Report from Captains' Meeting

As you know, before each season, the league holds a meeting for captains to get everybody organized.  This is a well-oiled machine right now with Sanjay at the helm, so it's getting easier and easier.  The only truly bad news right now is that fees went up by $100 for each time.  Because they held them static for about 4 years, I am ok with that.  But I will not want to see another increase for several years.

Ally and I attended the meeting.  Here are some notes, if you're interested:

The tables

The table of teams in each division is set.  There was less movement up and down this season because we lost 3 teams.  Thus, the league had to find the right way to insert the new teams.  They couldn't all start at the bottom in D3.  We lost DC Chillin' from D1, and Team X from Premier, and a team from D3.  Incoming teams are the Replacements (Premier) and Our Kicks Don't Lie and Unathletic DC (D3).

Our division sees a lot of movement.  Two teams were relegated from last season (DC Divided and Celtic, I believe).  One team was promoted - Taz Devils, the regular season and playoff champion.  Thus, we will have three new teams.  Armory is coming down from 1st and Geezers and Buena Vista Social Club are coming up.  So, our division is:

Armory
Geezers
Little Urban Achievers
Tsunami
Goleros
DC Thunder
Lost Tourists
Buena Vista Social Club
Diplomats

Reffing issues

Six of our 36 teams still have not provided a ref, and are subject to the potential $500 fine at the end of the season.  The Exec Board is now granting leniency to teams who supply a member of the team on the exec board - it's a way of encouraging more volunteer participation.

Refs have to make themselves available for 5 games to avoid the team fine. 

Refs will get paid $40 per match for ARs and the 4th official, and CRs will get $55 per match.  Refs are paid twice a season.

Carlos is our designated ref.  Thanks man!!!!

Registration

We'll be doing an online process at some point in the future.  This is actually getting closer.  It will have advantages and disadvantages. I'm not too excited about it.  But prepare yourself, you will probably have to register for a website.

Our final rosters are due to the league on April 17th.  We have an allocation of 25 players.  Each additional player up to 30 costs us $25 per player.

Our old commissior, Jim, is quite active in the state and national associations (the state assn - MDCVSA, the national adult assn - USASA, and the national association, USF).  There's a continuing fued going on at the state level.  Essentially, CCSL and other leagues are tired of paying what they view as unnecessary costs to support the state association, while extracting such little value.  The state association costs approximately $9 per player per season, and for that you get some limited health coverage.  The league is hoping to axe the health coverage, because 90% of players allegedly have personal insurance that is substantial, and achieving further savings.  Maybe I'll do a more comprehensive update.  My steam-of-consciousness writing style in this post isn't really getting the job done on this complicated issue.

Schedule

Full schedule to be posted soon.

Fields

We've got great fields, although I'm not crazy about the location personally.  Fine though.  Several are metro accessible.  They'll be in DC mostly.  You've been to most of them.  Our field guru in the league, working with the commish and the scheduler, has done a great job.

No summer league

The league is no longer making money at summer league, and it's becoming an administrative pain.  So it's off for this year unfortunately.  We may do a tourney instead.

Discipline

Captains are again being asked to help keep the players calm.  It's a key element to making this volunteer league work.

Social

The league is looking for a new social chair.

Goleros don't stoop to this

It's a pretty funny "dive" though.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsEbf-o83fc

Fwd: [ccsl_teams] Spring Tables

 

Hey all,

 

We've had some comings and goings this season (more than usual) so the promotion and relegations had to be set now so that we could get our tables set.  Below is what the Divisions will look like for the Spring.  This hopefully shouldnt be a surprise to anyone, but I wanted to send it out anyway.

 

Also, just another friendly reminder once again that dues of $1750 are due in full at the time of the captains meeting.  The link to pay via credit card is up on the league web site in the right hand side of the page.  Feel free to pay at any time before the 6th.  There will be no leniency for non-payment because as usual we have a large waitlist of teams who want into our league.

 

thanks!

