Play pick up!

Bless Nate, he's doing everything he can to motivate people to get in soccer shape before the season starts.  We need it folks.  We have a history of starting slow.  What would you give to change that?

The key is touching the ball often and keeping yourself fit by playing and cross-training.  You should be doing that now.

Nate has looped everyone in on weekly pickup games on Sunday mornings, 10:00 a.m., in the new Long Bridge Park near Crystal City.  Last week, I believe Nate, George, Carlos, and Chris N. were there.  I may join in this week. 

Until last night, I had been dormant for weeks.  I played in a really competitive pick up game.  I had some off moments, but I did launch a left-footed bending long ball that resulted in a score.  My best pass in years.  Let's see if I can do it again on opening day.

Pickup tomorrow 11:00 a.m. at the Alexandria Marina

All Goleros, Far Post, and CCSL players are welcome. 

Pick up is in the works

Message to Goleros and Far Post players: we're going to organize some pick up in place of the game on Sunday.  We're currently talking over email about the best time.  It will either be 11:00 am at the Marina, the originally scheduled match time, or 3:00 p.m. at the Marina, following the other games.

Stay tuned.

Scrimmage is on

We've organized a pick up game for 10:00 a.m. Sunday at the Alexandria Marina field. Other CCSL players are welcome. Bring a white and dark T-shirt. If you have an extra net, bring that as well since we only have one. See you there.

Thursday: pick up and margs

We had quite a turnout for the spur of the moment pick up tonight at W&L (we moved to Quincy Park when the field was full).  

Apparently, we're going to do it again Thursday night, followed by drinks at the Rio.  Try one of their margaritas - decent.  

Stay tuned for more details.

Pick up

Tonight - W&L High School in Arlington, 7:00.

Pick up on Sunday

My friend Rachel is organizing some pick up this Sunday in South Arlington. Feel free to email her and show up. Here's the email that went out.

Hello to you all,

I wanted to give you more information on what is going on this Sunday with
our pick up game. We are aiming to start at 4pm at the small field that is
in front of Abingdon Elementary School (3035 S. Abingdon St., Arlington VA
22206). The school is at the end of a dead end street, and you'll see the
field on your right before you approach the school. I'll try to get there
a bit before 4pm to try and secure the field for us. If any of you have no
idea where this school is, please let me know! We are about .5 mile from
Shirlington, in the Fairlington Village area.

If you guys could bring a light and a dark shirt, a ball, and if anyone has
cones, please let me know! If not, I'll bring out some old shirts to serve as
posts. I don't mind playing in rain, as long as there isn't thunder and
lightening and the field doesn't turn into a swamp. What about you all??
This is my first attempt to putting something like this together at the school,
so I hope everyone shows up, and hopefully we can continue this pick-up for
weekends to come.If you all know anyone else who is interested in playing,
please pass-on this email to them.

All skill levels and ages will be showing up. Also, if you find out
you CAN'T come, please let me know!! (Suda, I already know you won't be
there; I thought I would send this to you in case you wanted to send it on to
others)Any questions? If not, see you all (and hopefully more!) this
Sunday at 4pm!

Rachel
rach98blue@hotmail.com

No pick up this weekend

I won't be able to organize any pick up this weekend.  If you're interested though, feel free.  Nate, Katya, Heather, Kristin, Chip, and Ally were possibilities so far.  We've got a lot of folks out of town.

Scrimmage here if game is canceled

If our game this weekend gets canceled, and it's not too rainy, we'll probably scrimmage here. Just monitor the old Goleros Action Network (my texts).

The park is called Randall playground or Randall Recreation Center. It's at South Capitol Street & Eye Street, SW, which is walking distance from Capitol South or Federal Center, SW metros.

Pick up is in the works for Sunday

Jon is organizing another pick up  game tomorrow (Sunday Jan. 6th).  Right now, we're looking at 1:00 p.m. at Gunston Middle School in Arlington.  Plans may change depending on field availability or weather (showers are possible in the morning).  Get in touch with us via cell phone if you're in.

Pick-up this weekend?

Are we getting together for a little pick-up action this weekend? A
little four-on-four, better yet a little five-on-five or even perhaps a
six-on-six?

n

Pick up is no go

Scheduling problems continue for our so-called Friday night pick up games. No can do this week or next. Maybe later this summer.

Welcome Tsunami

We may have a few visitors from Tsunami on our blog, cause our two teams may coordinate some scrimmages or pick up games in the coming months.

Remember everyone, we're going to restart Friday night pick-up on July 13th at Washington & Lee high school in Arlington. Travel in between now and then makes it difficult to start sooner, but be my guest. When the 13th finally rolls around, we have lots of catching up to do because we're getting a late start. Also, with the Coed classic tournament and the Fall season, it's going to be a short summer.

Friday pick up to start July 13

Last summer, we played pick up every Friday after work at W&L. It's a lot of fun. We're going to have a delayed start this year cause of Goleros playoffs and then the 4th of July week. However, there's nothin' stopping y'all from going out sooner. See you out there on the 13th.

Pick up

Carlos, George, and Anna are having a pick-up game at W&L on Thursday after work. All are welcome. Contact Carlos by email.

Friday night pick up coming soon

Last year, we had a weekly pick up game on the turf at W&L on friday nights. It was a lot of fun. We'll try to resume it this year too. School's not out at W&L until June 20, so my guess is we may have to start then.

Pick up this week

Can you solve this equation?

Good weather + bye week + love of soccer - belly fat = ______.

The answer is pick up soccer. Let's keep our touches and get a little pick up game going this week. We're thinking Wednesday on the Mall after work (5:30-6). Drop a comment to let us know your preference.