Midway through the first half, Real Monarchs and Saint Louis FC stopped play rather immediately.
Real Salt Lake midfielder Omar Holness collapsed to the ground, completely removed from play, when he suffered what RSL Communications called an "apparent seizure."
If you've never been at a match where a player drops to the ground, it's unlike anything else I've experienced. Everything stopped. The crowd went silent, and the players went into a sort of frenzy, calling for immediate medical attention.
When you spend 90 minutes in fierce competition with 11 other players, it's easy to lose sight of something bigger than the game.