joga bonito

Looks like football really can be part of the glue that binds the world together. Yesterday night was so awesome having people from 6 different nations all out on the field showing off their fancy footwork. Well at least the others were showing off their fancy footwork. I was just running around like a headless chicken as usual. But still, right there on that field there were people from Colombia, Ecuador, America, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand playing as if we'd all known each other for years instead of having just met a couple of hours ago. as one of the Colombians, Juan, said, it was just absolutely amazing.

Oh and if you think those Nike joga bonito videos are cool, imagine watching it live and unedited right in front of you. Those South Americans are soooooooooooooooo friggin good. When I mentioned joga bonito they just started pulling about every move on those videos...and MORE! In fact even the worst of em had no problems pulling those moves. Now that is truly truly Joga Bonito. Also I think somehow Americans are just naturally great keepers. One of the Americans who played with us yesterday keeps for his college and boy is he ever good. One of the best keepers I've ever seen. Think Brad Freidel and Kasey Keller and you'll catch my drift.

Ow my feet hurt.