Some players of Fire & Ice WPSL (https://www.fireandicesoccer.com/page/show/4693840-fire-and-ice-wpsl), a club in the Women's Premier Soccer League (WPSL) (https://www.wpslsoccer.com/), and head coach Lindsay Eversmeyer were at the tailgate. The team was there to promote their season, which began the next day. (More on this later in the post.)
I marched with the St. Louligans into the stadium for the match and we were settled in ready to go, when the match was postponed just before kickoff. Lightning was detected in the vicinity of the stadium, so we were ordered to evacuate the metal seats and take shelter in the tented Budweiser Biergarten (https://www.saintlouisfc.com/biergarten) to ride out the storm. We were there for just over two hours when word came that the match was postponed and will be rescheduled at a later date.
During the delay, we were watching Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final between the St. Louis Blues (https://www.nhl.com/blues) and the Boston Bruins. We were disappointed as the Blues lost this game, 7-2; however, a 4-2 win two nights later evened the best-of-seven Final at two wins apiece.
The weather was much better the next day, when I traveled to Althoff Catholic High School (http://www.althoffcatholic.org/) in Belleville for Fire & Ice's season opening match against FC Wichita. A number of fellow St. Louligans were also there to support the home side.
The teams traded first half goals, then Fire & Ice scored in the second half to win the match 2-1. It was a very nice time in the sunshine.
After the match, I shopped for cargo shorts at two shops in the Belleville and Fairview Heights area. I found two pair that should work for me.
Later.
