Houston NAH CUP 2015: “The tournament is at the doorstep and FC Deadrunners are just as ready as ever”, says the team coach Ranjan Poudel. “This is going to be a tough cup. Last year, we were in final and very close to lifting the cup. I think this year we are more improved, better organized and going for the glory.”
The tournament, hosted by NAH (Nepalese Association of Houston), starts on the 14th of March, Saturday and will be held every other weekend after that, till the 28th of the same month. The NAH has provided the teams with a detailed schedule on the match dates and fixes.
So far the schedule goes like this according to NAH Facebook page:
Date: Saturday, March 14, 2015
Venue: Memorial Park Soccer Field # 8, 6501 Memorial Drive, Houston, TX, US 77007
1st Game @ 8:30 am, Dead Runners vs Pearland 2nd Game @ 10:00 am 3rd Game @ 11:30 am, Dead Runner vs 3 Star
Date: Saturday, March 21, 2015
Venue: Memorial Park Soccer Field # 8, 6501 Memorial Drive, Houston, TX, US 77007
1st Game @ 8:30 am 2nd Game @ 10:00 am, 3 Star vs Pearland 3rd Game @ 11:30 am
Date: Sunday, March 22, 2015
Venue: To be decided
1st Game @ 8:30 am, Winner of Team A vs Runner-up of Team B, Semi-final 12nd Game @ 10:30 am, Winner of Team B vs Runner-up of Team A, Semi-final 2
Date: Saturday, March 28, 2015
Venue: Memorial Park Soccer Field # 8, 6501 Memorial Drive, Houston, TX, US 77007
Finals @ 9:00 am
In order to make the games as fair as possible, every yellow card is fined with $10.00 and a red card with $20.00. All the players must have their ID’s on hand when asked for. Also, for any player that is under eighteen it is mandatory to get a parent/guardian’s signature before the game as a liability agreement. Any player failing to do so would not be allowed to attend the match. We would like to thank NAH for hosting the event and putting in their efforts to make the games as fair as possible.
According to FC Dead Runner’s coach,”we cannot undermine our opponents, all great teams of Houston, because we have seen them play very well in friendlies”, but he is very optimistic about the coming up match, “anything is possible but we are going for the win.”