Macalester Women's soccer takes over Vancouver!
Last weekend we took a quick trip up to Vancouver for the Women's World Cup quarterfinal game. We were lucky to get to watch Canada play in Canada (the only better team to watch would have been USA) but unfortunately England scored two early goals and held on for the win 2-1. Despite a disappointing outcome, the Canadian fans were fun and we had a great time. We also happened to be sitting by a dozen or so other Macalester College alums who had traveled from all over the US for the game! Small world! John Leaney, our old coach, would be very proud! Macalester Women's soccer players at the World Cup game Our weekend started with an Amtrak ride up along the Puget Sound/Salish Sea coastline from Seattle to Vancouver. Theo was blown away that we were going on a train and could hardly fall asleep despite the train leaving around 8:30pm. We arrived at our VRBO condo rental on the 32nd floor of downtown Vancouver around 1:30am and were exhausted. The next morning we slept in an