November 10, 2008
3 Day Weekend
The team gathers after a practice.
Hey everyone its Dylan again.
It is Tuesday now and I have just finished a 3 day weekend. Monday was a public holiday but instead of having a day off, we had a game. On Saturday we traveled two hours by bus to Maebashi Gakuen. This is one of the best high school soccer teams in Japan and unfortunately Seiritsu lost 1-0 from a goal that came in the second half.
On Sunday we had a game at our home ground against Yokohama FC which is a second division J-League club. This team was very good at keeping the ball as their first touch was very good but unfortunately for them, they did not have the strength or speed and we beat them 4-0. On Monday we played against Ryukei Kashiwa which is also one of the best high schools in Japan and, as a matter of fact, Ryukei Kashiwa won the National High School Soccer competition in 2007. But this year they were not so lucky and have already been knocked out of the Tokyo competition in a game that went to penalties.
This meant that all the 3rd years from Ryukei left the school as they have nothing left to stay for (ed- Third year students often take their last 6 months off from club activities to focus on studying for university entrance exams). So the Seiritsu B-1 team (1st years) played against the best of the 1st and 2nd years from Ryukei. It was a tight game but they were a lot more physically stronger and bigger than us and we went down 2-1.
Despite all that, I had a great 3 day weekend and I cant wait until the next!
By Dylan Windust