International Day Game #1: Wales at USA Eagles

In the first game of the day, Wales pounded the USA Eagles 48-15.

Pre Game Dining
Before the game we stopped at Potbelly’s located at 5709 S. Harlem Ave. There are a few chain restaurants on Harlem Ave. on the way to Toyota Park, including one of the Ultimate Sports Wife’s favorites – Portillo’s, located at 5532 S. Harlem Ave. If looking for a good family restaurant before or after an event at Toyota Park, Portillo’s may be the place for you since they serve a wide selection of food including alcoholic beverages.

Obtaining Tickets
As had been the case with the women’s professional soccer league two weeks ago, there were no scalpers when we arrived at Toyota Park (we were about 40 minutes early since my second cousin, who plays rugby, wanted to get in the stadium 30 minutes early to watch warm-ups). Thus, we bought the cheapest tickets available from the box office - $20 each. If we had waited, we probably could have bought tickets for cheaper (or received for free) since there were quite a few rugby clubs who had bought groups of tickets. However, since the cost savings would not be that substantial and we wanted six tickets together we bought the tickets from the box office.

The Game
As stated before Wales defeated the US team handily 48-15. It was the most lopsided lost in the eight rugby matches I have attended and definitely the worst played – it is USA Rugby (versus the other more high profile rugby matches I have attended) after all.