One of the things that was always extremely cool about being a player in MLS was seeing parts of these historic sporting event stadiums throughout the country that not too many could.  Whether the be the locker rooms or stepping foot onto the pitch themselves, the one thing I always wondered about was the side of the event that was brought into the living rooms of the fans week in and week out, the television production side.

And with RFK Stadium being one of the more historical stadiums that MLS plays in and will one day be no more, doing a game on the production side is a bit more interesting than the others.

Dan, Koluder and I had one of the more interesting conversations on the way to the game with our cab driver, a native of Ghana and a man who had some very interesting opinions on the state of the National Team led by the likes of Essien and Appiah and why they dominate at the youth international level.

More Pics after the Jump…..

The gangway plank entrance to the media booth on the upper level and the television game production on the bottom level.  Because of the small confines, I was told that the NFL broadcast would use the Media Booth at the very top of RFK on the bench side of the field to accommodate the necessity of space needed.

As you can see, pretty tight.  What you don’t see is the you have to duck for about four steps to get to this point as there’s a support beam in the way to this point.

My view of the WPS match between Sky Blue FC and the Washington Freedom that kicked off the double header, with Real Salt Lake and DC United kicking off at 7.05pm.

The spot where I did my pre - game interviews for our show.

The Washington Monument at 5.15am.

I can’t even begin to count the amount of times I’ve flown in and out of Reagan, but never have I ended up at Gates 1 - 9.  I thought I was in line for Space Mountain at Disneyland…