On Saturday, June 18th, 16 Bay Area companies slugged it out for charity during the eighth annual SCORES Cup. Bright sunshine and calm breeze graced the 8v8 Co-ed tournament at normally temperamental Crocker Amazon Park.
"Soccer and sunshine, you can't beat that," noted Vince Harrington of Sports Basement, one of the sponsors of the event.
Players gushed about spending valuable social time outside of the office with co-workers.
"Playing soccer is such a good way to meet people from my company," Jiger Kotak said. "I got to come meet people outside of work that I didn't know because Sales Force is such a big company. It was a good way to meet people from different areas of Sales Force, for different departments to come together and have fun."
Kotak also enjoyed spending time with competitors.
"It was also a good way to network," Kotak said. "I met people from Google, from Bain, from Nextag. It was such a friendly atmosphere. You could walk up to anyone and start a conversation. And because everyone knew it was for a good cause, everyone wanted to talk to each other."
The Cup raised over 80,000 dollars for SCORES programs. Participating (sponsoring) teams included:
Besides playing lots of soccer, teams got a chance to wax poetic by writing and performing team poems over the course of the day. Participants also helped SCORES students with a scavenger hunt, ate a barbecue lunch, and laid down for massages during their down time.
Bain and Co. took home the trophy in a thrilling final against Hanson Bridgett.
To see more photos, check out our Facebook or Picassa albums of the event. More photos to come!
- Cyrus Philbrick
Program Manager
"Soccer and sunshine, you can't beat that," noted Vince Harrington of Sports Basement, one of the sponsors of the event.
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| SCORES Cup players get a laugh over the tournament bracket match-up. |
"Playing soccer is such a good way to meet people from my company," Jiger Kotak said. "I got to come meet people outside of work that I didn't know because Sales Force is such a big company. It was a good way to meet people from different areas of Sales Force, for different departments to come together and have fun."
Kotak also enjoyed spending time with competitors.
"It was also a good way to network," Kotak said. "I met people from Google, from Bain, from Nextag. It was such a friendly atmosphere. You could walk up to anyone and start a conversation. And because everyone knew it was for a good cause, everyone wanted to talk to each other."
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| Jiger Kotak enjoying the team-building atmosphere |
Bain and Co. took home the trophy in a thrilling final against Hanson Bridgett.
To see more photos, check out our Facebook or Picassa albums of the event. More photos to come!
- Cyrus Philbrick
Program Manager
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