Soccer On The Dock

Soccer, or what most countries call football is considered the beautiful game.  This year Mercy Ships crew have six teams which compete against each other.  They play five against five on the dock with smaller goals than normal.  Since the surface is hard brick, the action is faced pace.

This week I watched one of my day crew in supply play for the Stewards team as they competed with the Hope Center Team.
We watched from deck seven providing a good perspective on the action.
This is no normal competition.  There is even a live announcer giving play by play commentary which is broadcast over speakers set up on the dock.  It is pretty much non-stop commentary in the excited African accented English.

Since the dock is also a road entrance to the ship, traffic may enter at any time. At one point a truck came to drop off a dumpster used for scrap metal.  There was a delay of game so the truck could come in, the goal moved out of the way, and people moved out of the way. Be assured that there was on the scene commentary of what the truck was doing every step of dropping off the dumpster to leaving the gate. "The truck is backing up...The driver is getting out of the truck...The driver is unhitching the dumpster...The driver is getting back in the truck......"

After that the game could resume!  Here's some of the fast paced action.

The game ended around sunset.  There was a direct kick penalty shot resulting in a goal by the Stewards which tied the game 1 to 1.

Chuck