Tuesday, August 7, 2007

Boys and Football

The football field at the Bishop's House in Phat Diem is where the tour buses park. Football (what we in the US call soccer) is big in Viet Nam, and the Vietnamese are duly proud of how their national team did at the Asian Games.

When the boys play, they didn't have any goals, so some of the guys took of their shoes to mark the posts. This lefts many without shoes, and there are some big rocks on the field. A few decided to just use their left shoe, so they could kick with the right. After a while, they got smart and planted some large sticks for the goals.


Not everyone played hard all the time. These jokers decided to put on a show, and I got them just at the right time.






















The play is intense, but as soon as play stops, everyone laughs and runs for the ball. Lots of fun to watch them play everyday from 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.