01.23.07
Soccer tournament
I’m still recovering from an all-weekend soccer tournament in Taiwan’s “second city” - Kaohsiung (pronounced something like “Gow Shung” - unlike the Reuter’s reporter saying “Kayoo Seeoong”). The team I played for, Compass (sponsored by http://www.taiwanfun.com/central/compass/compass.htm), came in 5th place out of 16, although we did have the distinction for never losing in regulation play. We lost only one game in a penalty kick shoot out and had only one goal scored against us in six games (we won the game 2-1 in which the other team scored). The team we lost to in penalty kicks went on to the finals and they lost in the second overtime period to a questionable penalty kick call in the last minute of play.
In all, a very fun time. There is another tournament in April coming up in Tainan, where we hope to set the record straight and take it straight to the cup.
If you’re reading this and you’re in Taiwan looking to play some soccer, check out http://english.tccg.gov.tw/living.php?page=living_day_01&id=86&pid=55 for a link to the folks that head up the Compass team.