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FC Celtic v Manchester United, July 27, 2004

Lincoln Financial Field, Sec 213 Row 21

We didn't stay in these seats. They were high behind the goal near the top of The Linc. So we went downstairs and found 4 seats together behind the other goal, not far off the field.

This is the second soccer match I ever attended. The first happened to involve Manchester United as well. It's hard to say how many foreigners were in the stands and how many American fans, but there is a different passion level evident that you normally do not see in American sports.

It was a night of firsts on the Champions World tour.

Celtic Glasgow's first win this year was Manchester United's first loss on American soil as Craig Beattie's goal in the 71st minute gave the Scots a 2-1 decision over the Red Devils on Wednesday night at muggy Lincoln Financial Field.

Scheduled to play a tour-high four matches, Celtic was playing for the third time in five days. It lost to Chelsea 4-2 in Saturday's tour opener in Seattle and to Liverpool 5-1 on Monday in East Hartford, Connecticut.

But facing the tour headliners in front of 55,421, the Scots played their most spirited match and dealt the first setback to Man Utd, which battled Bayern Munich to a lackluster 0-0 draw Sunday