Melbourne Victory

We spent the 2nd walking downtown Melbourne. The building here has a cool design effect: the lines are actually horizontal. There's a name for the effect, but I don't remember...

We bought tickets for that night's A-League soccer match between the Melbourne Victory and the Queensland Roar. I'd actually watched Melbourne's match from a few days prior versus Sydney. They surrendered 2 goals in the first four minutes (ouch!), then fought all the way back for a 3-2 win, snapping a three-game losing skid. I feel you need to know this. Anyway, the big story for this game was the state of the pitch. The Telstra dome hosted a NYE party that pretty much trashed the field. Then it rained with the dome open and blah blah blah, they only decided to actually play an hour before kickoff.

After a scoreless first 45, Melbourne broke through for two goals by the midpoint of the second half. A late goal by Queensland wasn't enough. 2-1 Melbourne.