Thursday, June 01, 2006

Oregon Soccer Classic 2006 mens Div.3 champs



the oregon soccer classic is held memorial day weekend at the delta park soccer fields... i play on the Regulators team in division 3... the tournament has 1st, 2nd, 3rd and over 30 divisions for both men and women... our team won the division 3 title for the second year in a row. we won the title game 3-2..... it was a very fun weekend filled with soccer and good times for family and friends.... thanks to Tho Huynh's wife for taking these photos and thanks to Tho and all the other guys on the team for a great weekend! thanks also have to goto the wives and families and friends of the players for cheering us on all weekend! we started out slow, losing our first game but after that with each game we played stronger and better as a team building up the momentum and taking it to the championship game.... well done guys...

Monday, May 29, 2006

weekend update






well we had a busy weekend... i played in a soccer tournament here in portland. same team as last year, the regulators... we entered the div. 3 level again. 2 games saturday, 3 games sunday, 1 game monday! amy had to work sat. & sun. so ruby came to the soccer field with me, rain gear on and bundled up as those days were wet and chilly... some of the wives kept ruby entertained during game time and i thank them very much for helping out... it was good to be able to play in all the games ... speaking of games... we lost the first game,... tough loss... the next games we tied one and won 3 moving us to the championship game monday morning... which we ended up winning 3-2 to repeat our championship from a year ago! i'll post a team photo later when i get it from our coach/manager. after saturday's last game stephen and sosanda had a get together for dinner and drinks.. very fun as usual... lots of kids running around, grubbing bbq and amazing egg rolls! some of us came to the house between game 2 and 3 on sun to get a break from the outside element, plus the us v. latvia game was on to watch... after mondays championship game the erdmanns and rings came over for a bbq.... the weather turned for the better on monday... a really nice day... sunny, warm... perfect for bbq, drinks, friends! we had a round 2 bbq later when our buds the sciullis showed up with some grubbin' chicken to bbq.... i'd try to explain the way ken and paige prepped it but i doubt if i'd get it correct so i'll just say it was shaka good! so it's back to work in the morning... which is ok... after a great weekend of fun with friends... it's easier to get to work and look forward to other days of the same....