skyssoldier said:
What happened here is that the US team couldn't get a team together and withdrew. Turkey takes the 3rd place by default.
Don't need your attitude. Kindly take your smug assumptions somewhere else, I don't appreciate you speaking for my team nor do I think you have any place posting here. We did not
withdraw, we simply were misinformed (partly due to our own fault and trusting some information from, in hindsight, a source I should have double-checked on) and were largely unaware the match was happening. Had all of us known, all of us would have shown up, but only a fraction of us seem to have received the correct information. Please don't open your mouth and speak on a subject you don't fully understand.
Firstly, congratulations Turkey on your 3rd place finish.
We were told some conflicting information about the match being "moved" to Sunday, as Turkey wasn't going to be able to make Saturday. I, personally, was going under the assumption the match was Sunday, as I was at work all day today and just got home.
We did not withdraw, nor did we decide "not to show up", I personally find that offensive and distasteful for anyone to even mention about our team. We've been extremely resilient and have shown not only our talent, but our organizational skills working with Euro timezones and always showing up when there isn't an information mix up. I wish we could have had our match today, but that's already over and done with, and I'm glad to see Turkey earning their deserved spot for showing up.
I want to thank the tournament organizers, especially Captain Lust for doing such an amazing job, and also for allowing us to join the tournament because of all the special circumstances it forced. He, along with the other organizers and refs, did an outstanding job and they are to be commended.
Thanks to all the teams we faced, and to everyone that was part of this tournament. Congratulations to France and Poland as well, we'll see you guys next year; with these results being so closely decided (11-9 in many cases), I feel that it's the margin between 4th and 1st is no more than a hair's width.
