{"id":1246,"date":"2026-10-03T19:41:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T19:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thechroniclesofnepal.com\/?p=1246"},"modified":"2026-10-04T02:11:33","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T02:11:33","slug":"weather-delay-cant-stop-the-action-play-resumes-at-the-15th-annual-gurkhas-cup-in-grapevine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thechroniclesofnepal.com\/?p=1246","title":{"rendered":"15th Annual Gurkhas Cup 2026: Rain Clears, Action Resumes at Oak Grove Soccer Park"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">GRAPEVINE, TX \u2014 Despite a brief flash of heavy rain at Oak Grove Soccer Park, the game did not halt during the 15th Annual Gurkhas Cup 2026. Action continued seamlessly without any official delay as the weather quickly passed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rain Halts Play, But Resilience Prevails: Gurkhas Cup Action Resumes in Grapevine Texas\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gVZXwhCrvtI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The energy at the park remained completely unbroken. Fans and families used the brief intermission to gather under tents, share food, and keep the festive community spirit alive, proving that a little Texas weather could not dampen the excitement surrounding one of the premier Nepalese-American soccer tournaments in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fortunately, the rain cleared just as quickly as it arrived, allowing officials to give the green light for play to resume. Teams quickly bounced back onto the turf, shaking off the damp conditions to pick up right where they left off with renewed intensity across both the 16 Open Division and 13 35+ Division brackets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/thechroniclesofnepal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/08f3056b-4031-4939-9b17-0df5ed49e2b3-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thechroniclesofnepal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/08f3056b-4031-4939-9b17-0df5ed49e2b3-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thechroniclesofnepal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/08f3056b-4031-4939-9b17-0df5ed49e2b3-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thechroniclesofnepal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/08f3056b-4031-4939-9b17-0df5ed49e2b3-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thechroniclesofnepal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/08f3056b-4031-4939-9b17-0df5ed49e2b3-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/thechroniclesofnepal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/08f3056b-4031-4939-9b17-0df5ed49e2b3-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Image: Milan Gorkhali<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With action back in full swing and the lucrative $26,000+ total cash prize pool still up for grabs, the competition has only grown fiercer as day one matches forge ahead. The fields are buzzing once again, setting the stage for a thrilling continuation of today&#8217;s tournament schedule under the returning sun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reported by: Milan Gorkhali<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GRAPEVINE, TX \u2014 Despite a brief flash of heavy rain at Oak Grove Soccer Park, the game did<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1247,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"no","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_28862978113291940_720947087772779":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[{"account":"facebook_28862978113291940_720947087772779","service":"facebook","timestamp":1791056506,"status":"success"}],"rop_publish_now_status":"done","_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[209,210,211],"class_list":["post-1246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport","tag-gurkhas-cup","tag-nepali-soccer-in-usa","tag-nepali-soccer-tournament-dallas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thechroniclesofnepal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thechroniclesofnepal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thechroniclesofnepal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thechroniclesofnepal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thechroniclesofnepal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1246"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thechroniclesofnepal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1246\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1254,"href":"https:\/\/thechroniclesofnepal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1246\/revisions\/1254"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thechroniclesofnepal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thechroniclesofnepal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thechroniclesofnepal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thechroniclesofnepal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}