Sudden Death Victors

Maya and Kyle joined us at the Road House to watch Nicolai and team USA compete against the Costa Rican National Amputee Soccer Team in the finals of a tournament being held in San José. The match was scoreless after regulation time and went straight to penalty kicks. With one PK remaining and the score tied 3-3, Costa Rica had a chance to win the game with their final shot but could not find the back of the net. The game went to sudden death penalty kicks. Nico was up first and scored for the second time, Costa Rica responded in kind. The US scored the next PK and won the match 5-4 when Costa Rica missed the subsequent shot. Even though the broadcast we were watching was in Spanish and the resolution and frame rate was ere extremely low, we could still feel the excitement as the match was decided. I am hoping to update this post with more details and a higher resolution photo when Nico returns.