USA vs Uruguay

Last weekend, (6th-8th Oct), Madeline and I went down to Stanford with the guys from Berkeley to watch the final American world cup qualifier between USA and Uruguay. We drove down with big Timm S-M, and picked up subs on the way after a thorough search of the local area for a burrito shop.
Stanford is amazing; their football stadium is massive! It is the equivalent of the 'stand' at Durham City, except it belongs to them. It used to be an 80,000 capacity but it's just been reduced to a more manageable 50,000 to make it nicer.


The Stanford Stadium

So unfortunately, the world cup qualifier didn't require quite as much space, so it fell back on Stanford’s purpose built rugby facility, the Steuber Rugby Stadium. Again I'd like to draw a swift comparison with Durham, apparently one of the elite Universities in the UK, where the men's 1st XV train on what can only be described as a field of shit.

Although the stand was far more modest than that of the football, basketball or baseball stadiums, (Stanford Athletic Facilities), it was perfect for what turned out to be a great day of rugby. The game was slow, hampered by a whistle-hungry ref, but the few times the USA got the ball wide, they looked good.

My camera tragically decided enough was enough and stopped working, but spirits were raised by some good old fashioned beers with the left over Uruguayan sandwiches.

A longer-than-normal drive home gave us little opportunity for a rest before Emilie came round and we headed out for a night on the town with the rugby boys. A good time was had by all.