It would have been a familiar sight to Leicester City fans as Steve Guppy set off down the touchline, looking to run at the opposition full-back when all of a sudden a roar went up from the other end of the stadium.



“In England if you heard a roar at the other end of the pitch, it would mean there would be a fight or someone would be on the pitch, so I turned around and there was a giant teddy bear catapulting sweets into the crowd as the game was going on,” Guppy laughs as he tells the story.



That was March, 2005, a year after the winger had left Leicester and headed to the United States for a new adventure with DC United.



“I was just laughing, thinking ‘welcome to America.’ I had been a professional for 15 years and I was ready for a new challenge,” he says. “The whole atmosphere, the different places to visit and see, the travelling, it was a great experience. The MLS has moved on leaps and bounds since then as...