As steady rain began to fall, thunder boomed and lightning flashed, some fans at the Philadelphia Union’s U.S. Open Cup title game watch party at The Schmidt’s Commons took cover, ducked into a local bar or went home.
But Dominic Grant, 26, wanted to stay outside to watch the second half on the big screen. So he covered the walking boot on his left foot with a plastic bag.
Grant and the other die-hards who attended the watch party saw the Union concede two goals in the first half and lose, 3-0, to the Houston Dynamo on Wednesday.