Teammates Palmer and Purdy go at it in Jamaica vs. El Salvador friendly
Teammates Palmer and Purdy go at it in Jamaica vs. El Salvador friendly
Timbers teammates Lovel Palmer and Steve Purdy are in the interesting situation this week of coming face-to-face with each other on the pitch far from JELD-WEN Field. Both players were called up to their respective national teams--Palmer for Jamaica and Purdy for El Salvador--to take part in an international friendly on Wednesday, August 15 at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C. at 5pm PT.
As both players are quite active on Twitter, the chatter began after Purdy's La Selecta beat Guatemala 1-0 in a friendly Saturday night at The Home Depot Center. Palmer noticed the win and tweeted a question about having a friendly wager for this week's match.
@spurdy25 congrats on the win against guatemala. Tweeps what you think the bet should be wednesday night when JA play El salvador.— Lovel Palmer (@palmerboy30) August 13, 2012
After some good-natured jibes back and forth the best idea was presented by a fan: The loser must make the winner dinner.
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@shebainpdx:@palmerboy30@spurdy25 home cooked meal by the loser, for the winner. ;)"sounds good purdymix what you think.” its on— Steven Purdy (@spurdy25) August 13, 2012
Now with both teams training in D.C., the two have run into each other as part of the preparations.
Rivals for 90 minutes friends for life
@spurdy25#elSalvador vs#Jamaica#timbers. twitter.com/palmerboy30/st…— Lovel Palmer (@palmerboy30) August 14, 2012
Look who I ran into!
@palmerboy30 twitter.com/spurdy25/statu…— Steven Purdy (@spurdy25) August 14, 2012
While the game does not count in any CONCACAF standings anywhere, it should present a great tune-up ahead of September's World Cup qualifiers. And for one of two Timbers teammates, it means a hearty meal and bragging rights.
