Sunday April 21

Sunny & chilly, 30' to 40's, perfect!  Next week we get bumped by the annual 5k road race and next week is my 60th birthday, so the boys decided to make today's game in my honor.  By the time the game got going there were over 30 guys.  Steve came with a whistle and did a little reffing which was hilarious.  Speaking of time, our Senior Soccer Memorial digital clock is up!  Thanks Rocc!  So with Gilchrist 60 shirts on we got going, Keith in the white net, Tomaso, Joakim & George took turns in the blue:

Jeff for blue, 1-0
Jay to Steve Palaia for blue, 2-0
Dom for white with a with-the-wind floater at 8:34, 2-1
Mario for white at 8:35, 2-2
Imad at 8:37, 2-3
Dimos to Jeff at 8:45, 3-3
Jeff at 8:46, 4-3
Dimos with a long shot at 8:49, 5-3
Marlin to Geoge for blue at 9:00, 6-3
Steve P at 9:09, 7-3, Keith had his back to the game so the shot was uncontested.  Keith took exception to a comment about his keeping so Steve Gaw went into the white net.
Rocco! at 9:12, for blue, 8-3
Tomas for blue at 9:33, 9-3
Imad for white at 9:39, 9-4

Late in the game Jay & Dimos tried to set me up to score, but I missed badly.  It was enough of a treat to have the whities let the blues win for a change.  After the game a half dozen of us had a nice lunch at the AB&G.

Next Sunday's game is undecided.  Last year we played against the Latino teams at Traphagen.  Mark says we may be able to use a field in Ridgewood, or maybe join the boys in Ramsey, or maybe run the race.  There is another race next Saturday that I can recommend.  It is in Saddle River, starting at the police station, going up the West Road to Upper Cross, than down the East Road.  Last year was the first running of this race and it was very successful.  The course is pretty flat in fact the final mile is down hill.
http://www.hackensackumcfoundation.org/site/PageNavigator/2012_5k_run.html