What’s Brewing With Jen Includes A Soccer Parent Attacks The Coach And An Alligator Is On The Loose In New Jersey
An alligator is seen at the Gator Park in the Florida Everglades
See what was brewing with Jen Scordo today. Every day on The Best Show Ever? Jen Scordo shares a few recent weird and interesting news stories. Today that includes a youth soccer coach who was attacked by a parent and an alligator is still on the loose in a New Jersey town… Here are her stories from today.
Soccer Coach Attacked By Angry Parent
Y’all, please stop with this.
A youth soccer coach was recently attacked by a parent at a match in Virginia. The coach was filling in for the usual coach, was attacked by an angry parent. He was struck in the face several times with a metal water bottle leaving him with a black eye and a swollen face. The parent is being held without bail on charges of malicious wounding. The coach has no idea why he was attacked, he had never met the parent before… Thankfully there were some off duty cops at the game and they were able to get the kids to safety and calm the situation.
[Source – NY Post]
An Alligator Is Still On The Loose In One New Jersey Town
An alligator remains on the lamb in Lake Creighton in Middlesex after alluding police over the last six days. The 3 to 4 foot alligator is normally found in Florida, not New Jersey. Officers have tried shooting at the animal, launching boats and drones to find it, but the reptile keeps getting away! Residents are asked to avoid Lake Creighton until the police can catch the animal. There have been many unconfirmed sightings of the animal, one resident even saying he saw the alligator yesterday attack a duck. The police are worried that the holiday weekend coming up will see a large influx of people to the lake, so they are trying their hardest to find the animal.
[Source – NJ.com]
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Lionel Messi Visits Philadelphia And Blows Out The Union (Gallery)
Tuesday night, Philadelphia had a brush with soccer greatness. Lionel Messi became the best soccer player to step onto the pitch at Subaru Park since Sebastien Le Toux (real Union fans respect the legend). A packed crowd of Union fans, unfortunately, had to see him and Inter Miami tear our team apart in the Semi-Finals of the Leagues Cup. That part sucked. But still, getting to see one of the Goats of the sport up close, even later in his career, was a treat.
In the same way, we don’t mind too much getting to see Barry Bonds deposit a Jon Lieber pitch into the 3rd deck of Citizen’s Bank Park, you have to appreciate the greatness of Lionel Messi. Even while his team rips our team apart by a final score of 4-1.
Messi got involved in the scoring. With Miami already up 1-0 in the 19th minute, Messi got a little bit of open space. And that little bit was too much to give the Goat. He snuck a ball past Andre Blake on the ground, to put his team up 2-0 early.
Jordi Alba made it 3-0 in stoppage time just before half-time. In the second half, Alejandro Bedoya would get the Union on the board in the 73rd minute. But David Ruiz got that goal back for Miami 10 minutes later.
The Union did not cover themselves in glory. Andre Blake had a rare bad game. They looked like they were playing scared from the start, and showing way too much respect for Messi. And it all showed on the field. That much is clear from the results. But embarrassing loss aside, we did still get to see Messi’s greatness in person.
So while we clean our wounds, let’s look back on what was still an exciting night for the Sport in Philadelphia:
Jen Scordo was born and raised just outside of Atlanta, Georgia but she has called the Northeast her home for over 20 years. A diehard 5 for 5 fan, she always knew that radio was where she wanted to be and talking sports in Philadelphia is a dream come true as Producer of The Best Show Ever? on 97.5 The Fanatic. She loves to talk and write about Philly sports including the Eagles, the Sixers, the Flyers, the Phillies and the Union.
