Sunday December 16

It's 40 degrees and drizzly, perfect soccer weather.  Slow start but we got up to 12 v12.  Steve in the blue net, Dougy, Kevin, Keith, then Doug in for white.  Steven P and Brian are our  guests, no Imad, Mario , Shamu or Jamal.  Wide open game for a while.  White offense with Jelly, Cee, Kee, Lazer Dave, Little Joe, Vicent are dominant but turned back time after time by team 180. That's right, 180 years of experience beteween Bobby, Frank and me!  Steve P left early with a pulled hammy.  Mike the Wizard playing for team blue.  Late in the game keeeper Steve is shivering and praying for it to  end.

Rocco to son Steve to get the blues going, 1-0
Jeff to Minor, again for blue, 2-0
Vince to Adam, from the top of the key with a smasher. Unbelievable, I know, 2-1
Carlos corner kick to Jeff bounces out, rocket in by Mike the Wizard, 3-1
Guest Brian to Count Rocculous, 4-1
Keebs, from Cee, 4-2
Jeff, 5-2
My balls to Jay to Minor, 6-2
Keebs with a briliant move betweent the legs of Mike, to out of bounds, still 6-2
Vince and Jelly with a two one against Steve, shoot wide, still 6-2

It was a grand game, lots of opprtunities for everyone.

Cheating:

I'm sorry but I feel it's necessary to bring this up as the season winds down.  Some of our  more respected players are involved in practices that I think should be reviewed by our community at large:
First, I have to call out Adam Keeble.  At his own admission, he does not drink on Saturdays, so as to be at his best on Sunday morning Thi seems to be a clear violation of the spirit of our club.  Next is the weeenie Mark Miller.  I have seen him running durig the week, attempting to improve his endurance beyond what everyone else of us achieves by our once a week sprees.

Sunday December 30

Windy and cold, sub freezing cold, but sunny at game time.  Not too bad except for the 2-3" of new fallen snow.  Damn.  Not looking too good for New Years Day either. Lets hope for some major evaporation before next Sunday.

Happy New Years y'all!

Here's some photos of last weeks holiday brunch, courtesy Keith:

Sunday December 23, Christmas Eve Eve

Cold but clear and calm at 8:30 game time.  In all 28 or 29 guys showed up to play and it was a pretty active match. Jake & Justin joined us, and Will. Nice to have the boys there.  Sorry to say but I've misplaced my score-pad but I remember the gist of it.  Steve in the blue net, but also Minor and Kevin, Keith in the white net and also Will & Dave.  Scoring by Jeff & Dave for blue to get things started, followed by a lot of scoring by Imad, Mario, Keeble, even Jay & Will, for the whites.  Minor & Ben had a head banging event that left Minor with a bloody lip.  The day became sunnier and warmer, real nice. At the end it was about 5 blue to 10 white.

After the game about 18 of us assembled at the AB&G, Allendale Bar & Grill, for a holiday brunch and futbol match on the big screen.  Slight snafu in that AB&G forgot to subscribe to the Fox Soccer Channel, so the anticipated game wasn't available.  Just as well, Adam's team lost 8-0.  We watched a replay of an Italy game and a festive time was had by all.

Next week we will be back to 9AM start, and get ready to get up early on New Years Day for a rematch.

Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!

Found the pad:

Dominic to Jeff for blue, 1-0
Dave off a corner kick for blue, 2-0
George with an errant pass back to Steve intercepted by Keebs, for white, 2-1
Jay for white, 2-2
Vince for white, 2-3
Imad's shot bounces off Steve for a save but then bounces off me for an OG, 2-4
Mario, 2-5
Justin for white, 2-6
Mario, 2-7
At this point Minor came back into the game as blue keeper and Vince came over to the blue team.
Imad to head of Mario, 2-8
Jeff for blue, 3-8
Minor for blue, 4-8 (Kevin in the net)
Mario from an offsides position, 4-9
Jay off a corner kick by Big Dave, 4-10
Jeff, 5-10
Imad to Will, 5-11

