USA! USA! USA!
du Nord, September 18, 2010
Late summer, early fall night in Liberty, Missouri. The air is brisk and warm, clouds hang at the edges of the horizon, and at the top of a large hill clustered with beautiful brick buildings, William Jewell’s stadium sits looking down. Trees are scattered like toothpicks across the valley. Light from windows and headlights interject as dusk settles on Missouri. At William Jewell, the stadium flood lights are switching on.It’s Saturday night. The Lady Cardinal’s have just won big vs. their rival, Park University, and the men's soccer team is now warming up on the field. Kanye West and OutKast fill the air as anticipation buzzes around the stadium, now unusually full instead of the normal one to two hundred fans.Park University buses students to a game this big, and Jewell’s student body, not to be outdone, has turned up as well. Parked at either side of the single concrete stand, the two student bodies bang drums, and sing the usual soccer chants.Parents and siblings fill the top section of the stands, dress