Sunday - the final day of Dallas Cup 2015.
A fairly early pick up tine of 9.15am to go watch Peter Bankes referee the U17s final at the Toyota Stadium. Congratulations to Peter on a great appointment.
Now Peters game was very different to Jacks the day before, as he sent off 2 players and cautioned a handful! To be fair to him, he was left with no option but to do so, and again did the FA proud...
From this game, we returned to our homestay, where the rest of the group were invited round to have Easter Dinner. You could clearly see today how much the group has jelled over this 2 weeks, and how we have all learnt so much and become great friends in the process.
After the meal, we all went back to the Toyota stadium to watch the final game of Dallas Cup 2015 - the Gordon Jago Superground 19s game between Monterrey (Mexico) and Cortiba (Brazil). We all met Gordon Jago last week, and he was a true inspiration to us all. Unfortunately Gordon lost his wife recently, and has set up a charity in her name to help support the Dallas Police Department as this was her area of work. Throughout the 2 weeks, we have used a "fine system"when people have made silly comments / wore bad clothes etc ... a bit of light hearted fun. The money raised from fines for the group was $400, and we have given $250 of that to Gordons charity. Gordon was very appreciative of this.
After the game, we made our way to the farewell referee party at the inter continental hotel. I have met many friends in the "referee family" over the last 2 weeks, and will now keep in touch with lots of referees from all over the world.
That marked the official end of the Dallas Cup 2015.
We returned to our homestays, relaxed and played lots of pool. Our flight is at 8pm tomorrow evening, so another busy day is ahead of us tomorrow, and i will update you all again soon!
Mike B.
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