When you think of a professional footballer’s mode of transportation to a match, you probably conjure images of pimped-out limousines with built-in hot tubs, strippers and maybe even a personal pizza chef.

Well, for footballers in the United States (who aren’t David Beckham) it’s not like that. They take taxis driven by heart attack victims.

Two weeks ago, New England Revolution striker, and US national team member when no one else is available, Taylor Twellman hopped in a taxi with his brother on route to his side’s MLS playoff match against the Chicago Fire. As the cab began to slow down for a red light at an intersection, things went all kinds of wrong.

Twellman said: “All of a sudden I see the guy tilt his head back, make a real awkward noise, and his right hand goes to his face. I yelled to my brother, ‘Get out of the car! Get out of the car!’ So we jumped out of the moving car and – by some miracle – the car doesn’t hit anything or anyone except a wall. And we are in one busy intersection.”

Oh, the car only hit a wall? That’s good. I mean, I’m sure that felt nice for the guy in the driver’s seat who just suffered a heart attack.

The Twellman brothers stayed with the driver until medical personnel arrived and ended up getting a police escort to the game, which New England lost 2-0, knocking them out of the playoffs on a 3-2 aggregate score.

Bad day for Taylor, worse day for that taxi driver.