Sir L of D - the power of the royal blue jersey

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mezzrow

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Just dropping in a post to share a special experience a young man experienced over here in Jacksonville while the USMNT was in for the friendly w/ Scotland. Friday night, there was an open practice w/ the team and his dad (a mate at work) mentioned they were going to the practice after work Friday evening. I have an LD #9 official 2012 jersey that doesn't really fit right, and a lightbulb went off in my head. How about putting young N. into that jersey - how slotted would he be to get an autograph from Landon? I brought the kit in, and let N. know that if he got the signature, the shirt was his.

Here's what I got back from his Dad (along with a picture of young N. with Landon)

The USMNT practice was quite good and I really enjoyed their half-field scrimmage.

Afterwards players came up and gave autographs. N. and I were quite disappointed that LD didn't sign any autographs at all while most other players had.

After we had left the parking lot and were approaching the Matthews bridge, I noticed 20+ fans hanging out by the team bus, obviously waiting for players to come out of the stadium. I quickly parked again, we ran over, and I held LD's jersey over the railing. Within one minute the team came out and LD made a beeline straight for the Everton jersey. He commented about the jersey, asked whether he could borrow my Sharpie (of course, told him he could keep it), signed the jersey first, and then posed for this photo with N.

How cool is that?!
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Can't tell you how big the smile is on that young man in the photo. We know where Landon's heart for the game has gone. It's in storage at Goodison Park.

C'mon Bill, FFS!!!
 




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