BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Thousands of fans gathered on the SteelStacks lawn for some intense matches, but staying cool was the top of priority for everyone at Soccerfest.<\/p>\n
“A lot of sunscreen and a lot of water,” one fan says.<\/p>\n
Temperatures climbing well into the 90\u2019s proved to be a tough opponent for Soccerfest fans Tuesday.<\/p>\n
“We wish we came a little bit more prepared, like bringing sunscreen. Like a hat. Because it’s just been really hot today,” said Jocelyn from Allentown.<\/p>\n
Local vendors say cold treats are in high demand as people try to beat the heat.<\/p>\n
“Kids mostly like the ice pop, the popsicle, but adults gonna be, they eat the soft ice cream,” said Ibrahim, an ice cream truck driver.<\/p>\n
Others had to brave the sweltering sun at the stacks, doing whatever it takes to hide from the rays.<\/p>\n
“Stay in the shade, get the AC going, watch the game,” said Russell Corby. “Just do what you can. Really stay cool.”<\/p>\n
“Forgot the sunscreen back at home, but yeah, I found a shady spot,” said Emmett Corby. “I got here nice and early, so I have the shade.”<\/p>\n
But the temps didn’t stop fans from coming out to cheer for their teams.<\/p>\n
Emergency officials continue to remind everyone coming out to Bethlehem this week to pace themselves and drink plenty of water.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Thousands of fans gathered on the SteelStacks lawn for some intense matches, but staying cool…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":232431,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154,11492,32817,40942,100496,72830,634,95771,2867],"class_list":["post-232430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news","tag-fans","tag-heat","tag-ice-cream","tag-shade","tag-soccerfest","tag-steelstacks","tag-sunscreen","tag-water"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232430\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/232431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}