#18 Whitecaps (Complete)

West Canada 1 East Canada 0 !

"Playing soccer with your feet is one thing, Playing with your Heart is another" ~ Anonymous

Wow its been forever since I did a blog entry! I just want to start by saying I haven't given up on "The List", In fact I've been working on it tons, If you look at the heading above you will notice the progress I've made on more then a few of my list items. Anyways let me tell you about my amazing weekend in Vancouver.

So this Saturday Jenelle and I went to the Whitecaps season opening game against Toronto FC.  It was a amazing Saturday. When visiting Jenelle we don't usually go downtown due to the chaos but it was worth it this time. We had plans later that night to meet up with Beth and Steven for dinner to congratulate them on there engagement. Being the genius that I am, I notice that the Whitecaps season was starting and so it worked out perfectly if were going downtown for dinner we might as well make a evening of it.

The game started out with a hilarious surprise, in the picture above you will see a picture of Kyle on the jumbo tran smiling like a nob! Kyle and I use to play soccer together in Kelowna before I switched teams to the Celtic, the lucky bastard was selected to participate in the opening game coin toss. (Not jealous at all)

I have to admit the first half of the Caps game was a wee bit shocking to say the least, ball possession was horrendous, shots didn't happen as much as they should have and our captain got injured 8 minutes in! Lucky  we had beers in sippy cups to get us through the stress of the first half.

By the time the second half rolled around the Caps nerves seemed to settle and passing and shooting started to flow, and when they finally scored the whole stadium went off like a fire work and the southeast corner were on there feet the rest of the half! The caps totally dominated and Toronto looked not only out of there element but also out of there league. (Grinning ear to ear at this point with my beautiful girl at my side)

The Caps won and that was great, it defiantly added to a already amazing day, it may not have been the most impressive game i've seen but being the true soccer maniac I am, it was without doubt a incredible time. Now that the Caps are in the MLS I think I have to try my hardest to make it to one of there rival games against Portland or Seattle, that would defiantly be a game to watch!

Sincerely one big Caps fan Butch!