The Evendale Futbol Club: Next Match ~ Friday, Sept. 5 @ 7:30 p.m.

September 4, 2008

Next Match ~ Friday, Sept. 5 @ 7:30 p.m.

The holiday weekend saw a spirited small-sided match of 6v6, played under the lights at Evendale Rec. The match was marked by plenty of hard runs, hustle defense, and shots on goal, and the return of Justin R. and Jody P. Lonnie also made an inaugural (and noteworthy) rotation of goal, clean sheeting the final 10 minutes of play.

Our next match is set for this Friday, September 5, 2008 at 7:30 p.m. at Evendale Recreation Field #3. Make an effort to show this week, so that we can at least return to "full-sided small-sided" 8v8 play. Please post a comment indicating whether you are IN or OUT ... and, yes, I realize that many are tentative to publicly commit to playing, but that is exactly what I am asking you to do. As always, bring WHITE and DARK shirts to the game.

Jogo Bonito.

3 comments:

AJ said...: ATJ is IN this week.; September 04, 2008
Anonymous said...: Art S is likely out this week, a combination of a nagging muscle pull and weather.
Gus, this weeks picture is a little disturbing. Everything OK?; September 05, 2008
Anonymous said...: Depends on the weather

Heather; September 05, 2008

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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.