Two years ago, in 2009, the Gringo Geezers stunned, shocked and almost upset the Nic Orphan boys in a highly competitive and tight 5 - 4 soccer victory by the Nics. They couldn't believe that an almost dead group of ol' white guys almost whipped them in their national sport.
So, in preparation for the 2010 rematch, the Nic Orphan boys practiced long and hard prior to the arrival of the Yanks. When the Nic boys took the field, they came out in formation, singing chants and taunts at their Yankee friends!
It paid off ... they whipped our heels by a 5 -1 score.
We thus gave our young friends a challenge: American football in 2011.
In prep for us, they actually had someone get them a football to practice with. And, to make it fair (for us), we mixed up the teams, putting the teens among our two teams. It was a great game, much more conducive to us geezors, as we could take breathers twixt every play. But, we could hear the teens in their Spanish say "this is boring"! They were used to the non-stop action of soccer!
They had a great time however. Laughing, smiling huge and playing great, they picked up on American football a lot quicker than we picked up on soccer.
Once again it was a great way to end the week. And as we left the football field the Nic teens issued a challenge to us: "Next year, baseball"!!!
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