Richard Masters looks on as supporter outburst heard after Everton vs West Ham decision - Liverpool Echo

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Everton surrendered a 1-0 lead given to them by Idrissa Gueye to lose 2-1 to David Moyes' previous employers West Ham United in their second Premier League Summer Series game. Lucas Paqueta equalised after he was given a tap-in when new goalkeeper Mark Travers made a hash a high ball into the box.

West Ham substitute Niclas Fullkrug picked his spot to arrow in a low shot at the back post to complete the turnaround midway through the second half and condemn Everton to a second straight pre-season defeat in the USA.

ECHO Everton reporter Chris Beesley was at the match at Soldier Field, Chicago, and brings you some potential moments missed.

Masters of the Premier League UniverseIt's fair to say that Everton haven't enjoyed the easiest of relationships with Premier League bosses in recent years, although from our media rooms behind glass up in the gods of NFL stadiums, it's been difficult to hear just how much booing of the Premier League anthem has been taking place from Blues supporters.

Originally given a 10-point deduction, the largest in the competition's history, for a single PSR breach, an appeal by Everton saw that figure reduced to six, but then a second charge added another two back on.In the midst of it all, Premier League chief executive Richard Masters, appeared to refer to Everton, who have spent most seasons in the top flight and are the only founder members of both the Football League in 1888 and Premier League in 1992 to be ever-presents in the latter, as a small club, further enraging many Blues already furious by what they saw as draconian punishments while the nature of the rules enabled the division's established elite continue to lavish huge sums on players.

On the back of this, eyebrows were raised when Masters attended Everton's final Premier League fixture at Goodison Park on May 18, and with this being an official Premier League tournament, the CEO was also present in the Windy City having been spotted wearing a dark jacket and open neck shirt, assessing the scene from the Soldier Field Press Box.Thirst outburstConsidering that long periods of this game were played in torrential rain (in a stadium like many in the NFL curiously does not have a roof), and the corner flags could be seen to be blowing at almost 90 degree angles, it was curious when midway through both the first and second half, play was stopped for drinks breaks.

One angry US fan complained: "It's not even that hot," and he must have been shouting loud for the ECHO to hear him from our lofty vantage point.The decision came shortly after Gueye had fired the Blues - wearing their new away kit for the first time - ahead and could be seen to have disrupted their momentum.

Everton manager David Moyes was asked about it all and said: "There had been a discussion and if the temperatures had been what they'd been, and if you go to Atlanta, you might understand why you have to introduce a water break. But tonight, with the change in the weather and a bit of rain and what not."I think it was somewhere in the rules that they have a water break halfway through each half. So, was it needed tonight? Probably not needed."But I've got to say, if you'd had been in Atlanta or in New York as you were, it was needed."

Column inchesSoldier Field, the stadium where legendary singer Diana Ross infamously shanked her shot high and wide - don't play football in stiletto heels - in the opening ceremony of the 1994 World Cup is a curious, hybrid venue.

As well as its aforementioned lack of a roof, its location within a park means that it takes quite a few minutes to get off site and back to civilisation, especially on nights when the weather is inclement like this occasion and patrons, including yours truly, got an absolute soaking on their way back to downtown Chicago (I could have done with one of those ponchos that so many spectators were wearing).As former Chicago Bears player Charles 'Peanut' Tillman told me on a recent visit to Liverpool promoting American football to youngsters, the modern 'spaceship' exterior of Soldier Field has a similar, shimmering look to the roof at Everton's new Hill Dickinson Stadium.

However, there is also a grandiose set of imposing mock Roman columns. As I observed on my arrival, after 133 years, the Blues have only just departed a stadium that's full of pillars!