Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/10/29
By: Joseph Yeh, CNA staff reporter
The first New Taipei International Migrant Soccer Competition ended Oct. 22 at
Players compete with each other during a soccer game at an event organized New Taipei City government on Oct. 22 at New Taipei Xinzhuang Sports Complex. Photo courtesy of Taiwan’s Global Workers’ Organization
the Xinzhuang Sports Complex, with Pojok Joyo FC, a team made up mainly of Indonesian workers, clinching the title over Bac Giang FC, which fielded mainly Vietnamese players.
Holding their trophy, Furqon Ali, captain of Pojok Joyo, told CNA that the team was overjoyed with the hard-earned title.
Ali, like many other migrant workers from Southeast Asian countries where soccer is extremely popular, trains regularly and plays in pick-up games during his days off.
For this rare one-day tournament, the team managed to find like-minded soccer enthusiasts from as far away as Taichung and Changhua, and held two practice sessions as a team. [FULL STORY]
