Thoughts & Feelings on my first US soccer game

• The banter between the two rival sets of fans (each their biggest rivals) on the train, singing back and forth would not even be allowed in Britain for fear of violence. But there was none, and I was very impressed.
• US football fans are generally quite intelligent, a far cry above watching England play in a pub in Southend and having people with an IQ of 24 screaming swearwords and nothing else. It was amazing to hear a father discuss with his young sons where the coach went wrong with the offensive play.
• US fans are also quite friendly. When one accidentally spilt some drink over me, he at first offered me his spare shirt (or souvenir) to dry my back, and when I refused, came back 5 minutes later with a Pepsi (a mere snip at $4.50), apologising profusely that they were no longer serving beer.
• I have never seen so many Mexicans in one place.
• It is ironic that of all the games I have been to in England, the only one that I have been to in the US is the one with the largest crowd I have been to (at least 70,000) and the noisest I have been to as well, with my ears buzzing after Mexico's B team meted out a 5-0 thrashing to the US's B team.
• Giovanni dos Santos is a pretty good player.
• The Mexico #22 is a dirty swine.
• There were some hilarious xenophobic Americans near me who were complaining that there were some announcements in Spanish following the English as "We are in America", ignoring the fact that it was an International Tournament that America was hosting and that around 80% of the crowd was Mexican.
• It looked as if they were selling glass beer bottles, but just taking the caps off! I'm sure that would stop a glass bottle being thrown effectively.
• A Mexican wave done by Mexicans is pretty impressive.
• New York would not be a suitable venue for the Olympic games. Apart from the fact that the two airports actually in New York have no direct rail link to the city (JFK has the Air Train + a connection, La Guardia has a bus), the only place to build an Olympic Stadium and other facilities would be at the Giants Stadium area, which is ill-suited as it has only one transport link (a branch line) and is in the swamps.
• Speaking of, travelling to Giants Stadium by train is bizarre. Once you leave New York, you go through swamps for 25 minutes until you arrive.
• Sepp Blatter was in the house! I suppose any excuse for a free trip...

Here are some pictures from my iPhone. I wish I'd brought my good camera now! Some are from the beginning and some are when Mexico had scored their third.