30 July 2009

Beckerman's Back: the MLS All-Star Game

RSL team captain, Kyle Beckerman, has been MIA for the last month or so while playing for other teams. It was great to have him back at the Rio Tinto Stadium in front of his fans. Also, playing in the game with Beckerman were RSL players, Javier Morales and Will Johnson - Johnson was a last minute replacement for an injured All-Star player. The RSL team have been holding on during the absence of their fearless dread-locked leader but fans (like myself) have missed him on the field.

Here's to the return of Beckerman... and to the awesome point scored by RSL's Will Johnson during the shootout. Unfortunately, the All-Stars lost by one point during the shootout. Even with the loss, they did give a great show and were up against Everton FC's Tim Howard - a goalkeeper who is notorious for being great at his job.

Other highlights of the night included the extremely long line for free shirts (for season ticket holders), the return of the drunk dude who refers to the players by first name when he "coaches" from the sidelines, and almost missing my exit when returning Tarika to her car (Sorry T!).

Funny comment of the night was when I noticed Kyle stretching I said "He's showing some leg" and T (without missing a beat) added "He's stretching his man stuff"... I think I quoted her correctly.

4 comments:

Thor'sblog said...

aww Now I see why you like going to the games stretching man stuff... MLS will stop at nothing to bring fans in =)

Tarika said...

I wasn't too nervous about you missing the exit more if there was a car or something next to us when you cut across the lanes!

And the actual quote was "No, he is he just straigtening out some man stuff!"
But you were close!

Alienfloyd said...

Was he stuffing?

Tooele Brezoff said...

I dont get it Thor.....stretching man stuff? What does that mean?!?!