Although the world cup has officially wrapped up, we still have soccer fever here at Azul 7. Our office soccer expert, Paul Toman, is a very proud father, as one of his sons is off in a far away land (Europe) participating in a couple of pretty large international youth soccer tournaments. Playing on an international stage, is no easy task, because according to Paul, each continent, and sometimes each individual country has it's own style of play, making a physically demanding game even more difficult.

Paul’s son, Nick, ran, kicked, and headbutted his way through the tryouts to earn his position as captain of the team in the Dana Cup No.1 (Denmark) and the Gothia Cup (Sweden). Nick has been playing organized soccer since before he could spell his own name and has been the top scorer on every team he has played for. Talk about impressive. Follow his trip and meet the team here.

When we asked Paul why soccer is the best sport ever, his reply was, “Where do I start?” followed by a laundry list of reasons. We’ll sum it up be saying that soccer is awesome because it’s a fast paced team sport, highly physical, and also requires a great deal of strategy. But you probably know all of this after watching even a snippet of the World Cup action this past month.

(Nick is the player in white, wearing glasses)