It’s Friday night. People are out. Candles are lit. Magic is in the air, but will Houdini show up and put on a show for the ages or will it be the neighborhood rookie attempting a performance far beyond his skill-set?

Either way, there’s only one man who can tell this story as it happens without getting the least bit nervy.

In the play-by-play sense, he’s a player in his own right.

Talk about pulling out a Diego Forlán in stoppage time.

Gol!