- - - 11/1/2005 - - -

F.C.Tokyo Game

Filed under: — Andy @ 7:00 pm

My friend invited me to go see a ‘F.C.Tokyo’ soccer game. F.C.Tokyo is the Tokyo team in J.League, or Japanese Soccer League. They were playing Osaka which is currently the number one ranked team. My previous soccer experience was when I was a kid and I went to a North America cup game between Mexico and the US. From what I can remember from that, the Japanese soccer experience is completely different. It is what a soccer game should be like… Throughout the entire game one or both of the sides were constantly singing and chanting. Before the game everyone sang what I think was the F.C.Tokyo song. During the game everyone, and I mean everyone, in the stadium booed the bad calls, yelled for the good plays, and stood up and cheered when the was a goal. The atmosphere was amazing. It was a tense game with Osaka scoring an early goal, but Tokyo tied it up before the half with an amazing shot from outside the box. The second half was an offensive fight with many close shots and close calls. With about 15 minutes left in the game F.C.Tokyo scored on a corner play and defensive error. I would really like to go back and see another game.