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WUSA Game: San Jose 1, Carolina 2 (and USA Women's National Team vs. Finland)

A Saturday doubleheader on a day that looked like it might start pouring at any minute - not ideal, but everything seemed to work out fine. We got our tailgating worked out a little better this time, bringing a more reasonable amount of food this time and getting into the correct lot without any trouble.

The first game was the CyberRays, who looked off the whole time. They gave up an early goal after some ping-pong in front of the goal that reminded me of my Sunday games. They recovered and got shots off, but nothing too dangerous. Finally in the second half Katia scored a nice goal to tie it up, and I thought maybe they'd pull it off like they had last time, but a nice free kick over the wall by Carolina put them back ahead for good. Was not having Brandi in the lineup for this game such a big impact? I hope not.

The USA Women's National Team game wasn't quite as dramatic, although it was a lot of fun. The USA dominated the whole game, and I felt bad for the Finland team, who definitely would have won if the contest was for most players wearing pigtails. The crowd around us definitely got into this game, though, and it was fun seeing a lot of the famous women players all out there at once.