On Wed, Sep 05, 2001 at 11:19:33AM -0500, Chen, Mark wrote: > All, > > I think all LA players should be back in town already. Zeng Ming and myself > need to have a headcount for Saturday's celebration party. Please reply via > email to let us know if you are coming, no later than Thuresday. > > By the way, everyone is welcome for the party. The cost is about $10-$15 per > person. We'll bring our own liquors: MoTa, WuLiangYe, beers, etc. > > Go Dallas, > - Chen, Si > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Chen, Mark > > Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 8:01 PM > > To: 'swsoccer@rsn.hp.com' > > Cc: Dragon (E-mail) > > Subject: LA Tournament Summary > > > > All, > > > > Team Dallas Dragon is in 3rd place! What a team!! What two days in LA!!! > > (1st place is taken by Mud, 2nd by Tigers.) > > A little surprised with the Mud taken the 1st spot. It's true their #10 is a superb player, but... Scott should give us a presentation on what had happened, and then at the end of the presentation to announce he will become a Dallas player from now on:-) > > Personally I am really thrilled about and encouraged by the team's > > fighting spirit. We win/loose as a team. To be frank with you, I think I > > am excited and still in a 'tournament' (fighting) mode even today! > > > > Team Work > > ======== > > All player showed excellent team work. That is what made our team so > > successful. Huan Li, Qian Bai, Ken Li, Chen Zhang, Jet Chang etc., just > > name a few. We also have players with great passions like Eric Zhang, Dick > > Cai, Xiao Ye, Yu Ding etc. > > Our strong defense play saved us from time to time. These kind words are not from myself or from other teammates(well, we ourself already know that we got a group of super defense players). These kind words were coming from Prof. Zhang, ShangYou and our opponents(Tiger players, and Mud players, including their captain Han, Michael, also my old buddy), this shows the level of respects to our defense line, and they deserve every bit of it. Excellent works folks. > > Most noticeably, Tim Moy who helped the team with hotel, cars (pick up/see > > off), supplementaries, dinnings, etc. Your effort is highly appreciated by > > all players, Tim. > > Can't say enough about Tim's contribution to the whole team. I still want to push for voting Tim as our general manager. Anyone second that? > > BinBing Wang, team CFO, who was able to manage our team fund to negative > > (-$100+) and bought water/ice, arranging misc. things for the team. > > I saw the pain on BinBing's fave when he was counting the handred bucks out of his wallet:-) Was that where the negative figure coming from:-) Anyhow, BinBing did a super job managing our bucks and those little tasks(nobody wanted to even touch:-) through out the whole period, he should be granted both the CFO+COO titles:-) Do let us know if we need to fill the $100 gap, or may be a bottle of MoTai would do that?:-) > > And Zeng Ming, team assistant Captain, who not only showed greater > > potential marketing abilities, but also excellent management talents as > > well when managing sub'in and sub'out. It was a very busy and headache > > job. > > If not for Dentist's persistent persuasion and superb diplomatic backhand dealings, many of the players might not even had the chance to know that LA was actually hotter than Dallas:-) not to mention would have missed the fun of the tournament. All of the guys who bought into Dentist's words over that one weekend(Bill, Jeff, Ken, Huan, Ray, and myself), should feel thankful that the bet had paid off. Even so, it had proved that more legs are the better in such a tournament. If we weren't for lossing the two youngsters and Yu Ding during the tournament games, not to mention that we lost Xiao Luo before the team aboarded the plane, we would have had a shot at the title. But, hey, that gives us a reason to come back next year, doesn't it? > > Definitely, family members/wives (Xiao Ye's, Zeng Ming's, Ray's newly > > bride, Tommy's girl, Dick's, Alex's 2 etc.) involvements made our team > > even more stronger. They cheered on the side lines for us, took care of > > all necessities for the team. I really felt like a BIG family with the one > > goal, i.e. 'To WIN'. Thanks. > > All the wifes'(including mine:-) and family members' support were crucial for the team's sucess, especially the ones with the kids(e.g., Dentist's). Hats off to them, for their support of their husbands to make to the trip at the first place and to stay with the team throught out the games, under the hot suns in the Southern Cal's valley. > > Games in Day 1 > > ============ > > Game 1: Dragon vs. Mud 1:1 Ken Li > > Game 2: Dragon vs. Tiger 0:1 > > Game 3: Dragon vs. TsingHua 2:0 Yi He and BinBing Wang > > > > Games in Day 2 > > ============ > > Playoff: Dragon vs. Chinese United (NY China town) 1:1 Dick Cai > > Penalty Kick 4:1 Yi He, Ray Han, Huan Li, Xiao Ye > > Semi-Final: Dragon vs. Mud 3:4 Yi He, JiLin Huang, JiLin Huang > > I think we have found ourself a forward prospect on JiLin Huang. > > Celebration Party > > ============= > > This Saturday night team Dallas Dragon will have a celebration party at > > 'Red Lantern' Chinese restaurant (Zeng Ming is arranging it now) at 6:00 > > pm. Details to follow. Please join the team to celebrate if you could. > > Count two(may be three) for me. > > Misc > > ==== > > One thing that still keeps on haunting me is a few player's playtime. In > > general it is OK, I think. A few players with less play time expressed > > their support for the team and myself, but I feel still responsible for > > it. Even though being my own 1st experience with such a tournament, I > > sincerely think it could have been done better. Please forgive me and I > > shall do it better next time. I am sorry. Sincerely. > > > > Summary > > ======= > > It has been a great experience to me as a captain as well as a player. > > Thanks to you all for making this LA tournament such a memorable one! We > > are a great bunch of players with passions, dedications, and team work. I > > thought I would be through after this tournament. But ....... > > > > I hope everyone shares my feelings as well. > > > > Your Very Very Honored Captain, > > - Chen Si > > Mark, you did a great job of serving the team and your work is greatly appreciated. Let's work together to prepare a even better team for next year's tournament and the ones coming down the road. Like Ken mentioned, we want to get our hands on the big one. But for now, it's time to get drunk and to show off your bruised arms and legs on the dinning table this weekend, or dare you?:-) -- |-Tom Zheng tzheng@rsn.hp.com Hewlett-Packard WORK : (972)497-4202| |-Platform Software Architecture Laboratory TELNET: (+1)497-4202| |-P.O. BOX 833851, Richardson, TX, 75083-3851 FAX : (972)497-4245| |_______________________________________________________________________|
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