I really enjoyed
watching Chris play with the National Team the past two weeks … their results
could have been a little bit better but I have such fondness for those guys and
that team and it was great seeing Chris getting the privilege to wear the US
Badge again. But we have even more
relevant items to blog about on this Award-Winning – yet recently neglected –
Blog.
BUCK SHAW IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR:
Last Saturday
night I walked out of Buck Shaw Stadium with a small twinge of fond
memories. It is a miserable place to go
to a professional soccer game but it is a wonderful place to watch a
professional soccer game. Beyond all of
that- my fatherly-soccer-memories will always be Buck Shaw Centric. I was fortunate enough to have so many
personal memories there that will stay with me forever. I have enormous appreciation for all the fans
that stuck it out at Buck Shaw and we all look forward to the new John A. Wondolowski
Stadium @ SJC (people are starting to call it JDUB@SJC).
Best memory ever
at Buck Shaw???? – I have too many fatherly memories and I don’t want to bore
anyone with that … I have a tie for first place that is not totally
Wondo-Centric. The night we clinched the
Supporter’s Shield – after the game the Players really showed a close love with
the fans … and Lenny Wig Night – because I wish I was the one who invented that
night –the concept and the finish.
RAIDERS … WAIT Till NEXT YEAR
The Wondo Family
have been Raiders fans forever … even including a couple of years when they
decided to play in Los Angeles. The family
has season tickets thanks to Aunt Wondo – and the Wondo Boys go to virtually
every game. So it was great this past
Sunday when Chris was able to be a guest of the Raiders and kick field goals on
the field at half time. He did OK
kicking field goals in his running shoes (Quakes fans would have been proud) –
but he essentially was the warm up act for the frisbee dogs. Nevertheless we had a blast and A Pequena
Chefona enjoyed sitting in the suite and providing crumbs in the carpet for the
janitorial crew. Chris drilled 45 yard
field goals and Grand-Dude fed Chefona in the Suite. Great seeing Sam Cronin
and Jason Hernandez there as well – they didn’t boo Chris’ 55 Yard Field Goal
attempt that missed short by a yard or two as loudly as Chris’ brother did.
FANTASY FOOTBALL
Just a quick
update on the Wondo Boys Fantasy Football League … that includes my three sons,
myself, my two sons in law, and two close FoW (Friends of Wondo). Long story a little shorter – one guy is in
first place at 6-1 (Oh – that would be me) and everyone else is so far behind
that it hurts my feelings to think that they are my offspring, sons in law, and
close friends. I suspect they are trying
– but I cannot prove that based upon demonstrated performance.
Here is the
result of our Fantasy Football League … nobody in the family is talking to me
(the sons in law have Joanne in their camp) … and yet – no matter what I do I
just keep winning. In some ways it is a
curse to be this good at Fantasy Football but – I am learning to live with that
curse.
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