The Evendale Futbol Club: August 4 ~ Game Recap

August 7, 2007

August 4 ~ Game Recap

Another report from cubby reporter, Arthur Joseph ...

Here's what I remember from Saturday: Hot and humid at 9am, mid 70's. 24 showed up. This week had an international flavor as 3 gentlemen from Challenger came to play. They had just finished the soccer camp this week, and I invited them to come Saturday. If they're in town, they may join us again. Attendance by the ladies has been down the last couple weeks. Teams seemed balanced at the outset, but the Lights seemed to capitalize better on the scoring opportunities. Play was fairly balanced with both teams having good scoring chances, but Darks had a difficult time putting a "bulge in the onion sack" in the first half. Lights, on the other hand, attacked and scored several times in each half.

It was ladies day for the Darks with Kim S & Heather F finding the back of the net for the Darks in the 2nd half (hence the Kristine Lilly photo, in their honor). Dave C ended the game with a sharp header off a perfectly placed service for his second goal of the game. The knee appears sound. Overall well-played, great efforts on both teams, flashes of brilliance. Everyone was pretty thoroughly exhausted by the end.

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The Evendale FC Rules

The Evendale FC is a co-ed, weekly RECREATIONAL pickup soccer match, intended for adults who want to enjoy a reasonably "competitive" game for fun and exercise. There are dozens of competitive soccer leagues in town (indoor and outdoor) ... this is not one of them. We strictly enforce the following rules, which are designed and intended to reduce and prevent injuries to our players:

1. No Slide Tackling. There is no slide tackling of any kind, from any directions. Stay on your feet at all times.

2. No Challenges from Behind. Players must be "goalside" of the player in possession of the ball before they can play defense or challenge for possession of the ball. In other words, once beaten, you must outrun the player in possession of the ball AND get goalside again before you can play defense. It is ALWAYS more important to avoid injury than to prevent a goal.

3. Caution on 50/50 Balls. If you and an opponent are running at the same ball in open space, BOTH players are expected to use caution and slow enough to avoid a collision. It is ALWAYS more important to avoid a collision than win possession of the ball.

4. No Charging the Keeper. Both players and keepers must use caution to avoid a collision, with priority given to keepers fairly calling players off of the ball. It is ALWAYS more important to avoid injury than to score a goal.

5. Fair Substitutions. Whenever there are subs waiting to play, please be courteous and take your fair turn to sub out. Subs should rotate back in every 10 minutes. The same is true with the keeper position. Please take your fair turn at the keeper position, when needed, except for Steve B., who is prohibited from playing keeper.