http://www.sbnation.com/soccer/mls/players/111155/eric-avila Stories From Around SB Nation About Eric Avila http://www.sbnation.com/soccer/2011/7/30/2305686/fc-dallas-stranded-el-salvador-ccl-concacaf-champions-league-brek-shea Jeremiah Oshan http://www.sbnation.com/soccer/2011/7/30/2305686/fc-dallas-stranded-el-salvador-ccl-concacaf-champions-league-brek-shea Sat, 30 Jul 2011 18:28:12 -0000 <p>Hope you didn't place a big bet on <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/soccer/mls/teams/fc-dallas">FC Dallas</a>' game against <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/soccer/mls/teams/chivas-usa">Chivas USA</a> on Sunday, because the situation may have ... changed a bit. As&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="http://www.twitvid.com/I5GSK">this video</a>&nbsp;from FC Dallas forward <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/soccer/mls/players/111155/eric-avila">Eric Avila</a> illustrates, the team got stranded in an El Salvador airport a day before they are scheduled to play an MLS game.</p> <p>The Toros were supposed to be back in Dallas by Friday, a day after their CONCACAF Champions League match against Alianza (which they won 1-0, by the way). <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/soccer/mls/players/111173/brek-shea">Brek Shea</a>, the MVP candidate,&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/#!/BrekShea">has been keeping the world</a>&nbsp;apprised of the situation with tweets like this one:</p> <p> <style type="text/css">.bbpBox97316898093547520 {background:url(http://a0.twimg.com/profile_background_images/203947726/photo-1.jpeg) #C0DEED;padding:20px;} p.bbpTweet{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 10px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px !important;line-height:22px;-moz-border-radius:5px;-webkit-border-radius:5px} p.bbpTweet span.metadata{display:block;width:100%;clear:both;margin-top:8px;padding-top:12px;height:40px;border-top:1px solid #fff;border-top:1px solid #e6e6e6} p.bbpTweet span.metadata span.author{line-height:19px} p.bbpTweet span.metadata span.author img{float:left;margin:0 7px 0 0px;width:38px;height:38px} p.bbpTweet a:hover{text-decoration:underline}p.bbpTweet span.timestamp{font-size:12px;display:block}</style></p> <div class="bbpBox97316898093547520"> <p class="bbpTweet">Pending still <a rel="nofollow" class="tweet-url hashtag" title="#yyyyeeeuuuppppppp" href="http://twitter.com/search?q=%23yyyyeeeuuuppppppp">#yyyyeeeuuuppppppp</a> in el salvador <a rel="nofollow" class="tweet-url hashtag" title="#yyyyeeeuuuppppppp" href="http://twitter.com/search?q=%23yyyyeeeuuuppppppp">#yyyyeeeuuuppppppp</a> we have a game tomm <a rel="nofollow" class="tweet-url hashtag" title="#yeeeeuuuupppp" href="http://twitter.com/search?q=%23yeeeeuuuupppp">#yeeeeuuuupppp</a> I'm tired <a rel="nofollow" class="tweet-url hashtag" title="#yyyyeeeuuuppp" href="http://twitter.com/search?q=%23yyyyeeeuuuppp">#yyyyeeeuuuppp</a> this sucks<span class="timestamp"><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/BrekShea/status/97316898093547520" title="Sat Jul 30 14:45:31 +0000 2011">less than a minute ago</a> via <a rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad">Twitter for iPad</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/intent/favorite?tweet_id=97316898093547520"><img src="http://si0.twimg.com/images/dev/cms/intents/icons/favorite.png"> Favorite</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/intent/retweet?tweet_id=97316898093547520"><img src="http://si0.twimg.com/images/dev/cms/intents/icons/retweet.png"> Retweet</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/intent/tweet?in_reply_to=97316898093547520"><img src="http://si0.twimg.com/images/dev/cms/intents/icons/reply.png"> Reply</a></span><span class="metadata"><span class="author"><a href="http://twitter.com/BrekShea"><img src="http://a0.twimg.com/profile_images/1240724848/photo-1_normal.jpeg"></a><strong><a href="http://twitter.com/BrekShea">Brek Shea</a></strong><br>BrekShea</span></span></p> </div> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><i>Make sure to check out&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bigdsoccer.com/2011/7/30/2305304/24-hours-before-chivas-usa-game-fc-dallas-remains-in-el-salvador" target="_blank">Big D Soccer</a>&nbsp;for the latest developments.</i></p>