The World (In) Famous IST CUP
By: Katrina Meredith, Mak 10
PC International
PCV USA
V. Borizoski
J. Del Pino
Z. Chachorovski
A. Foy
B. Close
S. Lee
S. Delaney
J. McKinney
I. Murseli
J. Tomchak
G. Spasov
K. Thompson
D. Urquart
The first annual IST CUP football match between
PCV USA and PC International was held in Struga
on June 14 in the only open time slot between the
competing FIFA World Cup™ football playoffs.
Breaking with tradition, the team chose to forgo uniforms in order to confuse their opponents and the
fans. A small but enthusiastic crowd cheered them
on as night fell and the ball became harder to see.
Initially, match organizer Keith Thompson hoped
that the presence of several massive banks of lights
on the field would provide adequate light for a night
game, but alas, there were no bulbs in them, so
darkness, as well as exhaustion, eventually ended
the game.
As with the US team in the FIFA World Cup™, PCV
USA played their hearts out and actually executed a
few brilliant moves. Goalkeeper Lee made some
spectacular kicks from the Goal-area, managing to
nail both an Audi and BMW in the hotel parking lot.
Tomchak distinguished himself by attempting to tear
his arm out of its socket while recovering a ball that
had gone out of bounds. Fortunately, he was unsuccessful and went on to score for PCV USA.
The PCV USA team was further distinguished by
including the only female player, A. Foy. Foy, made
several really cool passes and confused the International team by yelling “Chekaj, chekaj!” when she
was attempting to position pass kicks.
Both teams were enthusiastically cheered on by the
“Stari” Cheerleaders (second only to the Dallas
Cowboy cheerleaders). In the spirit of the Peace
Corps, stara Nancy Wilson led stari Katrina and Gail
in repeated efforts to spur both the US and International teams on to play their best. Also, it was very
difficult to tell which team was which and who was
actually playing on the respective teams.
Since referees could not be recruited, disagreements were determined by who could
speak Macedonian better and yell louder.
The final score is still a matter of debate. Despite being short one player, there is a strong
consensus that PC International actually won
the match. PCV USA Team Captain Thompson said that the score was 8 PCV USA, 9 PC
International. He went on to say “… I say the
match was fixed!!! Fixed, I tell you”
Tomchak, of PCV USA stated, “With only 2
minutes to spare we realized that the score
had changed without the scoring of any goals
and so we bowed down to accept defeat, our
exaggerated final score- 26 America 20 Macedonia, theirs doesn't matter.” Fellow player
Del Pino thought the final score was 7 PCV
USA, 8 PC International.
PC International team Captain Spasov agreed
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