The Evendale Futbol Club: Good Season ~ No Soccer Tomorrow (Saturday, August 24, 2013)

August 23, 2013

Good Season ~ No Soccer Tomorrow (Saturday, August 24, 2013)

Based upon last week's turnout and the start of SAY soccer, we are officially done for the season on Saturday mornings. I would like to thank everyone who came out this year. I think our pickup game strikes the perfect balance between safe/recreational play and quality competitive soccer, and I hope we can continue next Spring/Summer on Saturday mornings.

Next week, I am going to circulate an email and post a poll to determine whether we have enough interested players to restart Friday Night under the Lights (Field #3). This was the original pickup game and, candidly, there is something unique and enjoyable about playing soccer under the lights in the cool fall air. So give some thought to whether you are interested and at what level (every week, most of the time, sometimes, rarely, and never). And if and when we get the numbers together, we will give it a run. In the interim, as always ...

Jogo Bonito ...

2 comments:

Anonymous said...: any chance there is a pick up game this weekend?

Mark; May 20, 2014
Anonymous said...: Any idea when season may start up?
-Greg; May 23, 2014

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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.