GO PILSUNG KOREA! DAE HAN MIN KOOK!

Today I went to the SouthKorea-CostaRica exhibition soccer match in Oakland. It was pretty freakin' fun. Except that we lost. But besides that, it was thrilling. The stadium was filled with screaming Korean and Costa Rican soccer fans- I'd say the Koreans outnumbered the Costa Ricans 4:1. We were all wearing red, a ton of people had those crazy blow up sticks that are incredibly loud when banged together, and everyone screamed and chanted like crazy. The best part was the guy with the megaphone repeating "dae han min kook" over and over again to the tune of Ode to Joy.

Here are some pictures:

A section of the crowd















Running up (down?) the field















Some kind of kick thing happening















Sarah and I had fun















Sarah, my cousin James and I in the parking lot, still proud despite the defeat.
















Next week South Korea is playing Mexico in LA. That's going to be wild. I wish I could go.