Day 15 (Sun., June 13)

Caption: Gillermo Yacotu, 22, of Oak Cliff (left) pumps his fists in the air at Los Sapitos bar in Oak Cliff Sunday after his favorite Mexican Soccer League team, Pumas, beat Chivas 5-4 in penalty kicks to crown itself with the league's title. Los Sapitos is a favorite hang out for fans who want to see major athletic events.

If you are a frequent reader of JulyThePhotoGuy, you know I'm spontaneous. Or I try to be. Today was one of those days. I woke up and headed into the office to file my photos from last night's concert at City Hall Plaza. When I get there, they throw an assignment at me; and I totally did not mind. I had to go hang out with soccer fans at a bar and make photos of what happened there. It was the Mexican Soccer League summer championship game between Pumas and Chivas. Personally, I do not like either team as I am a big Club America fan. So I was very neutral on whom I wish to be the champion. However, I was on the job and no cheering is allowed, so the feelings about the game weren't there. The Univision T.V. cameraman came in wearing a Pumas shirt, which I thought to be a bad choice. Later, it proved to work against him as Chivas lost and fans were reluctant to talk to him. I am a strong believer of the phrase "no cheering in the pressbox", so I think he got what he disserved. Anyways, so I worked on the assignment and headed home. I had an important date. Most of the interns were meeting down on the North-side pool at the Seville, the home of most interns. Hung out with a few interns there and I was able to work on a special intern project I'm working on this summer -- more on that later this summer. The pool party ended early for me as I went out to shoot another championship soccer game. Brazil played Bolivia and won 3-1 in the Masters World Cup at Jesuit High School. If you remember, I was at that tournament's first round games on Day 6 and Day 8 of the internship. Today was the final and the photo at the bottom was what I came back with. I'm closing out the second week of my summer internship and I have lots of memories already. This is turning out to be better than I expected; and the expectations were already very high. Keep reading to see what the upcoming week's got in store.

Caption: Bolivia Nery Quintanilla (#1) tries to keep his concentration on the ball as Brazil's James Koelher dribbles the ball inside the penalty box in the second half of Sunday's World Master's Cup final game at Jesuit High School. Koehler eventually scored on the play to give Brazil a 3-1 lead with less than a minute to play. Brazil won by that score to crown itself.

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