The 1997 team. Mark is in yellow.
This photo was taken by a professional down on the field.
I didn't get very good pictures from where I was sitting with my camera. I also tried to get some action shots, but I was too busy watching the game,
so my action shots didn't come out well.
Mark and his former goalkeeper coach, Allan Kelly.
Nina was with us for all the events this weekend and did pretty well. She recognized her daddy down on the field when he went out for introductions prior to his game. It was cute b/c she was pointing and saying, "daddy."
We spent this past weekend downtown celebrating the 10 year reunion of DC United's 1997 championship team. While Mark hasn't been away from the competitive aspect of soccer (now on the coaching side), it's been awhile since we've seen him suited up to actually play in the net. He played along with his former teammates in the first part of the tribute match for Marco Etcheverry on Saturday and did great. He exited his portion of the game with no goals scored on him, and he had a great time playing again. While celebrating the '97 year brings back some memories for Mark of a very tough time in his life (surgery, knee infection, more surgeries, etc), it was a lot of fun for him to catch up with some old teammates he hadn't seen in awhile.
I didn't get very good pictures from where I was sitting with my camera.
Mark and his former goalkeeper coach, Allan Kelly.
Nina was with us for all the events this weekend and did pretty well. She recognized her daddy down on the field when he went out for introductions prior to his game. It was cute b/c she was pointing and saying, "daddy."
