Bittersweet

The best part of the DCU-RSL game last night occurred after the game. As soon as the whistle blew, RSL's Alecko Eskandarian fell to the ground and lay there for a few moments, a couple of his teammates gave him a pat on the back and after a while he got up. But he kept bending over and at one point dropped to his knees. But then one of the DC players came over and gave him a hug (I think it was Boswell) and then another and then another until at one point he was surrounded by at least 5 or 6 black jerseys patting him on the back and hugging him. And then it got even better. He slowly started to walk over to Barra Brava like he wasn't sure if he really wanted to go over there, like he wasn't sure what kind of reception he would get. He shouldn't have worried. They started cheering for him, he gave a little wave and then turned around and started to walk away. But then the "ESKY, ESKY" chant started up and he turned back around and jogged over to the the sideline to get hugs from the fans. It was great to see and as far as I'm concerned (and seemingly most everyone in the stadium), Esky is and always will be a member of the Black and Red, he's just on loan. BTW, same goes for Eddie Pope and Nicky Rimando and I guess we can even squeeze in Cary Talley.