Sunday January 23

Final Score: Mother Nature 1, Waldwick Sr Soccer 0

At least there's lots of football & American Throwball on TV today. Go Giants!

Sunday January 15

Forecast is for cold, and I had sent out an E mail to the group encouraging one and all to show up in spite of the weather. Sunday morning it's like 8 degrees at my house and I'm reconsidering, sorry for my E and checking to see if a saner mind had canceled the game. Damn. So it's cold, no biggie, but it's windy too. Ouch. We started with six v six and hurdles for goals just to keep moving. In a short time we were playing with the big goals on a shortened field, but then it was full sides full court, game on. With all the hats and face masks, it looked like the Burkha Bowl. The cold air made it tough to catch one's breath and we quit a little early.

I forgot my score pad, but Fernando had a quick hat trick for white, Keeble says he had one too, and generally the white team scored more points than the blue. Steve in the blue goal tried not to use his hands cause it's just too cold, Doug was in Las Vegas or someplace warmer.

It's still better than last year. Go Giants. See you next week.

Sunday January 8

And the blessed good weather continues. 40 and breezy, but no snow, perfect for soccer. 26 guys including Will Gilchrist. Doug in the blue net, so Steve has the sun in his eyes from the white net.

Dimos to Shamu with a backfooter, for blue 1-0

Joe Imad with a long pass into the corner, a nice cross from Dimos to Jelly, called back for offsides. Nice play, too bad;

Jelly for blue 2-0

Eric to Keebs for white 2-1

Lazer Dave got his shot back, for white, 2-2

Vince, for blue, finally after 4 or 5 major misses, 3-2

Dan to J to Mike the Wizard, for white, 3-3

Dave again 3-4

Juan for white 3-5

Joe D with a back-healed in corner kick, for blue 4-5

M Miller, but called back for offsides, or not, for white, to end it.

Sunday January 1, 2012 New Years Day

20 degrees as I left home, and frost is on the shady parts of the field, but it is warm and sunny by the time we finally got going. We started with a shortened field, 9 v 9, but soon got up to full sides, full court. Steve in the blue net, Keith for white.

Joe D to Vince, for blue 1-0

Dan to George, for blue 2-0

Mike the Wizard for white 2-1

Jeff, with a hand ball penalty kick from the 20, to Keebs for his first of the new year 2-2

Ed to Vince 3-2

Jeff for white 3-3

Dan for blue 4-3

Jelly to the Wizard 4-4

Dominick to Mike 4-5

Jelly 4-6

Dan, cleaning up after a corner kick 5-6 to end it.

Great game today, 11 v 11 for most of it, sunny and warm, so much better than this time last year. See you all next Sunday, we start at 9AM, sharp.

Monday December 26, Boxing Day

Sunday was Christmas so no one played. Monday was the official holiday, but only 14 guys showed. Not too cold, but windy. We played half court with hurdles for goals. Mario likes this kind of close in game, and with Mike the soccer wizard helping the white team seemed to get most of the goals.

Next week we play on Sunday the first at 9 am. Be there. Happy New Years!

Sunday Dec 18

Another cold one, 20 degrees and windy, and the late December sun is low and not very warming. But a bunch of us turned out, 23 or 24? Doug in the white net, Steve is here but his finger still hurts from last week so Fast Joe puts on the gloves for blue, Steve on the blue left wing.

Eddy starts off for blue 1-0

Jay rips a beautiful cross and Steve knees in in 2-0

Dan for white, returning a short corner kick with a one toucher 2-1

Rosner for white 2-2

Dan to Mario to Miller 2-3

Ros again 2-4

Jeff for white 2-5

Dimos to Vince, for blue 3-5

Jay to ? 4-5

Eric to Keeble to end the game 4-6

Great job by Joe in the blue net. Laser Dave played as Banana Dave today, he couldn't hit a thing. The sun and wind were enough of a factor that we changed sides at the half. After the game about half the guys remaining moseyed on over to Nellies for some pies and beers and holiday good cheer. We should try to play on Monday the 26th since it is a holiday and we'll miss Sunday.

Sunday Dec 11

20 degrees as I left home this morning, but the turf warms up quickly on a nice sunny day like today, so it's a perfect day for soccer. Lots of us thought the same thing and we had extra full sides today, maybe as many as 28 guys! Joe sent out an entreaty for players during the week, maybe it worked. Enzo came with a buddy, didn't catch his name, but no other guests. Frank and Dimos each got 8 pointers and they're back. Bobby wore a white shirt for the first time in eons. No Rocc, no Bagel Joe. Doug in the white net, Steve in the blue, and all is right with the little world of WSS.

Dan starts it off with a beautifull cross to the very accurate head of Shamoo, for blue: 1-0

Rosner answers back with a great pass to Eddy 1-1

Dan right back at ya with a corner kick to the Head of Mu 2-1

Jay to Enzo for blue 3-1

Ros lobs one in from the 30 on an open net 3-2

Big cluster fuck in front of the white net ends with a tap in by Enzo 4-2

Lazer Dave for white 4-3

Mario for white 4-4

Dimos to Mu-Mu 5-4

Lazer Dave whales one in and hurts the keeper Steve, jammed finger 5-5

Snarky Mark, who had come over to the blue side after Enzo and his boyfriend left the game, sits in for Steve for a short spell,

Dimos 6-5

Mario 6-6

Lazer Dave to end it 6-7

Big fun today, nice to see some old buddies again, beautiful day, Keebs shut out.

Next week has been decreed our annual Nellie's holiday get together, so bring some extra cash and head over right after the game.