Geraldo Romero and James Colin are soccer fans who live less than 20 miles from San Jose's new Avaya Stadium. Yet, they had never attended a Major League Soccer game until Friday.
And even then they hadn't come to see the league or its teams. They came because of one player.
"We got front-row seats to see Giovani dos Santos," said Colin, dressed in a green Mexican national team jersey with Dos Santos' name and number on the back.
That hardly makes the two 20-year-olds unique. Although Dos Santos, Mexico's star midfielder, has played only four MLS games since agreeing to a franchise-record $34-million deal with the Galaxy last month, Giomania has created a level of excitement the league hasn't had since the Galaxy's signing of David Beckham in 2007.