They say never meet your heroes, but Cecilio Waterman just couldn’t help himself Thursday during Panama’s match against the U.S. men’s national team at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California.
A dreadful slog of a game quickly became Waterman’s chance to not only meet Thierry Henry, the player he most admired growing up as kid in Panama, but to celebrate his stoppage-time goal with the former World Cup champion.
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Moments after scoring the first and only goal of the match in the 94th minute, Waterman spotted Henry, who was seated pitchside while working the game as an analyst for CBS, and sprinted toward him.