The Evendale Futbol Club: Next Match ~ Saturday, August 21, 2010 @ 9:00 a.m.

August 20, 2010

Next Match ~ Saturday, August 21, 2010 @ 9:00 a.m.

Another well-attended match last week, with 22 players braving the heat and humid for a fairly-balanced, tale-of-two-halves match. Ultimately, the "man of the match" award must go to Tony M. the Italian Stallion, as the white team was 5-1 with him, and after a midgame trade, the dark team finished 6-1 with him.

Our next match will be on Saturday, August 21 at 9:00 a.m. on Field #2. This will be our last Saturday match before switching to Friday nights @ 7:00 p.m., with the beginning of SAY Soccer. Please post a comment below and indicate whether you are IN or OUT this week. I think we will be missing several of the college players, who have returned to school, so it would be a good week to "bring a friend." And as always, please remember to bring both white and dark colored shirts so that we can make even teams.

Jogo Bonito!!

2 comments:

AJ said...: ATJ is IN this week, at least until 10:30 a.m. ... My U10 girls team plays at 11:00 a.m. on Field #3.; August 20, 2010
Anonymous said...: Dave C is in; August 20, 2010

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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.