Our hotel is nestled in the mountains at the base of a very small ski hill. This year we got the same hotel room as last time and I even slept in the same bed! The room is really big- it slept 9 girls with lots of room for more. There were four beds and a large tatami mat area for futons. Friday night passed by tamely and everyone woke up excited for the day of soccer before us. Breakfast was included, but it wasn't very good. Powdered eggs, slices of pressed ham, buns, cabbage salad, and rice. Bleh.
The girls tournament had 7 teams participating in it, we played on half fields with 6 players a side (including goalies). This is a much different game than traditional soccer. I think it was way more running! Because Saitama had so many girls signed up, we entered two teams: the Saiborgs and the Psychoborgs. I was team captain of the Psychoborgs. Mostly the girls had never played soccer before. I wasn't sure how we would do...
The tournament was planned such that each team would play the other teams once. So 7 teams = 6 games guaranteed. This meant That on Saturday we played 4 games and Sunday we played at least 2. Living up to our name, the Psychoborgs were fantastic! (Saiko = best in Japanese, a clever name :p). We played four games, won 3 and tied 1. We ended the day in first place!!! I was really impressed with my team, we kind of came together throughout the day and we got better as the day progressed. I was a crazy yelly person... I hope no one took offense! 
On Sunday we played our last two games, one of which was against the other Saitama team, the Saiborgs. That was a fun game. At one point everyone was laying on the field laughing because the goalie dove into some animal (probably monkey or dog) poo. Hehehehe.
It was hilarious. We lost one game and beat the Saiborgs. Honestly though, everyone was hungover and sore from the previous day. We weren't in very good shape. We even started a black toenail club.
At the end of the 6 games, we were in 2nd place, so we went to the final!
In the final we played the team we tied in our very first game. Unfortunately we really didn't have any steam left. People were injured and just too tired and sore to run. I was very frustrated. Still we managed to tie and bring the game to a shoot out end :( We lost in the shoot out and finished 2nd place.
My team gave me the trophy to take home. I guess they didn't take my yelling too personally.
Our cheer: "Heeeeeeeeeerrrrrreeee's Psychoborgs!" Followed by screaming and pyscho faces. Hahaha.
