Didier Drogba

I met him at the Rowdies Suncoast Invitational at Al Lang Stadium in St. Petersburg, Florida in 2016, when the Montreal Impact played New York City FC in a pre-season game.

A security guard at Al Lang Stadium captured the moment when I met Didier and was kind enough to send me the photo.

Didier signed a 2015 Panini Football League PFL13 card #055.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didier_Drogba

Claudio Reyna

I met him at the Rowdies Suncoast Invitational at Al Lang Stadium in St. Petersburg, Florida in 2016, when New York City FC, whom he was the sporting director for, played the Montreal Impact in a pre-season game.

Claudio signed a 2007 Upper Deck Major League Soccer Pitch Perfect card #PP5

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudio_Reyna

Raymon Gaddis

I met him at the Rowdies Suncoast Invitational at Al Lang Stadium in St. Petersburg, Florida in 2016, when the Philadelphia Union came to play D.C. United in a pre-season game.

Raymon signed a 2015 Topps Major League Soccer card #21

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Gaddis

Mike Sorber

I met him at the Rowdies Suncoast Invitational at Al Lang Stadium in St. Petersburg, Florida in 2016, when the Philadelphia Union, whom he was an assistant coach for, came to play D.C. United in a pre-season game.

Mike signed a 1993 Upper Deck World Cup 94 Preview English/Spanish card #16

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Sorber

Patrice Bernier

I met him at Al Lang Stadium in St. Petersburg, Florida in 2016, when the Montreal Impact shared the Tampa Bay Rowdies home for their pre-season.

Patrice signed a 2015 Topps Major League Soccer card #72.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrice_Bernier

Hassoun Camara

I met him at Al Lang Stadium in St. Petersburg, Florida in 2016, when the Montreal Impact shared the Tampa Bay Rowdies home for their pre-season.

Hassoun signed a 2015 Topps Major League Soccer card #29.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hassoun_Camara

Eric Alexander

I met him at Al Lang Stadium in St. Petersburg, Florida in 2016, when the Montreal Impact shared the Tampa Bay Rowdies home for their pre-season.

Eric signed a 2014 Topps Major League Soccer card #182.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Alexander_(soccer)

Romario Williams

I met him at Al Lang Stadium in St. Petersburg, Florida in 2016, when the Montreal Impact shared the Tampa Bay Rowdies home for their pre-season.

Romario signed a 2015 Topps Major League Soccer card #93.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romario_Williams

Jeremy Hall

I met him at a Tampa Bay Rowdies pre-season game at Al Lang Stadium in St. Petersburg, Florida in 2016.

Jeremy signed a 2014 Topps Major League Soccer card #155.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Hall_(soccer)

Fabián Espíndola

I met him at Al Lang Stadium in St. Petersburg, Florida in 2016, when D.C. United came to play the Tampa Bay Rowdies in a pre-season game.

Fabián signed a 2014 Topps Major League Soccer card #62.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabian_Espindola

Perry Van der Beck

I met him while he was the Tampa Bay Rowdies assistant general manager at a Rowdies pre-season game at Al Lang Stadium in St. Petersburg, Florida in 2016.

Perry signed a 1990 Pacific Major Indoor Soccer League card #51.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perry_Van_der_Beck

Ben Olsen

I met him at Al Lang Stadium in St. Petersburg, Florida in 2016, when D.C. United, whom he was the head coach for, came to play the Tampa Bay Rowdies in a pre-season game.

Ben signed a 2000 Upper Deck Major League Soccer card #7.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Olsen

Carl Everett

I met him at a celebrity golf tournament at Feather Sound Golf Course in Clearwater, Florida in 2016.

Carl signed a 1996 Pinnacle card #77.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/e/evereca01.shtml

Tyler Goeddel

I met him at Paul Owens Training Facility at Carpenter Complex, the Philadelphia Phillies spring training facility in Clearwater, Florida in 2016.

Tyler signed a 2011 Panini Playoff Contenders Prospect Ticket card #RT33.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/goeddty01.shtml

Aaron Altherr

I met him at Paul Owens Training Facility at Carpenter Complex, the Philadelphia Phillies spring training facility in Clearwater, Florida in 2016.

