Is Oak Lawn one of the longest running soccer clubs at the Games?
Yes, of the clubs that currently play in these tournaments, we are [among the oldest]. Some have come and gone, but we’ve been around for some time. What position do you typically play? I normally play right halfback. I didn’t play in this tournament because of a torn ACL, and I just had surgery. So that’s how I ended up being kind of the sideline coach for the tournament. How did Oak Lawn do in the Gay Games tournament? Well, we didn’t do as well as we would have liked to. We ended up in the bronze-medal game today, and we lost to Toronto. So out of 14 teams in our division, we ended up in fourth. Have you and the team been having fun at the Games? What kind of things have you gotten to do while you’re here besides soccer? We have had fun. There are a few groups [from our team] that end up socializing. About half of the team goes out and does a lot of the nighttime partying, and a lot of us are doing sightseeing and that sort of thing. What is the team’s year-round schedule for practi
