I joined some of my soccer teammates at Gillette Stadium this evening to watch the NE Revs take on Miami CF. It was a chance to see Lionel Messi in action and we were not disappointed. He scored twice in the 4-1 drubbing of the Revs. He spends ~90% of his time on the pitch walking or slowly jogging about, and any high school soccer coach would question his contribution to defense. Even so, when the ball is at his feet, there is little doubt why he is considered the greatest soccer player of all time. While I thoroughly enjoyed the soccer match, the parking logistics for the stadium were abysmal. Pedestrian traffic interrupts car traffic due to the lack of a bridge or tunnel between the field and general parking. Rather than parallel entry points into the parking area, it is ultimately reduced to a single file where the time it takes to park a single car is the rate limiter. With a crowd of 65,000, I would estimate a total of 25,000 cars. It took an hour and a half just to exit the parking lot.