The Bob Marley Tournament !A handful of us were invited to join forces on Saturday with Washington Express (Jeff's former WISL team) to play the Bob Marley Tournament out in Landover MD. In the picture (right), you'll find Jeff, Khalid, Matt, Robb and Paul.
If you want to learn how NOT to run a tournament, this would be the place. We realized beforehand, that the Jamaican influence makes this tournament very "laid back." But arriving on the designated time of 9am, we found out that our first game was not until 11am "at the earliest."
After our first game, we chilled out with some excellent, freshly-cooked Jamaican food (that deep-fried red snapper looked outstanding), and Matt "the Chef" Welch was learning all the tricks from the vendors. And then we played our second game around 2:30.
Looking very perplexed at the empty fields not being used, we were then told that our third and final game wouldn't be until 6pm or later. Being frustrated at the completely lack of organization, the entire team decided to walk out!
How was the football? Actually, it was quite high quality....on the part of our opponents. The eight other teams were all very fast and physical (with not a single white person among them!), and it was apparent that they play together routinely. Having a "mixed-together" team like ours did not help our chances. But highlights included:
- numerous eye-popping saves by Robb
- Paul scoring our only goal
- me being able to turn my brain off and just play (for a change, I didn't have to organize Jack!)
Well, at least we got some tournament football under our belt this summer.
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