World Cup Fever

It was tough growing up a die-hard soccer fan in Northern Michigan, especially when the World Cup comes around every 4 years and there isn’t anywhere to watch it other than my couch or a sketchy website. So for the 2014 edition I was super stoked to find out that the Little Fleet was not only showing every game, but with sound (some bars will put the games on, but usually on mute). Queue me emailing everybody I knew to come down and watch the USA games with me. After all 2 of them showed up there was still plenty of room for others.

The Little Fleet has a great atmosphere and I was pleasantly surprised at the turnout for the US games. This short video shows the crowd’s reaction to both US goals Sunday against Portugal.

The Little Fleet has a wonderful drink selection, including $4 caipirinhas during World Cup games, and 7 food trucks out in the parking lot (Curbie isn’t open yet) for your dining-while-standing-up pleasure. Although it’s worth mentioning that for both US games so far, most of the trucks weren’t open.  They operate independently of the LF, but I have to admit I find it odd they’d be closed when there are hundreds of intoxicated soccer fans wandering around a few feet away from their storefront.

Anyway, fingers crossed they’ll be open for lunch Thursday at noon when the US team takes on Germany, in a match that determines which 2 teams will advance from group G to the round of sixteen! Go USA!