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The MDA gang before Football game


Afterall a weekend of watching two football games, and indeed only my third and fourth times doing so, I have taken another step forward to taste the popular sport in the US... Last night, our co-workers in the Chicago office organized a football game after work. We did not play the tackle football as people see on TV screens, instead we were playing the type called Flag Football. In the game, every single player will wear a colored flag and in order to stop a receiver to play on, the defender can either intercept, tackle by pulling the flag away from him/her or catch the ball from the offense team. Before going into the game, I know the basic stuff for the game but still was kind of very unfamiliar with what exactly one should do and what kind of strategies should a team deploy. Luckily, I was able to get into it pretty soon and I did a few interceptions/tacklings. There were quite some running and playing with stronger guys was really an interesting but challenging experience. In addition, playing such sport with contacts and running and strategic planning in a cold winter day in Chicago is just simply FUN! It is also interesting that indeed, I also started to play another sport - racquet, the night before this Wednesday football night. I like the two games though I had never touched them prior coming to Chicago.