Soccer Match - US versus Japan

日本語は英語の後だ (Japanese version follows English)。

Yesterday, I went with friends to see the soccer match between the US and Japanese national teams. They were playing at SBC Park (a baseball stadium) here in San Francisco, so it was very convenient to go.

The match was good. Japan had a slow start, and allowed 2 goals to be scored on them in the first half. America scored a third goal, and then Japan started to try to come back, but was only able to score 2 goals before the end of the match.

This was only the second match I have seen - the first being the one I saw in Japan last fall (see my write up for that match here).

The match here was much more crowded, with over 37,000 people there today (there was maybe 1/3 that in Japan). But everything also seemed much less efficient. There were huge lines and delays to get in to the stadium, to buy any food, and to use the restroom. The stadium is made to handle over 37,000 people, so I don't think the delays were due to the crowds. I am not sure the cause, but I am sure in Japan they would have found the cause and fixed it long before people showed up.

日本語：
昨日、友達と日本対アメリカのサッカーの試合を見に行った。サンフランシスコのＳＢＣパークという球場であったので、都合がよかっただ。

よかったよ。 日本は始めによくなかった。アメリカは前半に２ゴールを決めた。後半にアメリカは１ゴールも決めた。でも、その後日本は２ゴールを決めた。

この試合は２番目の試合を見た。一番目は去年日本で日本プロサッカーリーグだった　-　(ブログで日本語も日記を書いた)。

この試合は去年の試合よりすごく込んでいった。この試合は３万７千人以上の観客がいった。日本の試合は１万ごらいの観客がいった。でもアメリカの試合に全部ちゃきちゃきほどじゃなかった。入場門も食べ物を買う所もトイレも長い行列があったんだ。ＳＢＣパークは３万７千人以上のために考案されているので、大群衆で理由じゃないだろう。でも大群衆は日本でいるばあいは、大丈夫だと思う。日本よりちゃきちゃきだ。