As much as I personally rooted for my home team USA to win the 2011 Women World Cup Soccer, victory could not have been sweeter for Japan, a country that have very minimal to celebrate and cheer for in the recent time following series of natural disaster that descended on their land.
USA team, in my opinion was the best team in the tournament period. However, the best team does not always win a tournament. USA team has every reason to stand tall and celebrate too. You are a great team.
For a person like me who always is looking for amazing power of human spirit, I could not help observing the majestic calm with which the Japanese coach huddled his players before the free kicks with such an indescribable warrior-like smile in his face. I observed a coach that commanded and at the same time injected this amazing spirit of internal optimism into those players. There was no doubts in their minds what was about to happen. The coach’s body language his spirit of unshakable internal optimism spoke nothing to his players but “go get your world cup.”
It is one of those special moments some of us have seen a few times when a captain of a ship, a general in a battle field or a captain of a competing sports team like we used to see in Michael Jordan and others reaches down to dept of one’s spirit and perform an improbable. That was what I observed from the Japanese coach.
When I made that observation and saw the players responding in calm internal optimism, I could not help to believe that the Japanese would be taking the Women’s World Cup Soccer Championship home.
Congratulations to the Japanese National Women Soccer Team! You have given your country something to cheer and celebrate for. You have lifting your people’s spirit up as your nation continues to heal from your pains.
Dr Chris O’Banye

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