On September 4th Jackson and I decided to take a stroll down to good old Sandy to go watch none other but the great team Real Salt Lake play the famous New York Red Bulls. This game was particularly special because New York had just acquired former Barcelona and French international captain Thierry Henry. Our trip started by taking TRAX at the Fort Douglas station, and from there we got off at Gallivan Plaza and transferred onto a Sandy Train, after that we sat on the train until we reached the Historic Sandy Stop. Then, like giddy kids who can't contain their excitement we walked over to the stadium, a mere half mile away. We got there right in the middle of Carnival Real, a party set up for the kids to play various games and meet the mascots, etc. Then we checked our tickets, and we were off into the stadium to see the beauty of the facility built only two years ago. We got into our seats and soon we started looking around for the master of football, Henry himself. We found him in the middle of his warmup with some team mates and right off the bat you could see his finishing prowess. Then we took a look at Real Salt Lake and they also looked rather sharp, obviously both of us were going for RSL to get the W here at the impenetrable fortress that is the Rio Tinto. The game soon started, and in the 9th minute RSL super striker Fabian Espindola made a great hustle play and managed to chip it over New York's goalkeeper and put Salt Lake up 1-0, to the delight of the home fans who set the place alight with celebrations and singing, not all sober of course. To our dismay that was also the final scoreline of the game, but to our great pleasure RSL collected three points for the win, and we went home happy, having seen an international soccer super star and our favorite MLS team won.
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