Home Game 10 … Game 20
Metros 3 - LA 0

Pescado Podrido means Rotten Fish. (Este articulo es Patrocinado por Coca-Cola.)

By far one of the most interesting tailgates/games for the idiots at Estadio de los Gigantes! Between the excitement of trying to get to the tailgate, cooking up the Ripley’s-Believe-or-Not-incredible-shrinking burgers, meeting Brian's parents under good circumstances, informing Dana, Ronen's wife, about our BRAND-NEW website, and catching perhaps one of the most exciting home games of the season to date. Some would argue that Guatemalan Heritage day might have something to do with it.

The Tailgate

To start, Game 10 was scheduled at 6pm. So as is customary the Idiots set a reasonable time to meet. The last official time that I saw was something like 3:30. Keith and I were responsible for beer and eats but alas I was delayed due to a slight miscalculation in schedules brought on largely in part from my work with the under-privileged children of Los Suenos de Pereza. Unbeknownst to me this ever so slight miscalculation caused a chain of events that perhaps in retrospect shaped the outcome of the day. (More on that later)

After picking up Keith, going to Shop-Rite, rescuing numerous cats, and helping defenseless babies and women cross the street on their way to the stadium, Keith and I miraculously got to the tailgate at 4:30 (we're not saying a few traffic laws might have been "ignored"). Ronen and Dana were ever patiently waiting in the parking lot (or at least Dana was).

In attendance for the tailgate were John, Keith, Ronen, Brian, Paul, Ofer, plus approx 11 special guests there to celebrate Offer's son Joey’s birthday (Happy Birthday Joey! – you owe Paul and I a rematch!). This week the Idiots were honored with our special surprise guest Dana; Drew made a special appearance after returning from rehab; Joey, was not there but as per a reliable source we understand he might have been at some undisclosed location making plans to somehow make the MLS Cup and his wedding on the same day. Special Guests also included, as mentioned above, Brian's parents, who were in town visiting Brian's newborn and wanted to see what the big deal was with their son’s excitement with the game of ‘futbol’. I’d like to personally add that minus the beer throwing I think they got a nice taste of the game experience.

Jason and Greg, Idiot members emeritus, were not there. While I do not know the exact reason, I’m sure any combination of the following apply: out, absent, not in, tied down, in the dog house, busy, working, my wife’s having a kid, I have a birthday party, I’m busy at work, my car is getting a paintjob after the tent scratched my door during game 1, etc, etc, etc.

The menu for the tailgate included the usual overabundance of beer, Nathan’s Hotdogs, and these really cool burgers that shrank to 1:3 scale. Oddly enough they fit into what some might call the smallest hamburger buns they had EVER seen.

All-in-all the tailgate was great despite the compressed time frames.

The Game

The game against Carlos "Pescado Podrido" Ruiz, "Clorox" Hartman and the LA Galaxy was an excellent game that boasted awesome goals from Eddie Gaven and John Wolyniec. Both of these goals were nominated for Sierra Mists Goal of the week.

Amado Guevara was the first to contribute on a penalty kick late in the first half. The penalty was the outcome of Wolyniec being shoved by Tyrone Marshall in LA territory in the second half.

Eddie Gaven scored on a no look through pass from Mike Magee in the second half. I hope that play was I every indication of what the future holds for these two young players and the future of this team. Minutes later John Wolyniec sent a rocket shot to the right side off of a Cornell Glenn cross from the left side.

The Metros dominated the game with awesome passing and attacking that I think pretty much shut up that guy that yells at our Metros when they’re not playing soo hot. The win extended the Metros lead in the Eastern Conference to seven points and was the third time that the Metros beat LA this year.

This exciting game also featured the LA Galaxy’s Coby Jones new signature move that is going to change the face of MLS soccer for years to come. Coby’s "swat ball out of the way in the box" play is now being copied and practiced by many youngsters on the pitch. Truly the play was history in the making.