June 30th 2012 was the day that Laleinia finally found more enlightenment in Football than Shopping. Back to the bay area we went for California's version of el clasico! We had been anxiously awaiting our first football match together, and finally it was here. It seemed like everything was going against us, first with Alastair locking the keys inside the car at the Gilroy outlet malls (which were awful by the way), and then with Google Maps leading us astray in their home town, dumping us by a dried up lake on Stanford campus, but when all was said and done, we arrived at Stanford Stadium and took our seats on the first row behind the goal.
Beckham, a life long hero for Alastair and one step closer to Victoria for Laleinia, was most likely the reason for the Earthquakes abandoning their home for the larger Stanford Stadium, where the 50,000 in the crowd saw him curl in a trademark free-kick to cross that off their bucket lists. He doesn't score too many for LA Galaxy, so this was a special moment.
Of course, Alastair was star struck whenever Beckham lined up for a corner kick just 20 yards away.
Apart from the Galaxy throwing away a two goal lead to lose 4-3, the biggest surprise of the day was how crazy Laleinia was about the game. Even when everyone around us was Earthquakes fans, booing Beckham like nobodies business, Lain was there to back him to the end. See the video below...
That is something huge for me (Alastair), a real marriage bonus that even if we are watching a game on the TV, Lain really gets into it! Speaking of TV, oh yeah, we were on it! Have a look for yourselves:
Well what a great day. All the way home we just kept on saying "Wow, what a great game." It really was a great game. We had such a lot of fun, and we certainly picked the right game. What a great game. Really, great game.
PS. What do you think of Alastair and his new accessories? Alastair believes that fashion meets function with the new look. Laleinia on the other hand believes he aged 15 years within 5 minutes.
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