As part of the festivities for Veronica and Gary's birthday party/Veronica and Ted's housewarming party (more on that later), the first annual San Mateo Football Association (SMFA) Cup was held. The name of this competition may be improved upon shortly, but as we were congregating in south SM, the SMFA is it for now. Contestants Gary, Matthew, Sean, and myself did battle on newly-acquired FIFA 2004 on the Xbox. The format was a round-robin season where every contestant played every other contestant both at home and away. This generated the seedings for a season-ending single-elimination showdown for the coveted SMFA Cup.

After twelve matches, we arrived at 4:30am with the table looking like this:

		OVERALL							HOME						AWAY
		P	W	L	D	F	A		W	L	D	F	A		W	L	D	F	A		Pts		GD
Chelsea		6	4	0	2	10	1		1	0	2	2	0		3	0	0	8	1		14		9
Manchester United		6	1	1	4	5	3		0	1	2	1	2		1	0	2	4	1		7		2
Manchester City		6	1	3	2	2	9		1	2	0	2	7		0	1	2	0	2		5		-7
Middlesbrough		6	0	2	4	1	5		0	1	2	1	3		0	1	2	0	2		4		-4

Matthew and Middlesbrough rightfully earned the prize for the worst disciplinary record (three red cards). The season was not without controversy. In the Chelsea/Manchester United top-of-the-table showdown, Sean was bizarrely denied a clear penalty. I took it upon myself to score an own-goal to rectify the situation, however Sean clearly wasn't keen on my charity.

We then proceeded onto the SMFA Cup tourney. The full bracket ...

Chelsea (1)	4						1	Manchester United (2)
		Chelsea (1)	1		0	Manchester United (2)
Middlesbrough (4)	1						0	Manchester City (3)

In the third place match held at 5:15am, Gary and Manchester City defeated Boro 2-nil. Then we all collapsed into a deep slumber. A good time for all, and hopefully the first instance of a long-standing and heated rivalry.