 

Sanjay

CCSL Commish

 

Premier
1	Good N Bad
2	FC Benchwarmers
3	The Ugly Mug Hooligans FC
4	Conquistadors
5	Booters FC
6	Washington Wanderers
7	Replacements
8	Capital Crew
9	Rocklands FC
D1
1	Flirts
2	Painkillers
3	Hoover FC
4	Backdraft
5	Postgame FC
6	Itchy and Scratchy
7	Quicksilver
8	Taz Devils
9	Gang Green
D2
1	Armory
2	Geezers
3	Little Urban Achievers
4	Tsunami Naranja
5	Goleros
6	DC Thunder
7	Lost Tourists
8	Buena Vista Soccer Club
9	The Diplomats
D3
1	DC Divided
2	Celtic
3	Two Left Feet
4	Far Post
5	Prism
6	Funky Town
7	Red Stripe
8	UnAtheletic DC
9	Our Kicks Don't Lie

Happy hour next week

The Lady Goleros have planned another one of their soirees.  This time, I am told they are going to invite the men.  Stay tuned for details.  Looks like it will be Friday, a week from today.

Schedule request sent to league

Thanks to those of you that responded to my email about spring season schedule requests.  Based on the information I collected, there was one date that stood out as difficult: April 17th.  There is a CUA event that weekend and several other folks indicate they will be out of town.

We put in for a bye on 4/17, no 8:00 am games, and fields in DC or Arlington.

League fees going up

I recently received the enclosed message from the Commissioner.  League fees for each team are going up by $100 this season.  At this point, I don't anticipate that it will affect individual player dues, which will remain at $80 for the moment.  However, depending on our roster count, I may have to collect more at a later time.

Hey all,

 

We have our exec planning meeting this week, but I wanted to let you guys know as soon as possible what dues are looking like. 

 

Were looking great for our fields again this year with all premium turf venues, but as you can imagine, thats more expensive than the free fields weve had in the past using the Mall or Marina and such.  

 

So this season, the dues will be $1,750 for the season which represents only a 6% increase and and is still less than other rival leagues for a better product.  We have not raised the dues in 4 years and I think most teams would be happy to pay a small amount more to be on better fields.  This increase essentially breaks down to an $4 per player for the season.   It will be the same price wether you pay cash or by credit card.

 

And dont forget that we are a non-profit league so everything that comes in goes right back out to pay the league expenses. 

 

thanks and see you all on the 7th.

 

Sanjay

Disciplinary action taken

This disciplinary ruling was sent around to captains.  Occassionally, I post them. While it is never my intention to embarrass other players, the league generally asks that we make this information available to players.  Sometimes, as in this case, I even redact names.

January 20, 2011

Re: Notice of Disciplinary Suspension –  – Red Card

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            The CCSL Disciplinary Committee (DC) has reviewed the events that took place during a November 14, 2010 match between Backdraft and Painkillers.  This review was specific to the actions of *** (Backdraft).  During the review, the DC solicited input in the form of written statements from the officiating crew and both of the involved teams.  No deadline was established for the submission of testimony, however, adequate time and notification was provided to allow all parties to provide their recollections of the events.

            The DC has accepted as truth, the facts listed in the reports provided by the Center Official.  According to those reports, the following occurred:

