my nephew nick turned 10 today and he, his sister, his dad (my brother chris) and I went to see the Atlanta soccer team play for his birthday. he and madison are both rocking in the oglethorpe county league and very into soccer. so we sat on the front row of the half field line at silverbacks stadium in gwinnett, built recently for the team. seeing minor league play is so great b/c everyone is so approachable. the kids got autographs, pictures, and immediately developed not 1, but 3 favorite players! OJ (pictured below), Rodrigo Rios, and Tony McManus.
the atlanta silverbacks are in the USL not the MLS which is why i called it minor leagues. and indeed there was a little less profes-sionalism on the field than when i used to attend DC United of the MLS or world cup matches in general. we saw 2 fights, lots of fake injuries, 16 yellow cards, 1 red card, followed by a police escort off the field. i just hope the kids dont think thats what the game is all about. oh, and a penalty kick deflected by a header came right at us and the tall guy next to me stood up and caught it, at the last possible second. the kids loved that (i was a little nervous)! meanwhile, socrates, oh yeah i'm getting to that. their mascot, a silverback gorilla is named socrates. and they got his autograph too. now tell me, why is a gorilla named socrates?
my nephew nick turned 10 today and he, his sister, his dad (my brother chris) and I went to see the Atlanta soccer team play for his birthday. he and madison are both rocking in the oglethorpe county league and very into soccer. so we sat on the front row of the half field line at silverbacks stadium in gwinnett, built recently for the team. seeing minor league play is so great b/c everyone is so approachable. the kids got autographs, pictures, and immediately developed not 1, but 3 favorite players! OJ (pictured below), Rodrigo Rios, and Tony McManus.
the atlanta silverbacks are in the USL not the MLS which is why i called it minor leagues. and indeed there was a little less profes-sionalism on the field than when i used to attend DC United of the MLS or world cup matches in general. we saw 2 fights, lots of fake injuries, 16 yellow cards, 1 red card, followed by a police escort off the field. i just hope the kids dont think thats what the game is all about. oh, and a penalty kick deflected by a header came right at us and the tall guy next to me stood up and caught it, at the last possible second. the kids loved that (i was a little nervous)! meanwhile, socrates, oh yeah i'm getting to that. their mascot, a silverback gorilla is named socrates. and they got his autograph too. now tell me, why is a gorilla named socrates?
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