Team Chicago Academy – Internacional participated in the Darien Valentine’s Day Tournament at the Max McCook Indoor facility.

With two comfortable wins over Team Elmhurst and local foe ASC, Internacional had secured the berth into the Final before the final game of the group stage. So with an eye on the upcoming Final we didn’t play as well in the third game and only managed a 3-3 tie against a feisty Darien Dynamo team.

In the Final we were matched against Team Extreme, and although we carried most of the play and had most of the chances we had to settle for another 3-3 draw. So off we went to the shootout, and unfortunately lady luck was not on our side today, and we ended up runners-up in the tournament.

Overall it was a great experience, though, and it was nice to play some new competition and on a surface more similar to real grass.