The Pride of Sagaing Division

The handsome logo at right belongs to Zeya Shwe Myay FC, one of eight teams that will soon compete in Burma’s National League Cup, the nation’s first-ever professional soccer league. Matches kick off this coming Saturday, with the early money on Mandalay’s Yadanarpon FC as the prohibitive favorite; the team is owned by a drinking-water mogul whose lavished a relative fortune on five African players.

Microkhan will be a proud Zeya Shwe Myay supporter because the team reps Sagaing Division, where m