Foul Weather Fans

Periodic downpours Thursday cancelled team practices, but did nothing to discourage truly hearty (seemingly waterproof) futbol fans.  An estimated 1,000 of them, most wearing partisan colors, flocked to the lower concourse at M&T Bank Stadium for brief encounters with some of the players.

Here are a few pix. (Yes, that's Ronaldinho on the left.)   Just wish there was sound so you could get the real flavor of the pandemonium.