8th annual indoor Nations Cup starts tonight. This seems to gain more and more momentum each year. Essentially it's a mini World Cup (soccer) held every year.
There are 32 (!!) teams in the Open division this year, 16 in O35, and 6 in O45. For the first time ever, there is a women's division too!
If you enjoy good soccer and haven't witnessed this yet, it is pretty amazing. All the communities come out and support their heritage. Drums, chants, flags, horns, you name it. Typically the finals see about 2,000 people packed around the West field at the south Calgary soccer centre (Subway soccer centre). The atmosphere is unbelievable.
Guys like Will Akio, Victor Loturi have played in this tournament over the years, and there will be some current Foothills U23s in it as well.
After playing in the open division for the first 7 years of this tournament, I decided to "hang 'em up" and play for team Canada in O35 this year. We actually have 5-6 guys on our team that have played for Canada at various ages/competitions as well, and we'll be rocking some amazing vintage Canada kits.
Highly recommend attending if you enjoy soccer, have kids in the sport, and want some free entertainment. More info found here:
http://cusa.ab.ca/content/indoor-nations-cup