Chris Blahna
So far it has been a great experience so far. Everywhere we go we are seeing how much the people of Brazil love soccer. Whether it is construction guys watching our games through windows instead of working or people stopping on the beach and asking if they can join in our games.
Every where we go we see advertisements for soccer or tagging on buildings of famous players names. Half of the people have on jerseys of teams and almost every store we enter has almost exclusively soccer jerseys. When i have talked with people when I say that i am here to play soccer they instantly open up and want to know more about our trip and want to know where we are playing so they can come watch us. I wish that people loved the game this much back in the United States but after seeing how much everyone here love soccer I don't think it will ever happen in the Unites States. But it is really nice to see a people have one common passion instead of all being divided amongst several sports.