Play was stopped for five minutes, fans came up with raccoon-themed chants, and the broadcasters had jokes about the critter's potential soccer skills.
Play was stopped for five minutes, fans came up with raccoon-themed chants, and the broadcasters had jokes about the critter's potential soccer skills.
It then took another two minutes before the staff were able to escort the raccoon out of the seating bowl. They devised a smart way to do it: sliding an advertising board between the ground and the trash can, flipping the assembly over, then quickly stacking another trash can atop the one with the raccoon in it to trap him.
But at least for those frantic five minutes or so, there was lots for everyone else to laugh about. Fans in the stands came up with various racoon-themed chants, and both the Apple TV broadcast team and the Union’s radio announcers made light of it all.“We promise you this isn’t the nature channel,” Apple’s play-by-play voice Callum Williams said. “We need to find him a ball, because he’s moving very well in the center of midfield.
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