La Barra Brava
Alright so I just realized I have been in D.C. two weeks. In that period of time I have seen zero touristy sights in the downtown area. Now, I have been to D.C. before so it is not like I have never seen the place, but really what have I been doing? Well, working for one, moving my car full of stuff from Syracuse to here, hanging out in my apartment, and attending sporting events.
I stopped by RFK Stadium to see a Nationals game and watched the Mets and Tom Glavine beat the Nats in extra innings. It is the first professional game I have ever been to (and I have been to a few) that the home team had lost. Although I must make a stipulation: I did not stay for the whole game.
This past weekend I went back to RFK Stadium for a D.C. United 'futbol' game. Now there is something fun to do. I have never been to a MLS game before and was excited about the prospect of not being indoors during a game (think arena soccer: Milwaukee Wave). I arrived in my section and was surprised to see how close I was to the field. About three seats to the left of the midfield line and maybe 20 or so rows back? Well the section in front of me grew into a large mass right before the game started with numerous people of every race and creed in matching shirts. This parade of shirts had painted faces, drums, plastic trumpets, gigantic flags, "DC United" banners and plenty of beer and cigarettes.
In the few minutes before the game started the group began to sing, but they were respectfully quiet during the national anthem. A few seconds before the game started they stepped on their chairs and a few moments after the game started they started to chant and jump up and down (which shook the whole section of chairs up past me even). They sang chanted and stood the whole game.
The family of four in front of me was not impressed. I was.
I had a good time, learned plenty of inappropriate songs in both English and Spanish (just because it's in Spanish doesn't mean the swearing doesn't count). I jumped up and down, threw confetti and streamers, saw a smoke bomb go off, sang with the group and cheered, saw plenty of beer fly through the air and was applauded with the rest of them by the D.C. United players. I will definitely go to a game again and I will be sure to be in the section behind "La Barra Brava" they made the best of my experience at RFK on Sunday.
I stopped by RFK Stadium to see a Nationals game and watched the Mets and Tom Glavine beat the Nats in extra innings. It is the first professional game I have ever been to (and I have been to a few) that the home team had lost. Although I must make a stipulation: I did not stay for the whole game.
This past weekend I went back to RFK Stadium for a D.C. United 'futbol' game. Now there is something fun to do. I have never been to a MLS game before and was excited about the prospect of not being indoors during a game (think arena soccer: Milwaukee Wave). I arrived in my section and was surprised to see how close I was to the field. About three seats to the left of the midfield line and maybe 20 or so rows back? Well the section in front of me grew into a large mass right before the game started with numerous people of every race and creed in matching shirts. This parade of shirts had painted faces, drums, plastic trumpets, gigantic flags, "DC United" banners and plenty of beer and cigarettes.
In the few minutes before the game started the group began to sing, but they were respectfully quiet during the national anthem. A few seconds before the game started they stepped on their chairs and a few moments after the game started they started to chant and jump up and down (which shook the whole section of chairs up past me even). They sang chanted and stood the whole game.
The family of four in front of me was not impressed. I was.
I had a good time, learned plenty of inappropriate songs in both English and Spanish (just because it's in Spanish doesn't mean the swearing doesn't count). I jumped up and down, threw confetti and streamers, saw a smoke bomb go off, sang with the group and cheered, saw plenty of beer fly through the air and was applauded with the rest of them by the D.C. United players. I will definitely go to a game again and I will be sure to be in the section behind "La Barra Brava" they made the best of my experience at RFK on Sunday.
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