It's 40 degrees and drizzly, perfect soccer weather.  Slow start but we got up to 12 v12.  Steve in the blue net, Dougy, Kevin, Keith, then Doug in for white.  Steven P and Brian are our  guests, no Imad, Mario , Shamu or Jamal.  Wide open game for a while.  White offense with Jelly, Cee, Kee, Lazer Dave, Little Joe, Vicent are dominant but turned back time after time by team 180. That's right, 180 years of experience beteween Bobby, Frank and me!  Steve P left early with a pulled hammy.  Mike the Wizard playing for Team Blue.  Late in the game keeeper Steve is shivering and praying for it to  end.

Rocco to son Steve to get the blues going, 1-0
Jeff to Minor, again for blue, 2-0
Vince to Adam, from the top of the key with a smasher. Unbelievable, I know!, 2-1
Carlos corner kick to Jeff bounces out, rocket in by Mike the Wizard, 3-1
Guest Brian to Count Rocculous, 4-1
Keebs, from Cee, 4-2
Jeff, 5-2
My balls to Jay to Minor, 6-2
Keebs with a briliant move betweenst the legs of Mike, to out of bounds, still 6-2
Vince and Jelly with a two one against Steve, shoot wide, still 6-2

It was a grand game, lots of opprtunities for everyone.

Cheating:

I'm sorry but I feel it's necessary to bring this up as the season winds down.  Some of our  more respected players are involved in practices that I think should be reviewed by our community at large:
First, I have to call out Adam Keeble.  At his own admission, he does not drink on Saturdays, so as to be at his best on Sunday morning. This seems to me to be a clear and egregious violation of the spirit of our club.

Next is Mark Miller.  I have seen him running during the week, attempting to improve his endurance beyond what everyone else of us achieves by our once-a-week sprees.  We need a clearer policy on extra currriccula training.

Next week we wil meet a little earlier, 8:30 if everything goes according to plan. The second part of the plan is to meet at the ABG, Alendale Bar and Grill, for a proper futbol game on TV  and some holiday revery.  I think everybody is in favor.

Sunday December 10

Cold, grey & wet, a perfect day for soccer.  15 v 15 for a while, it's hard to tell with so many guys on the field.  Steve in the blue net, Mark S, Eric, Dave, Lightspeed Joe in for white.  Mike the Wizard is back.

Jay heads one in off a beautiful cross by Dom, for white, 1-1
Mu heads one in off a nice cross by Mike for blue, 1-1
OG for white after Jay blocks a clear with his butt, 2-1
Dave for blue, 2-2
Jay 3-2
Keebs with a nice header off a cross by Imad,  4-2
Imad to Vince, 5-2
Imad to Vince, 6-2
Keebs again, 7-2
Jay to Mario, 8-2
Keebs for the hattie, 9-2
Jamal likes to sneak up to the front after everybody is too tired to play and score, for white, 10-2

Sunday December 2

It's 40 and foggy, the field is wet at 9AM start time.  Slow start but we soon had too many players on the field, as many as 30 at one point. A couple of guys got hurt and left, so that helped.  Me, Eric finally Steve in the blue net, Mark Schwartz then Will in the white.

Marlen for blue, 1-0
Mu to Jelly for a tap in for white, 1-1
Rocc with a beautiful miss, finished by Jeff, for blue, 2-1
Imad corner kick to head of Mu, 2-2
Jeff with a lovely left, 3-2
Minor for blue, 4-2
Ben to Mu, 4-3
Somehow the sides tipped in favor of white, with much of the second half 15 white vs 12 blue.  Eric came back to the blue team, but the sides were still unbalanced.  Just sayin.
Ben with a floater, 4-4
Jelly, 4-5
Cee to Vee who back heels it in, 4-6
Jay with a free kick, 5-6