Nice story and nice picture...
http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/...30-goals-and-one-brand-new-fan/?smid=tw-share
Recently, one of those moments happened to me. And it came during a brief visit with baby and his parents, with the little boy not knowing the impact he was leaving on my life.
Before a recent training session at AZ Alkmaar, I was introduced to Ruud van Meersbergen and Danielle Bons. They were a very nice couple, with Danielle recently giving birth on her birthday — November 12 — to a son.
Ruud and Danielle drove 160 kilometers (roughly 100 miles) to Alkmaar so they could introduce their son to me. Obviously, I have met children of all ages during my travels across the world with soccer, but this was a unique, special introduction that was a first in my life.
I was meeting a boy named after me.
http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/...30-goals-and-one-brand-new-fan/?smid=tw-share