May 7, 2016 San Antonio FC 2, Rio Grande Valley Toros 3 @ Toyota Field, San Antonio, Texas U.S.A.

Saturday May 7, 2016

San Antonio FC 2, Rio Grande Valley Toros 3
@ Toyota Field, San Antonio, Texas U.S.A. 7:30 pm
United Soccer League (U.S.A.)

All photos by Kokoy. All rights reserved.

Toyota Field in San Antonio, Texas is the only sports facility that has barred me from using my camera to take photos in a game being held there. As readers can see from this blog, I have gone to many soccer matches in countless cities in four different countries, from club competitions to World Cup Qualifiers, and they have all inspected my camera, a Canon T3i, and have found that it does not exceed the spectator limits allowed in these matches. This San Antonio FC match at Toyota Field was the first time anyone has deemed my camera to be of "professional" grade, a claim that is dubious at best, and anyone who knows anything about cameras knows that this is strictly amateur.

Anyway, the grounds personnel required me to submit my camera to their office for the duration of the match, and while it was in their possession, they went in and deleted the photos I had already taken.

My claim ticket for my camera...

Kokoy Severino has coached junior high school soccer in the public school system of the Greater Houston area for 21 years. He holds a National Youth Diploma from the National Soccer Coaches Association of America, two coaching certifications from the United States Soccer Federation, and a Master in Educational Leadership degree from the University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas. His research focuses on the relationship between interscholastic competitive soccer and the academic success of at-risk students. He returns regularly to his native country of the Philippines and conducts soccer training sessions for economically disadvantaged youths. He has most recently been the Head Coach at Hyde Park School in Austin, Texas where he established the first middle school soccer program the school's history in 2015.

Kokoy loves to travel and document soccer matches through photographs in his native country of the Philippines, his adopted home state of Texas, and other parts of the world.

Check out Kokoy’s Travels.

Check out Coach Kokoy's blog about implementing the beautiful game as an academic and social-emotional intervention at an inner-city junior high school for new immigrants to the United States - Coach Kokoy's Las Americas Soccer Blog.