Just Amazing

Soccer fans, even ones I know personally, amaze even me at times.

Last night I went to Toyota Park for the Chicago Fire-Kansas City Wizards Round of 16 game in the U.S. Open Cup (Sort of like if Major League Baseball held a tournament during their season where the Brewers and Cubs and White Sox played against the Kane County Cougars and the top amateur teams to determine the "best team" in the country.)

Kickoff scheduled for 7:30 PM. The thunderclouds start rolling in. Lightning delay. No problem. We'll be under way in half an hour probably. Now it's 11:30 PM. Most of the crowd has left, and the rain is only coming down harder. Everyone is huddled under the upperdeck and roof canopy as per orders from stadium security untill the lightning passes.

Someone lights a smoke bomb. It starts spewing red smoke and it gets thrown out onto the open concourse. A guy picks it up, and throws it onto the field. Everyone starts singing and drumming. A great atmosphere. Stadium security comes up, and calls out a guy who didn't throw it, throws another guy against the wall. The guy who got called out then decided that the best way to resolve this situation was to take a swing at the security guard. He landed about 2 punches before 3 security guards took him DOWN and led him away in handcuffs. The singing only gets louder. The game was called on account of weather about a half hour later.

Just for recap: Singing, smoke bomb, field, drums, punch security, NO GAME PLAYED, jail.