Wow. That is all I can say as a look back on this project. Wow, in the fact that it was a blast. I had so much fun getting to meet the men of “Between the Posts”. As a soccer player and fan, getting to watch them play was a treat. I mean, once again, wow…they’re skilled. I learned that the love of soccer in America is nothing compared to what these boys have grown up with in their own countries. Wow, also, in the fact this project was a whole lot of work…and I mean lots! But the thing is, I learned about many different programs that, in my future profession, I’m sure I will be putting to use. I just think I underestimated the amount of time it was going to take me.
When coming up with a topic for my project, I decided I definitely wanted to do it on something in sports. I hope to work in something sports/journalism related after I graduate, so I thought this would be good experience. I love soccer…I grew up playing it, and still play on intramural teams here at Miami, so I figured I would do something with that. I heard about this soccer team that was apparently unbeatable which consisted of some of Miami’s International students. This was perfect! Something in sports, an amazing team, and getting to meet people from all over the world. I got into contact with them, and thus began my crazy, stressful, exciting, and educational project.
From the beginning, I knew this project was going to be a struggle for me. I’m a busy girl, as most college students are, so finding time to do the filming and photography was tough, especially since the team didn’t have many games. I had never done any filming or photography before, so I tried to experiment and had some fun with it. The only trouble I had was taking action shots. Obviously, action shots are necessary for a project on a soccer team. It was hard to catch them at the right moment, and shots often came out blurry. Also, the day that I went out to film the game, it was about 10 degrees below 0 and windy. No fun. And the sound ended up not working for half of my footage, including the interviews. So…we had to re-do those. Also, no fun. But I still had a good time hanging out with the guys. They crack me up…
Designing the website, although I’ve heard how easy Dreamweaver is, was difficult for me. I think I just have really bad luck with technology. Nothing really seem to go right for me! However, I figured it out. I had never used Dreamweaver, Flash, or iMovie before this project, so what may look very simple is pretty complex for me…haha. This project may have been a struggle for me, but it was a great learning experience. I know I will definitely be using these programs in the future. And of course, I now know boys from 12 different countries!
Thanks “Between the Posts” for putting up with me! I had a blast and it was awesome getting to know all of you. Feel free to use this blog for your team…post schedules, scores, pictures…anything! Good luck in future season…I’ll be there to cheer you on!
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I have to say it was a pleasure to make a team like that! May be if we called ourselves the Miami's best ever we would have played like that but oh well! Remember when we lost it was 0 degrees Celsius outside and our PK goalie is from the equator! That's good enough of an excuse! Heh
No excuses STEFAN Stefanie stop personalizing your comments .The only reason we lost was because ALI was around and she was looking more than beautiful which diverted my attention in goal. Anyway we would have won that game if you weren’t quiverish about taking a penalty kick, which would have gotten us into the finals, and without any doubt we would have taken on those club kicks who played like elementary school kids. I did my best in goal, by saving two penalty kicks, that’s a good record however I don’t understand how we could have gone down 3 to nothing with 12 minutes into the game that was shameful from a bunch of players that play almost better than the Columbus crew and its reserve bench. Maybe next year we should call ourselves the random misfits. Because we looked like that on the day we lost .oh that’s right most of us are leaving for our various countries so there wont be any misfits but nothing but random reminiscing of our glory days as heavy goal scoring drinking fucking foreigners who had glorious times at SteinKeller. …Cheers guys it was fun being playing the beautiful game (Call it Football America, that’s all we foreigners demand of you) with you all. Its high time I hang my soccer boots am getting good at drinking Guinness and Heinekens, thanks for teaching me how to drink and play responsibly JUKKA (Finnish Finisher, second best player on the team after, KYU HAK HIM)
I grew up In Cameroon and for us while growing up we didn’t dream to be doctors, governors, engineers or all the big shots or tycoon, we dreamt to be like Omam biyick ,Samuel eto’o, makanaki, Patrick Mboma and the indomitable lions of Cameroon .not to mention Roger Milla for sure. A world treasure for long buried in the obscurity of African football. Ironically, it is thanks to him that the rest of the world has come to appreciate African football. He was 38 in 1990. But in 1994 he became the oldest player ever to score in a world cup match. Milla was always the 'big time' player. He is Africa's player of the 70's, 80's, and 90's .we wanted to nothing but to play and some day wear that green jersey that was our dream, and if that dream couldn’t materialize then we played for fun. Football in Cameroon was past time, it was something everyone in the neighborhood had to do and It was a great way to meet the other kids, here in America I was shocked by how people live in doors and are never get to be acquainted with their neighbors year round. Football definitely helps bridge that social gap. Growing up I used to play mostly defense and I was nicknamed ‘cafu “ and used to be called all sorts of names depending on how I played, we use to name each other after the best players in the world at that time. And whosoever was nick named after the best player in the world at that point time was regarded as the playmaker, magician or trickstar in the neighborhood. I now play more of midfield and occasion goalie whenever am hurt (I tend to get hit a lot because am fancy or maybe because am hot like Mims) but am more of the guy that wants to make you look stupid with the ball and wont score or shoot .i like playing here because I think Midfield is the most demanding position, because midfielders get a lot of the action and you need master skills I call it which are necessary both to defend and attack. One of my weaknesses Is that unlike many players can kick the ball equally well with both feet, I cannot, I tend to favor my stronger foot which is the right foot and when making a shot at the goal or kicking the ball a long distance I can only use my right foot. If I do use the left leg I look more like a disabled person trying to kick. The system of play in America is very different from that in Cameroon and probably all over Africa also the fields are usually drier and thus in better shape than most American fields. The weather is usually hot which makes the game often played at a slower pace than it is in America, which is one of the reasons we lost our last game with between the post, I got quite a few cramps while playing goalie and couldn’t perform that well which caused us somehow. The Cameroonian styles of play focus more on individual skills and a certain dramatic flair which people say I tend to dance when I play. There are fewer long passes but more dribbling and short, intricate passes.
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