Aaron signed a 2013 Florida State League Top Prospects card.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/altheaa01.shtml

Cody Asche

I met him at Paul Owens Training Facility at Carpenter Complex, the Philadelphia Phillies spring training facility in Clearwater, Florida in 2016.

Cody signed a 2014 Topps Heritage card #75.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/ascheco01.shtml

Earnie Stewart

I met him at the Joe DiMaggio Sports Complex, the Philadelphia Union's spring training home in Clearwater, Florida in 2016.

Earnie signed a 2002 Panini World Cup card #117.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earnie_Stewart

Sébastien Le Toux

I met him at the Joe DiMaggio Sports Complex, the Philadelphia Union's spring training home in Clearwater, Florida in 2016.

Sébastien signed a 2015 Topps Major League Soccer card #104.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastien_Le_Toux

Vincent Nogueira

I met him at the Joe DiMaggio Sports Complex, the Philadelphia Union's spring training home in Clearwater, Florida in 2016.

Vincent signed a 2015 Topps Major League Soccer card #32.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Nogueira

Chris Albright

I met him at the Joe DiMaggio Sports Complex, the Philadelphia Union's spring training home in Clearwater, Florida in 2016.

Chris signed a 2008 Upper Deck Major League Soccer card #70.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Albright

Fabinho

I met him at the Joe DiMaggio Sports Complex, the Philadelphia Union's spring training home in Clearwater, Florida in 2016.

Fabinho signed a 2015 Topps Major League Soccer card #12.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabio_Alves

Jim Curtin

I met him at the Joe DiMaggio Sports Complex, the Philadelphia Union's spring training home in Clearwater, Florida in 2016.

Jim signed a 2009 Upper Deck Major League Soccer card #99.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Curtin

Matt Pickens

I met him outside of the USF Barnes & Noble store as he was leaving the USFSP Recreation Field during the Tampa Bay Rowdies pre-season in St. Petersburg, Florida in 2016.

Matt signed a 2012 Upper Deck Major League Soccer card #82.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Pickens

Danny Mwanga

I met him outside of the USF Barnes & Noble store as he was leaving the USFSP Recreation Field during the Tampa Bay Rowdies pre-season in St. Petersburg, Florida in 2016.

Danny signed a 2013 Topps Major League Soccer card #148.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Mwanga

Kalif Alhassan

I met him outside of the USF Barnes & Noble store as he was leaving the USFSP Recreation Field during the Tampa Bay Rowdies pre-season in St. Petersburg, Florida in 2016.

Kalif signed a 2012 Upper Deck Major League Soccer card #135.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalif_Alhassan

Tommy Heinemann

I met him outside of the USF Barnes & Noble store as he was leaving the USFSP Recreation Field during the Tampa Bay Rowdies pre-season in St. Petersburg, Florida in 2016.

Tommy signed a 2012 Upper Deck Major League Soccer card #167.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Heinemann

Michael Nanchoff

I met him outside of the USF Barnes & Noble store as he was leaving the USFSP Recreation Field during the Tampa Bay Rowdies pre-season in St. Petersburg, Florida, in 2016.

Michael signed a 2011 Upper Deck Major League Soccer card #181.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Nanchoff

Freddy Adu

I met him at Al Lang Stadium during the Tampa Bay Rowdies pre-season in St. Petersburg, Florida, in 2016.

Freddy signed a 2007 Upper Deck Major League Soccer Pitch Perfect card #PP13.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freddy_Adu

Whitey Herzog

I met him at the St. Louis Cardinals fantasy camp at Roger Dean Stadium in Palm Beach, Florida in 2016.

Whitey signed a 1988 Topps card #744.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/herzowh01.shtml

Lucas Duda

I met him at Tradition Field, the New York Mets spring training facility in Port Saint Lucie, Florida in 2016.

After finishing up collecting autographs at the Mets fantasy camp, it was time to leave. My brother and I decided to drive through the parking lot to the opposite side of the stadium. There, sitting in his car with his door opened is Lucas Duda, so we pulled up right next to him.

Lucas signed a 2015 Topps Heritage card #395.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/dudalu01.shtml