Fans travel from all over to come to Quakes games – to take in the sights and sounds that the club’s new home, Avaya Stadium, has to offer. Many come from the Bay Area. Some come up from the valley. Some even make their way down from the state’s capital. But two fans in particular have made an especially unique journey to the Earthquakes’ venue, traveling more than 6,500 miles.
Lawrence Degiorgio and his son, Ryan, have come for a brief stay in the Bay Area from the island nation of Malta. Malta, located 50 miles south of Sicily in the heart of the Mediterranean Sea, has a population of slightly more than 400,000 and is just 122 square miles.