June 14, 2015. Harper, Texas. Upset.

The upset has huge...and I loved it. Colombia was playing France. The game was being held in Moncton, New Brunswick. Canada is hosting the women's world cup soccer tournament, with games being played in Vancouver, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Moncton, Montreal, Ottawa and Edmonton. It is a big deal and as the tournament in the first found is a round robin, the series lasts a month. France is ranked number 3 in the world while Colombia is ranked 28. Further more, in international competition, Colombia has never won a game. When Ken spotted the game on the TV menu, we switched to the game but I commented that I did not want to watch because France would win by a big score. For the next hour, we both turned the TV off and began other activities. Later in the afternoon I came down to the living room. Ken asked me who I thought was ahead in the game. I of course said France. He had flipped channels and sure enough, Colombia was ahead by one goal, so we started watching. The time was in the middle of the second half, which meant that France was getting desperate. And wonder of wonders, Colombia scored again to make the score 2 to 0. Every lady on the French team is a professional soccer player. That is their job. Every player on the Colombian team has other jobs. They play part time. For that team to beat the French team was astonishing and so much fun to watch. Now we must watch to see how they fare in the rest of the tournament. They certainly handled themselves well against the French. The Colombian team did themselves proud, especially the goalie. So watch for FIFA World Cup Women. US is ranked number 2.