Neat local story...... Mission Accomplished In 1986, the space shuttle Challenger stunned the nation when it broke apart 73 seconds into flight. This is the story of the soccer ball that survived -- and the family that sent it into space, twice.
It was 72 or 73 seconds after Twellman scored against us at MLS Cup 2006 when Mully found Brian Ching to equalize against the Revs. Sending the Final to PK's. Which of course we won. The Chron reported specifically as such in their article after the big victory! I thought of this years ago but this article reminded me of such the coincidence. Being our city wears Space City Blue, we are NASA.