As last year's the winners of the Majors Cup we had to go back to Honolulu and defend the title.
Move over McGarrett! We outdid his Hawaii Five-O gig by winning the final by 6-0.
A priori we faced two outcomes, failing per Leonard Cohen's You win a while, and then it’s done – your little winning streak, or repeating per Mr Van Rijt's success breeds success evidence. Should our fate be modeled as a Markov chain with younger players constantly renewing the teams?
In Hawaii I witnessed success breeds success. Many good players heard last year's tales, exaggerated tales perhaps, and wanted in. This gave us an even better roster. The confidence of repeating a pattern in the same place also helped us for sure.
All in all great Honolulu weather, beautiful fields, all validating the "play soccer and see the world" mantra.
All that is left now is to enjoy things and wait until either Mr. Cohen or Mr. Markov put an end to it. We may go on the offensive instead and join another tournament in the summer. I may then co-author a success breeds arrogance paper if Mr. Van Rijt is game...
