April 23, 2006
Red Bull*&%!
Who says MLS isn't entertaining? After scoring a goal against Red Bull New York Saturday at the Meadowlands, D.C. United's Alecko Eskandarian came up with a novel way to celebrate:
After scoring, Eskandarian, who missed most of last season with post-concussion syndrome, charged toward the United bench. From the sideline, Walker, who had yet to enter the game, flipped him a can of Red Bull, the energy drink created by an Austrian company that recently bought the operating rights to New York's MLS franchise.
Eskandarian popped it open, took a big swig and then spit the contents onto the turf.
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Asked whether the celebration was planned, Eskandarian said with a sly smile, "I've had a history of concussions, so I can't really remember."
Click here for the video (let your browser launch an application to play).
UPDATE: DCenters has more including a boatload of new links. I think it's clear that Eskandarian has created more buzz around MLS than we've seen in a while, but he'll be fined anyway, especially because Red Bull dropped a pretty penny to buy that team. Same thing would have happened if he had spit out a Snickers bar or a mouthful of Sierra Mist.
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