{"id":3703,"date":"2025-11-11T16:21:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T21:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/llrc\/?p=3703"},"modified":"2025-11-12T12:47:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T17:47:18","slug":"llrc-teams-play-in-soccer-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/llrc\/2025\/llrc-teams-play-in-soccer-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"LLRC teams play in soccer tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        LLRC teams play in soccer tournament\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p>The Language Learning Resource Centre fielded two teams for CUSA&#8217;s International Soccer Tournament held October 16th in the Field House.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fire and Flow were made up of students from Carleton\u2019s academic ESL program and featured players from around the world.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-quote cu-component-spacing\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>\u201cI really enjoyed participating in the CUSA International Soccer Tournament! It was an amazing experience that brought students from different countries together. I met so many new people and felt a great sense of community. What surprised me most was how supportive everyone was, no matter which team they played for. I would definitely encourage other ESLA students to join events like this \u2014 it\u2019s a great way to practice English, make friends, and have fun!\u201d<\/em><br><strong>&#8211; Mohamed<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Classmates and ESLA instructor Julie McCarroll stopped by to cheer the teams on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" data-id=\"3714\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/llrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2025\/11\/16.png\" alt=\"Action shot of the field with soccer players\" class=\"wp-image-3714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/llrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2025\/11\/16.png 800w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/llrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2025\/11\/16-512x683.png 512w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/llrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2025\/11\/16-320x427.png 320w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/llrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2025\/11\/16-768x1024.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" data-id=\"3713\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/llrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2025\/11\/07-1.png\" alt=\"Two super fans arrive\" class=\"wp-image-3713\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/llrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2025\/11\/07-1.png 800w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/llrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2025\/11\/07-1-512x384.png 512w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/llrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2025\/11\/07-1-320x240.png 320w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/llrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2025\/11\/07-1-768x576.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" data-id=\"3711\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/llrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2025\/11\/99.png\" alt=\"Julie and students sit on sidelines watching the game.\" class=\"wp-image-3711\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/llrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2025\/11\/99.png 800w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/llrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2025\/11\/99-512x384.png 512w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/llrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2025\/11\/99-320x240.png 320w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/llrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2025\/11\/99-768x576.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"503\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/llrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2025\/11\/00-1024x503.png\" alt=\"Team photo in field house\" class=\"wp-image-3715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/llrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2025\/11\/00-1024x503.png 1024w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/llrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2025\/11\/00-512x251.png 512w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/llrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2025\/11\/00-320x157.png 320w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/llrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2025\/11\/00-768x377.png 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/llrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/131\/2025\/11\/00.png 1342w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Originally envisioned as a small round-robin series between university clubs and academic units with international mandates, the afternoon event ballooned at the last minute into a larger happening involving more than ten teams.&nbsp; As a result, players joined with other teams to even out the numbers.&nbsp; In the photo above we see Fire and Flow joined by members of the CU Filipino Students&#8217; Association and individual entries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-3703-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaltura.com\/p\/2011531\/sp\/201153100\/playManifest\/entryId\/1_sb426xsv\/format\/url\/protocol\/https\/flavorParamId\/487091\/video.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaltura.com\/p\/2011531\/sp\/201153100\/playManifest\/entryId\/1_sb426xsv\/format\/url\/protocol\/https\/flavorParamId\/487091\/video.mp4\">https:\/\/www.kaltura.com\/p\/2011531\/sp\/201153100\/playManifest\/entryId\/1_sb426xsv\/format\/url\/protocol\/https\/flavorParamId\/487091\/video.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Language Learning Resource Centre fielded two teams for CUSA&#8217;s International Soccer Tournament held October 16th in the Field House.&nbsp; Fire and Flow were made up of students from Carleton\u2019s academic ESL program and featured players from around the world.&nbsp; \u201cI really enjoyed participating in the CUSA International Soccer Tournament! It was an amazing experience [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":259,"featured_media":3715,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/llrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/llrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/llrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/llrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/259"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/llrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3703"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/llrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3703\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3721,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/llrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3703\/revisions\/3721"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/llrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/llrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/llrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/llrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}