After a weekday morning practice earlier this month, Sporting Kansas City defender Ike Opara grabbed the phone from his locker and began to scroll down his Twitter timeline. In a matter of seconds, he stumbled across tweets revealing Landon Donovan's plans to end his retirement and return to the LA Galaxy.
Inside the locker room of an MLS adversary, the news prompted a range of reactions.
"No way. Not happening," winger Brad Davis said.
"Kind of stunned," midfielder Benny Feilhaber said.
"As a soccer fan, I was just really excited," defender Kevin Ellis said.
A few rooms away, the response inside the club's coaching offices was a bit different.