2003 Women's World Championships U19 Football Tournament
(remembering that in Canada, the age of consent is 16)

Just so happened to be in my hometown in Canada. Odd, because we really don't do football (at least all that well), but I guess women's football was lagging behind even farther in the rest of the world, because at that time the two top teams by far were always Canada and the US.

Working as a freelance writer at the time (mostly music journalism), I managed to score an all-access media pass, because why the hell not? I convinced my publishers there might be a story in it, and there really were no drawbacks on their end.

I admit, the games were entertaining to watch, and I don't just mean for the barely legal eye candy, which is hard to appreciate without a telephoto lens. The girls played more aggressively than men's teams, taking more chances and rarely taking dives. I mean some of the best teams in the world are boring as hell to watch (looking at you, Team Germany), so it's a novelty to see players less at the top of their game defensively.

By far the most entertaining was the Japanese girls' team, who were very...vocal on the field. Contrary to the stereotype of the demure Japanese girl, they were yelping and shrieking at each other all the time, far louder than all the other teams.

Anyway, I showed up for the Canada vs Japan game. Having already figured out the lay of the land, I intended to get into the media room post game and try to interview one of the players, the only one from our city.

Well, I walked through the media entrance, took a wrong turn, and suddenly *eep* I'm confronted with an open door looking into the Japanese girls' locker room. I only got a couple seconds of this, but picture in You Only Live Twice when James Bond enters the Japanese sauna, only replace James Bond with a gangly Canadian and the exotic bathhouse with a dingy locker room. I saw one of the Japanese girls from behind, whip off her shirt to expose her bare back. Then a coach jumped out of nowhere and gently closed the door, shutting me off from this world.

I don't think I've ever wanked to it before, but the image does linger in my head almost a decade later.
(racetraitor has an alibi for, Thu 23 Aug 2012, 15:13, 2 replies)

the age of consent is 16 here, too

(tyrellsOwl, Thu 23 Aug 2012, 16:28, closed)

Good work
It's 18 in Merkindale, and I grew up assuming Canada was the exception, not the norm.
(racetraitor has an alibi for, Fri 24 Aug 2012, 13:27, closed)