I had planned to keep watching BPL & Bundesliga matches this morning but missed almost all of them because I fell into heavy sleep. It might be because I watched too many matches and games yesterday. I was a little bit disappointed at myself to miss two Bundesliga matches on FSN1 because they are not scheduled to be present every week on this channel. I watched the last 20 minutes of Aston Villa losing to Leicester so quickly by giving 3 goals up.
All Seahawks' fans focused on their regular season opener in St Louis. However, it was a confusing game. Lockett extended his punt return TD from pre-season drama to this game to make the first TD for Seahawks. However, Seahawks didn't play very well overall both offensively and defensively. My gut told me that first, they actually helped Rams be kept in St. Louis because fans had lost confidence in this team and even in the games of football. I had heard two years ago sports fans in St. Louis didn't mind bringing a soccer team because they thought that soccer had a solid root in that area as well. Secondly, I believe that Seahawks players are helping Kam Chancellor get his big contract. It's not the end of the world, Seahawks is still the favorite contender of the Super Bowl. While fans in traditional football religious regions have started losing enthusiasms, we are actually picking up the steam. However, football has been loved in Seattle for decades anyway, so the fans' base is solid.
I had kept sleeping after Seahawks' disappointment until almost 6pm, so missed the 2nd round of NFL games in the afternoon. When I turned on the TV again, Sunday Night Football on NBC had even started for half an hour. I read a tweet yesterday that Seattle Reign would play Washington DC Spirits in semi-final of National Women's Soccer League Championship and found out the schedule through TV guide. Before it was kicked off at 6:30 pm, I watched Orlando City beating Kansas City 3 to 1 at home, the fans there were so wild because this win illuminated their hope for the playoff slot.
Before NWSL semi-final's scene was present on TV screen, I hadn't known it would be played at Memorial Stadium at the shadow of Space Needle. I actually played one match for a team at Greater Seattle Soccer League in early 2000 when I joined that team for 3 seasons. In that match, I acted like a captain to shout at everyone to inspire because our captain was absent and we had been behind by a goal for a long time. Eventually, we caught up a goal to tie. I remember everyone laughed at the end of the match because I hadn't realized the role I had played and they had accepted it.
Reign had created so many opportunities but not scored until Fanez was subbed and scored in her first touch. After Rapinoe made the second goal at a 15 degree difficult angle, another sub, Bullock, scored the 3rd one in her first touch. It's a big night for subs. Reign will play a rematch of last year's final with Kansas City in Portland on October 1st. I definitely will follow it up on TV then. Last year, Reign lost to KC at home in the final.
To catch up the last 30 minutes of the match Manchester United hosting Liverpool through The Match of the Week, I missed filming the acrobatic bicycle kick made by Liverpool's Bentek but fortunately caught the one made by the most expensive teen Man Utd purchased. Martial dribbled through the defenders to make the shot to score.
Ok, my busy weekend finally ended and we all have to go back to weekly routine in several hours.
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