Dale's soccer team, the De Anza Titans, did very well this past weekend in the Northern California State Cup tournament. They won their quarter-final game, 1-0, in overtime. Unfortunately, they lost the semi-final game, also 1-0, in double-overtime. We also found it amazing that the four teams in the semi-finals (including the Titans of course) are all in the same regular season league. That just goes to show how competitive their normal league games are.
The team did their best in both games, so even though they lost the semi-final game, their coaches, parents, and themselves were all proud of what they accomplished. Through the hard work of the boys and their coaches, the team went much farther in the tournament than anybody expected.
On a personal basis, the loss also ends our tour of central valley California towns. First there was Hanford. This past weekend we were in Turlock. We now know what it's like to be in a hotel room with zero soundproofing right next to a major 6 lane freeway and the Union Pacific tracks in which the train engineer finds it necessary to announce its arrival to the motel customers through a long, loud blast of the air horn. One parent had a room where the door deadbolt didn't work and when she called the front desk, the clerk said that it was ok the deadbolt didn't work as "they were in a low crime area" (a questionable assertion if you ask me). She finally convinced them to let her change rooms as long as she made the bed in her current room.
Bonus movie review: We took the team to see the movie Miracle, the story of the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey team. We all really enjoyed it. When they were showing game action, the movie audience applauded when the U.S. team scored goals in the Soviet Union vs. U.S. game.
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