Tested our abilities to go out into communities and interview people about health issues in their communities. Done in Puembo. I found the experience very interesting since we had to develop our own questions that would develop a broad understanding of the community issues.
On that weekend my host father also took me to check out his job, which is as an assistant futbol coach. We headed to the town of San Martin, and checked out his team which was in a U14 league. The level of talent of the jovenes on his team was insane. I believe they definitely could have beaten my high school soccer team. It was crazy to watch younger kids with such finely tuned soccer skills. It was like watching a professional team. I was
n’t surprised to learn that those kids were all in a league for teenagers aspiring to become professionals. The experience was also really cool since Marcelo’s team played against the number ranked team. All of which seemed like they must have been 19 years old. Marcelo informed me that since majority of those players are from the coast its not uncommon that they don’t know how old they actually are. After the game Marcelo and I stopped off at the second largest Mall in Ecuador known as San Luis. It was gigantic, bigger than any mall I have seen in NY, and maybe King of Prussia is bigger. Oh yea for my soccer buddies, they fields the kids played on were incredible.
n’t surprised to learn that those kids were all in a league for teenagers aspiring to become professionals. The experience was also really cool since Marcelo’s team played against the number ranked team. All of which seemed like they must have been 19 years old. Marcelo informed me that since majority of those players are from the coast its not uncommon that they don’t know how old they actually are. After the game Marcelo and I stopped off at the second largest Mall in Ecuador known as San Luis. It was gigantic, bigger than any mall I have seen in NY, and maybe King of Prussia is bigger. Oh yea for my soccer buddies, they fields the kids played on were incredible.
Top--The Field
Middle--Marcelo watching the game
Bottom--14 yr olds that are crazy good at soccer
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