Seattle’s Juneteenth: World Cup tie and Mariners game staged metres apart | OneFootball

Seattle marked Juneteenth with a rare doubleheader, a World Cup football tie and a Mariners baseball game staged about 50 metres apart, according to L'Équipe.

USA beat Australia 2-0 at Lumen Field before the Mariners met the Boston Red Sox at T-Mobile Park, the stadiums split by a single avenue.

Crowds gathered from 7am across the stadium district as fans in football and baseball colours filled the streets. Policing was relaxed and flows manageable despite close to 120,000 moving through.

Kevin, holidaying from Vancouver and originally from Wisconsin, booked more than six months ago to watch soccer in a Weah shirt, and only later discovered the baseball.

Mariners fans Erin and Jay swerved the World Cup due to cost, estimating about $350 for a US ticket, and instead paid $250 for two third-row seats. They soaked up Team USA noise from a terrace on Occidental Avenue S.

Hours after the football, hundreds queued long before baseball gates opened. Few had seen Mauricio Pochettino’s team, though some Socceroos followers drifted by. It was quieter than the Tartan Army scenes at Fenway Park earlier in the week.

Inside T-Mobile Park the mood was leisurely, fans grazing at themed eateries, even a wine bar, as a near two-and-a-half-hour game unfolded. Fears of a no-hitter, absent here for 11 years, ended when Julio Rodriguez homered in the final inning. The two-time All-Star also follows soccer, a taste sparked by Antoine Griezmann.

Source: L'Équipe