored on. GOOOOOAAAAALLLLL. The second goal I got on video because I knew it was going to be a goal. It was a goal off a free kick once again scored by Lloyd. We were all going crazing and shouting USA and "I believe we will win". But then another amazing goal, this time by Holiday, straight of a volley without the ball hitting the ground. We were basically losing our voices.
But all of a sudden, a record making goal by Lloyd of course, was scored from midfield right into the goal. No one could believe it. But you know, Japan scored 1 before half.
During halftime, we went to our lounge to eat and drink some more. I was feeling very confident about the game, that the USA was going to win. We then raced to our seats to get back before the second half started and we made it just in time. But Japan scored again. But Tobin Heath scored another goal to make it 5-2.
Then it came to the whistle.......USA WON THE 2015 WORLD CUP!!! Everyone went
wild. We stayed for the ceremony and took great pictures. This was the best game I ever went to.
When we were coming out of the stadium there was a huge crowd of people on the streets. We finally made it to our hotel. We then had a celebration dinner.
The next day it was time to leave Canada. It was such a good trip but it is time to get back and go to camp. In less than 2 weeks, I am going to Indonesia.
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