cheering

"It just goes crazy - you could probably hear it in the UK - the sound of 90,000 people cheering and going crazy."

"And I want you to know that your old friend is always cheering for you, and will be cheering just as loud for everything you do next."

And on Sunday afternoon, instead of receiving the good news that Johnson and Co. might have expected, the luck of the draw left Sparks representative Rickea Jackson gasping in disbelief instead of cheering in glee.

Lukeman broke the sequence and celebrated emphatically, with the crowd cheering and singing for the world number 45, who had to win four qualifying games just to reach the tournament proper.

That’s something worth cheering, for MLS, its fans and its corporate partners.