Marcos Ortiz and Sheila Simpson have been together for almost seven years, so naturally, the topic of marriage came up every once in a while. While getting proposed to in front of thousands of people at a sports venue wasn’t Simpson’s idea of a dream engagement, Ortiz felt it would be meaningful to ask her at a Rapids game. “It’s an intimate venue. I love the Rapids,” Ortiz says. “And I knew my parents would be there to surprise them as well since they grew up watching fútbol their entire lives.”
Ortiz has been following the Colorado Rapids since they won the MLS Cup in 2010, but says that “once they signed Dillon Serna [in 2013], I became an avid fan.