Good Luck Charm?

Last night our favorite soccer team played their first game in the biggest championship in South America.  It's called the Libertadores.
We bought tickets for me, Bronwyn, Ansley and Garrett. Ansley was too tired to go and so she bailed on us.  Benay quickly jumped on the ticket. That was kind of surprising for a couple of reasons.
First, the game started at 9:50 at night.  If you know my girlfriend you know she doesn't do late night. Period.
Second, she really doesn't like soccer.    
She is trying to learn about soccer and to enjoy it as much as the rest of us do, but so far it's been tough for her.
She struggled through the first half.  There was no scoring and she, literally, almost dozed off a couple of times. It didn't matter that there were 40,000 screaming fans around her.  But that isn't unusual.  When Garrett was around 7 he was able to walk onto the field with the Inter players (because of his soccer school).  That game started at 9:50 as well.  She watched her son walk onto the field and then she took a cat nap.  So there is a history of game nap taking.
She said the first half was boring. We both grew up in the southern part of the United States where almost nobody played soccer. Everyone thought it was a boring sport. Our thinking was no scoring=boring. We could not have been more wrong. Sure, everyone likes lots of scoring in sports but there really is so much more to soccer.
I've since confessed my sin and have been converted to this great sport. Our kids love it too. Now we are working on Benay.
Anyway, we were excited that Benay gave it another shot. (As I type that I also think she wanted to go to spend more time with Bronwyn before she goes to Africa next week.)
The second half was much more exciting for her. We played a team from Ecuador.  After their first goal you can see their two fans celebrating.  That's right, two fans.  That's dedication. We scored the winning goal with about 5 minutes left in the game.
After the game we walked back to our car (about 20 minutes) and it just poured rain. Before the game the forecast called for heavy rain. For that reason we didn't take our camera. So, our only proof that Benay went last night was this picture we took as we walked out the door.  

There is a history with Benay and late goals.  She and I went with some of our friends to a big game last year.  That was the last time she went to a game.  We scored in that one with about 3 minutes left.  If you don't remember that blog or have never seen it before then you can click here to look at highlights from that fun game.

I don't know if she's good luck or not, but we win, and in exciting ways, when Benay goes and we are happy she's learning more about soccer. We have 4 years of training her before the World Cup comes to Brasil.  She'll be ready.

Here are the highlights from last night: