The game was played at Bloomfield Stadium in Tel Aviv, which Frank told us was built for the three Tel Aviv squads to share through a donation by an American (apparently named Bloomfield). The orange team was Ramat Gan, and we sat with their fans. The blue team was Maccabi.
I love attending European soccer matches. MLS is getting so much closer to the kind of passion that fans have in these games, but you just can't beat a rocking stadium, fans jumping through the whole match (I know Cavs, Sounders fans do this, God bless them!), and people so passionately into their team that they lose complete control of their temper when something bad happens. I'd link a few of the videos, but I have a slow upload connection here, so you'll have to be amused by the guy sitting in front of us getting wicked pissed that Ramat's star striker once again refuses to pass and gets the ball stolen. As Jeana pointed out after his third outburst (when he kicked his seat so hard it broke), it appeared either Ramat was going to lose or he was going to stranagle himself with his own team scarf. Fortunately for him, Ramat lost first.
Later, I'll have to include the poor seat in front of us getting the crap kicked out of it. I'll load up a few clips of the Maccabi fans as well, they were Sounder-esque (though I still think Sounder fans rule).
All you referee folks will certainly get to enjoy the clips I took of the ARs this spring! It would seem that the Israeli FA doesn't seem to motivate their officials the same way USSF does...
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