The soccer game tonight was great! Over 50,000 people came and witnessed the defeat of Celtic 1-0 at the hands of AS Roma. The game was plenty entertaining - lots of action with good chances, good saves, and even a few crazed fans running onto the field - one escaped, the other got dragged away in handcuffs.

The atmosphere was pretty impressive too. Both Celtic and Roma supporters spent plenty of time destroying their vocal chords with chants, whistles, and screams of pleasure or displeasure. It wasn't quite on par with the game I saw part of at Celtic's home stadium in Glasgow. But I'm more than willing to say that Toronto made a damn good showing of itself tonight. I'm pleased.

Both teams supporters walked away from the match happy - I'm especially pleased with the thousands of Celtic supporters who walked around downtown singing team chants and banging drums both before and after the match. Those fellows really helped make the experience that much more enjoyable. (The Roma fans were good as well, but they saved the majority of their vocals for inside the stadium, as opposed to the more rowdy Celtic fans.)

I'll upload some pictures soon as I get my cable for the camera back. Hopefully in the not-so-distant future.

I'm also really looking forward to next years ChampionsWorld matches, but in the meantime - I'll be supporting the Toronto Lynx - Toronto's A-League soccer club.