Monday, July 13, 2009

Monday - The Maccabiah has Begun!







Today was another of those amazing days. We had a light training session at Wingate and then were able to scout Canada vs Israel who we play first. We watched the first half and then got to see the second half of our U16 boys against Israel. It was 0 - 0 at half with a pretty large contingent of American families there. Midway through the second half the Argentine's arrive because they had the game following and since we are staying with them at Shefayim they started banging their drums and cheering for the US. Our boys scored in the 86th min and held on to win. A great result for Coach Goldfarb and the boys. The girls were so pumped up they were ready to play right there! They made a tunnel for the boys to run through as they came off the field just like they were a bunch of U8's. LOL

In the afternoon the girls decorated the hall with red/white/blue streamers, flags and banners and then at 4:00 pm we left to head to Ramat Gan Stadium for Opening Ceremonies.
It was alot of standing around and waiting but the girls all had a good time taking pictures with the other delegations.

Around 8:15pm we began to enter the stadium. Seeing the faces of my players as they entered the stadium is one of the things I most looked forward to. 50,000 cheering fans and on live TV was definitely a new experience for most.
US Olympic Gold Medalist, Jason Lesak was the final torch bearer who was chosen to like the Maccabiah flame. Truely an electric moment in during a once in a lifetime evening.

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