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One Whitecaps fan got a real thrill on Saturday.

It wasn’t just the excellent 2-1 win for the home side over the visiting Houston Dynamo — he also got to meet David Ousted afterwards.

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Steve Mousseau says a nearby fan who had too much to drink got loose with his fists during the second half of Saturday’s game and when he went to calm the man down, caught a punch in his eye.

Ironically enough, the fan was wearing a green Whitecaps goalie jersey.

After a large number of security guards intervened to remove the man and his companion, Mousseau was tended to by a first aid attendant, down below the stands, near the south end of the field.

The man who threw the punch is a regular in the stands — Mousseau said he has seats a row up from him and they generally chat most weeks — so his reaction was quite surprising, he added.

“He got mad because someone used his cup holder. It was really weird,” he said.

After Mousseau’s swollen eye was tended to, the attendants let him stay below and watch the end of the game from field level. After, he got to meet a couple players, including Ousted.