This was my first Open Cup game. But not entirely by choice.
I had a ticket to go to the Fire’s USOC tie in the previous round, at home to Columbus. I showed up, milled about in the parking lot, soaked up the rain, and ultimately was forced to take shelter once lightning started streaking across the sky. Eventually word filtered out that the game was postponed due to weather. I went home, soaked and disappointed. The game was played the next day around lunchtime in abundant sunshine; I couldn’t make it out there and ended up having to watch the Fire dispose of That Yellow [expletive deleted] Team by a 2-1 scoreline on the livestream.