Center Official In the 88', ***, Backdraft, was sent off for violent conduct, for shoving/pushing **, Painkillers. ***was injured at this time, but his injury was not related to **'s ejection, and the collision that resulted in **'s injury was not **'s fault. In the 88', ** was chasing the ball towards the Backdraft keeper, and ****, the sweeper for Backdraft, was also chasing the ball. The Backdraft keeper came into the play hard, but legally, and knocked the ball away. While clearing the ball, the keeper collided with **and **, and the three men collapsed in a heap. It was a hard collision, but it was a 50/50 ball, and the collision was either no one's fault, or everyone's, because they all equally raced to the spot of the collision. In the collision, **and **fell to the ground and **hit his head on the ground. **got up immediately, and was yelling loudly about the play. Apparently, **believed that **had hit **i from behind. But, **'s contact with **was caused when the Backdraft keeper came from in-front-of **and **, and took out both ***an*** . The Backdraft keeper got up and remained calm, and Rosenberg rolled onto his side/knees to try to get up. ***, though, was very angry, and when he got up, he shoved **on the back/shoulders, and **continued to yell, loudly, about the collision. I was right at the spot, and I had **move away from the area, and he was still yelling irately and loudly. I then pulled out the red card, and told **that he was being ejected for shoving the Painkillers player (**). ***charged at me, enraged, but did not touch me. He continued to yell loudly. No one from Backdraft came over the restrain him. I asked his teammates to escort **from the field, but no one helped. Eventually, **started to walk away, but he continued to yell loudly and berate me. I then went back to tend to*** , who was still on the ground with a head injury that I believe was unrelated to **shoving **. I believe the head injury came from the initial collision with the goalkeeper. Six minutes passed before **was able to leave the field. **had still not left the playing area, and was on the sidelines taking off his tape and equipment. Before resuming play, the Painkillers players properly asked that **leave the area. I went to the sidelines and told him that he had to leave the area. He did not make any effort to leave, and continued taking off his equipment. ***, Backdraft, was on the sidelines with **(as was a third Backdraft player) and said that **was taking off his stuff and would leave. I explained that he did not have the right to do so, that he had to immediately leave the area, and that he had taken over 6 minutes to leave already, while I had tended to **. I informed the Backdraft players that **had 30 seconds to leave, or I would suspend the match, and Backdraft would forfeit. I walked away a few yards and waited. **quickly gathered his things and left. After the game, **came back into the area, and was standing on the track, staring at me while I finished talking to other players and the referee crew. **approached ***, the linesman for the game, and said he wanted to talk to me. **told **that he was not allowed to talk to me, and he asked **to leave. **firmly said, "I am going to talk to him." He then walked over to me. I started to walk away, and he said, "I want to talk to you!" He kept saying that he wanted to talk to me, so I turned around to face him. I said that he could not talk to me, that he had to leave the area, and I told him to talk to the league and the proper authorities if he had anything to add. He asked me my name, and I gave it to him. He eventually walked away. I believe that even if he was upset about the play, and upset about my call, he should not have been yelling as loudly and as long as he did, that he should have left the field promptly -- as required by the laws of the game and the league -- and that he should not have approached me after the game..

           

            The DC has also solicited, accepted, reviewed and taken into consideration all other testimony that was provided as part of the disciplinary review process.  The review process has involved multiple members of the DC, all of whom have had full access to referee reports and testimony.

The DC has found that there is sufficient evidence that *** displayed violent conduct towards an opponent, showed disregard for the welfare of an opponent, disregarded instructions from an official during the course of a game. Accordingly, the DC recommends that **** be suspended for two (2) games, in addition to any disciplinary suspension already served.  This suspension is to be served during **’s next two scheduled games, including games that are played subsequent to the Fall 2010 CCSL season.

            The Capital Coed Soccer league is a recreational soccer league that prides itself on bringing people together to enjoy the benefits that competitive, adult soccer has to offer.  The CCSL in no way condones abusive behavior such as that which was displayed during the above-referenced match. 

            Should **decide to appeal the decision of the CCSL, he has the right to do so in accordance with the appeal process documented in the Constitution of the Capital Coed Soccer League.

            The CCSL DC hereby submits this to the President of the CCSL as their official recommendation for disciplinary action.

He's back!

The Silver Fox

We have made our first major roster move for the spring season. 

After a long hiatus as a full-time player, the Silver Fox is back.  Carlos will join us full time and help us shore up that defense.  And, it should be noted, you all owe him a huge favor because he is going to help out with reffing duties since Jer is taking an indefinite break due to injuries and other obligations.

Carlos, we're glad to have you back.  This just makes sense because you've been playing about 2/3 of the minutes anyway, and we need stability on defense.

Bienvenido otra vez, Zorro Plateado!

That's So Him

Early start to spring season anticipated

Hi team,

Wow, it's been a long time since I posted anything.  As I mentioned once before, this blog will be heating up leading up to the spring season.  We have a host of issues to sort out to be ready for the spring campaign.

I noticed in the Commissioner's email that the league is looking at a March 20th start date for the spring season. This is up to 2 weeks before we usually start.  So, be ready.

We'll be in touch.

2nd Round of Playoffs

Hey Guys,

Pleave RSVP for this Sunday's Game.

 

10:00 am at Galludet versus Taz.

 

Hope to see you all there!

Ally & Peter

Goleros win - playoff bracket filling out

Awesome 4-2 win last night versus our friends and rivals, Tsunami.  We owed them one after they bested us the in both of the past two seasons by one goal in frustrating losses (2-1 in the spring and 1-0 this season).  See our game report from Week 1 here.

