Soccer fans enjoy much more than just a game: tailgating, sign-making and voter registration?
Hoyne Field is home to Loyola Chicago's Men's and Woman's soccer teams and its softball team.
Just five minutes away from Loyola's Lake Shore Campus, students and fans can conveniently commute to and from the games to support their teams.
This is a group of students, faculty and staff who have collectively come out to support the women in their program. Second to the left, Emily Chin - Program Director of the four year Bachelor of Science in Nursing program at Loyola - states she believes more people should be attending these matches based on how accessible it is to get to Hoyne.
"I tailgate every single game, and it's my pleasure. I'm not a chef; I'm just a humble home cook. I've cooked for almost 30 years, and I love to cook — it's my love language," Grisdale said. She added that this is her way of making people happy. Grisdale was celebrating her daughter's birthday at the tailgate with a sign reading, "Birthday Girl Nibbles."
After enjoying all the tailgating and sign making festivities, fans enter the Hoyne Field and are met with a "Loyola Votes" sign and a table where they can collect information about the players, Loyola stickers and much more!
Matthew Andrusko and Maddy Hickey were at the booth representing "Loyola Votes" gathering students, staff and everyone around campus to register to vote. Andrusko says they have been asking many people walking by, as well as those in the stands and "it looks like most of them are registered to vote."