The Evendale Futbol Club: Next Match ~ Saturday, July 20, 2013 at 9:00 a.m.

July 19, 2013

Next Match ~ Saturday, July 20, 2013 at 9:00 a.m.

Amazing record turnout this past weekend, with more than 30 players participating in the weekly pickup match. I appreciate everyone's patience and understanding, as we tried to rotate players into the game as fairly as possible.

Among many highlights, the goal of the match goes to Ben S., who absolutely drilled a well-placed header passed "someone" in goal. Let's just say it was probably a memorable ride home.

The next match is this Saturday, July 20, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. Please bring white and dark shirts so that we can make even teams (no grays or other team-ambiguous colors). If we have another overwhelming turnout, one idea is to stagger the start times so that everyone is not showing up at the same time ... an early and later rotation.

Please post a comment and indicate whether you are IN or OUT this week. And as always, jogo bonito!

2 comments:

AJ said...: ATJ is OUT this week and the next two for my annual pilgrimage to Cape Cod. Play nice.; July 19, 2013
Anonymous said...: Dave S in July 27; July 26, 2013

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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.