With this win, we go back on top of the Orange Bowl series by one game, 4-3-1.  Vic did pick up another goal against us though, but it's likely his last, at least on Tsunami.  He is moving to Washington Wanderers in the Premier Division next season.  Too bad for the 2nd Division; great player and competitor.  A few more notes about Tsunami.  I thought Terry was outstanding at central defender, as was the curly haired woman who played left back.  Ty has been making weaving runs for years against our back line.  He scored his first ever goal against us last night according to my memory.  Let's hope it's his last one.

We had a lot of bright spots.  One of our best performances of the season.  The defense was mostly solid.  We yielded to a lot of pressure in the second half.  But with some over-the-top distribution and timely runs by the Silver Fox and others, we seized the initiative back and ultimately withstood the test.  That was exciting to watch - an example of the dyanmic part of the game. 

Every once in a while, it's fun to mention some names even though this is a team sport.  Cat scored her first goal and continued her stellar play as of late.  Nap was very effective in the back and the middle against some of Tsunami's best players.  My vote for player-of-the-match is Griz, however.  His assists were quite skillful and he ran the full field, disrupting the attacks.

Well played by everyone though, seriously.

The playoff bracket is more clear now.

We will now have to play the top seed, Taz Devils.  The winner of the LUA/DC Thunder match was DC Thunder by a score of 5-3 (why do I think that Roland scored at least 4 of those?).  So DC Thunder will face Quicksilver and we - if we can win the semi somehow - will face the winner of that matchup in the finals.

Next up: Taz.

[Notes: 4-2 playoff win vs Tsunami on 11/7/10 at Geo Mason HS.  Goals: Chris N. (Griz), Cat (Griz), Ermy (unassisted), Nate (Nap).  GK: George.]

Great Game!

Hey Team,

Great game tonight! Yes I am a loser and cannot sleep after late games.

 

I also wanted to tell you all I am bartending at P Brennans on Columbia Pike in Arlington on Saturday evening if anyone wants to come on down for a pint or two. I'll be there after 6:00 pm. It's a great place with good food and some cool local bands on the weekends.

 

http://www.pbrennans.com/

 

Our game as of right now is Sunday at GMU = George Mason High School (NOT Galludet Mike) at 9:00 pm. We will see if we can get an earlier game and post the blog to RSVP in the next day or two.

 

Have a fabulous week!

 

Ally & Peter

Full playoff schedule [corrected]

Here's our full playoff schedule based on our ranking.  Note they are all night games, all at the same place.

Quarters - 11/7
#4 (Tsunami) vs #5 (Goleros) - 9:00 p.m. at Geo Mason HS in Falls Church
#3 (LUA) will play #6 (DC Thunder)
Semis - 11/14
Winner of our game vs top-seeded Taz - 9:00 pm at Geo Mason HS in Falls Church
The winner of the LUA/DC Thunder game will play the second seed, Quicksilver.  They have the easier path to the championship game.
Finals - 11/21
Division 2 final - 8:00 p.m. at Geo Mason HS in Falls Church

Will we play all three games?

Sunday's game moved to 9:00 pm - and at GMU High School

Stay tuned for new or updated RSVP link.

Regular season standings

Here are the final standings from the Fall 2010 regular season.



CCSL>Second Division>
Rank Team W L T GP PTS GF GA GD GDA 
 1 Taz Devils 4 0 4 8 16 18 11 7 0.9 
 2 Little Urban Achievers 4 2 2 8 14 17 9 8 1.0 
 2 Quicksilver FC 4 2 2 8 14 22 14 8 1.0 
 3 Goleros 3 2 3 8 12 18 15 3 0.4 
 4 DC Thunder 3 2 3 8 12 19 19 0 0.0 
 5 Tsunami Naranja 4 4 0 8 12 13 16 -3 -0.4 
 6 Geezers 2 5 1 8 7 6 13 -7 -0.9 
 7 DC Divided 1 4 3 8 6 15 20 -5 -0.6 
 8 Lost Tourists 1 5 2 8 5 9 20 -11 -1.4




Despite what this says, we finished fifth, right in the middle of the table.  Tsunami leaps us on the head-to-head win.  Little Urban Achievers get 3rd place.

It's a bit cruel that we dropped to 5th.  If we would have won versus Taz last weekend, we would have been champions.  But, like other teams, we left a lot of points on the table.  And so, in failing to pick up the last three, we have to take our lumps.  The point is that there were a lot of good teams this season and we held our own.

Playoff Game Sunday at 12:00 pm at Galludet

Please RSVP as soon as possible.

Thank you!

Ally & Peter