They were about to get a 16-inch pizza tray covered with a vinyl sticker when someone said, "Well, I do know a guy with a shield..." Turns out the web manager's fiancee's sister's boyfriend is the proud owner of a full Captain America costume. We're not talking Halloween. Legit.

His name is Jeremy. He lives in Medford, which is quite literally Brenden Aaronson's hometown. He told the Union he wasn't a sports fan but it sounded like a cool idea. The team drove to Medford, got the shield and used a heat gun to put the vinyl Supporters' Shield over top.

The magnet on the back -- powerful enough for it to stick and hold to the back of the costume, like I said LEGIT -- was so strong the heat guns got stuck to it during the process of applying the vinyl. End result? F#%&ING AWESOME.

I just keep reading "web manager's fiancee's sister's boyfriend" back over and over and over. I love this league.

🚨 PROGRAMING NOTE 🚨 We've got an interview with Jeremy Sullivan, owner of the Captain America shield, and Jim Curtin on @Extratime today. Show drops at 5 pm ET anywhere you listen to podcasts and YouTube.

BREAKING: Via text, @CapSully335 tells me he'd be willing to donate the "Supporters' Shield" to the @PhilaUnion as long as they replace his prized possession. Ball is in your court, Union.

@andrew_wiebe @BrotherlyGame @PhilaUnion @B_East44 @GrooGruxKing_41 @ChrisDeAntonio I KNEW IT WAS WEIRD LOOKING FOR A REASON LOL

@andrew_wiebe @UniWatch @PhilaUnion Cool Story! On a side note, how does @MLS mess this up not having the shield traveling with a responsible individual? That’s like Rob Manfred on the podium at the World Series... “Sorry Guys, we forgot the Trophy in NY.” 🤦‍♂️

@andrew_wiebe @PhilaUnion I can't wait to tell my daughter, she has the same shield.

@andrew_wiebe @PhilaUnion I found your new favorite sports trophy, @ESPNMcGee

@andrew_wiebe @PhilaUnion @iamprinster this story was better than I could have imagined

@andrew_wiebe @PhilaUnion This should be the real Supporters Shield moving forward.

@andrew_wiebe @PhilaUnion @My_Men1 quand même assez loufoque!😅😂

@andrew_wiebe @PhilaUnion I’m still wondering how it hasn’t arrived from LA, yet...we’ve known TFC or Philly were going to win. It’s either LAFC didn’t want to let it go. Or DeJoy wanted to mess with Philly so he personally stopped the USPS delivery.

@andrew_wiebe @Extratime @PhilaUnion Literally my exact thought of “Did the just put an image onto a Captain America shield as the supporters shield” actually was right😂 this is awesome

@andrew_wiebe @PhilaUnion Congrats

@andrew_wiebe @PhilaUnion Good stuff. What’s the story about why the real shield didn’t arrive?

@andrew_wiebe @PhilaUnion So the story of a tin pot league still trying to claim rights off the backs of supports, but doesn’t have any foresight to assist in transport, decides someone randomly ranted to an IT guy to get a big ass sticker and a Halloween costume accessories and scrap one up. Joke right?

@andrew_wiebe @PhilaUnion But #RBNY supporters did it first!