1st place and a trophy for MidsouthFC!

After a long fought battle, USA came out with a final win in the Agropoli Cup International Tournament.  Italians play a different more physical style of soccer and no shin guards, so there are more fouls, frustrations, and injuries which makes for a totally different game than we are accustomed to.  Even the difference in language has an effect, because no one really knows what the players are saying so the ref gives yellow cards for taunting when it may not even be the case...but we all know that no matter how poor the refereeing is, whatever the ref calls is simply what it is.
Despite the struggle, our girls fought back and won!  They will be arriving in Memphis late this evening with a giant trophy.  Taegan was asked to accept the trophy on behalf of the team.  I know she will never forget that moment.  Bobbie was awarded MVP by the tournament directors. She had 7 goals throughout the tournament.  Our coach, Richard Bute, awarded Molly a trophy as well for her stellar goal-keeping.   
Thanks to Chris's hard word behind the scenes, or should I say seas (ha, ha) ABC 24 ran our story last night.  Maybe some other stations will pick it up soon.  These girls deserve attention for their mighty accomplishment.  Memphis should be very proud that they represented our city so well. 
Can't wait to see you all soon and share better quality pictures so you can see what we experienced.  Thanks to everyone for being so supportive and following us on this international journey!