Los Angeles ¨C Jeroen Olthof of San Diego made a last-minute decision Thursday evening to buy a ticket for the next day¡¯s World Cup match in Los Angeles, taking advantage of a drop in prices after the United States was eliminated from the tournament this week.
He woke up at 2:30 a.m. Friday, walked to a nearby station, and boarded a train for Los Angeles, where Spain and Belgium were set to play. There, at Union Station, he took a bus to SoFi Stadium, in Inglewood, part of the region¡¯s expanded tournament transit options.
Three hours before the game, he was taking in the scene from the concourse. ¡°They were pretty organized,¡± Olthof, 54, said of his public transit experience. ¡°Lined us right up.¡±
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