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FIFA Club World Cup

My team Monterrey qualified for the FIFA Club World Cup happening as we speak in the US, and it’s the first one with the 32 team format. It all lined up so that we could watch three matches all at the Rose Bowl stadium in Pasadena, CA with some of the world’s top clubs.

Four Kirsch boys made it: Moi, Ilán, Ari, and myself. Here’s proof:

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Made the big screen at the stadium

Yes, we also did a bunch of Los Angeles things. But those are not for this post.

Experiencia Rayada

A couple of weeks ago I toured the new stadium with my dad, brothers and their kids and wives. I had already been to the game but for some reason they didn’t let me use the jacuzzi in the locker room that time. Conspicuously absent were my own kid and wife. I suppose they don’t care and I’ll go to Russia by myself in 2018.

The tour is called Experiencia Rayada and here are a few pics.

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Trophies. One more to be added in a few weeks.

 

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Home team bench. Very sweaty men usually sit here. I wonder if anyone wipes the seats clean.

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Press briefings room.

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Museum.

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Outside the stadium.

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Awesome views.

The Iron Giant

I finally got to go to Monterrey’s new stadium, the recently inaugurated Estadio BBVA Bancomer. What a beauty – I felt like I was in a different country altogether.

I actually went twice: on April 23 to watch Monterrey 3-2 Queretaro, and then to the Experiencia Rayada tour.

I will miss the decrepit homeyness of Estadio Tecnológico where I spent countless afternoons of soccer; that said, this place is amazing. See for yourself: photos from the match day. Photos from the tour in a separate post.

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Outside the stadium.

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Impressive.

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You can watch the game from the restaurant as well.

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The view, at half time.

 

Photo of the day #41: Tigres VS Monterrey

Israel Jiménez seems far from pleased after scoring the own goal that sealed Tigres' defeat against arch-enemy Monterrey.
“La Palmera” Rivas looks unhappy after Israel Jiménez in Tigres’ defeat against arch-enemy Monterrey.

Top ranked Tigres was eliminated by #9 ranked and arch-rival Rayados de Monterrey in the Mexican Soccer League Quarterfinals. This is the third time in a row that Tigres is defeated by Monterrey in a playoff derby. More info.

Update May 13, 2013: Small corrections. Thanks to Arturito and Juan Carlos for pointing them out.

End of the world?

I am stuck in standby hell (an airline term in which you are stuck in airports) in Orange. County. I am watching the Great Final and Rayados is losing by one goal. This is impossible, right? Vucetich cannot lose a Final! Is it the end of the world? Were the Mayans right? No, that can’t be.

And then I look outside and a dragon is devouring the sun! It is the end of the world! What’s happening?!

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