Epilogue

Despite the concern over the increased player to chaperone ratio, the return trip home was uneventful. The flight attendant on the leg from Philadelphia to Baltimore acknowledged the boys and their accomplishment to the passengers upon landing, to their delight.

The US Airways employee who informed us of our outbound flight cancellation from Baltimore was on duty when the boys arrived. She was thrilled to see everyone and hear about the tournament. She gave Julie a big hug.

The cup returned home with team manager, Jan. We agreed that each boy will have an opportunity to take the cup home, similar to the Stanley Cup in the NHL. Eric K is starting off and it will rotate through the group. So that everyone has a shiny cup to show off, please take good care of it!

Each boy will also receive a Takoma Park Fusion pennant (if their parent didn't receive one at the airport) and a Shetland pin. We have pennants from the teams we played that will be given to players. Since there aren't enough to for each boy to have one we'll need to determine how to do it fairly.

If the boys didn't get it directly, several chaperones have contact information for guest players Mitch and Jack (affectionately known as er-Jack because Coach Matt often paused when addressing him). Both boys are eager to visit DC and play with the Fusion again. Looks like a reunion scrimmage is in our future!

LLYSF has posted a highlight video of the tournament that includes a few photos of our team and trip organizer/team manager Jan.