Got ideas for the next social?

We need an end-of-season social. Who's got some ideas?

Weather report

Our game this weekend is iffy, unfortunately. Here's the National Weather Service forcast:

SUNDAY
CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE MORNING...THEN PARTLY SUNNY IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S. NORTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 50 PERCENT.

Given the rain that is expected tomorrow, the fields could be unplayable. Make sure to check the inclement weather line and check your email Sunday morning. If they reschedule us, it may be for Saturday next weekend or during the week. It may also impact our playoff hopes.

Anyway, it ain't canceled until it's canceled. So be ready to play. I would say there's still a decent chance that we go.

Standings: the final stretch

We have just two games to play in the regular season. Although we have played well and integrated some new players, we don't have a lot to show for it. Six games, six points. That leaves us in 7th place in the division, one spot ahead of Lost Tourists on goal differential.

CCSL>Second Division>
Rank	Team		W	L	T	GP	PTS	GF	GA	GD	GDA
1		Gang Green	5	0	2	7	17	28	10	18	2.6
2		Itchy & Scratchy	5	1	1	7	16	22	13	9	1.3
3		Armory	4	1	2	7	14	22	13	9	1.3
4		Little Urban Achievers	3	1	2	6	11	17	8	9	1.5
5		Celtic	3	2	2	7	11	19	18	1	0.1
6		The Diplomats	3	2	1	6	10	18	11	7	1.2
7		Goleros	1	2	3	6	6	18	16	2	0.3
8		Lost Tourists	2	5	0	7	6	11	17	-6	-0.9
9		Prism	0	5	1	6	1	7	29	-22	-3.7
10		Quicksilver FC	0	7	0	7	0	2	29	-27	-3.9

One thing is for certain. We MUST pick up at least one more point in the next two games to avoid potential relegation. Prism also has two games to play and could conceivably finish the season with 7 points. Since we beat them in the regular season, we would prevail in the event of a tie on points. They play Lost Tourists (8th) and Diplomats (6th) while we play Quicksilver (10th) and Little Urban Achievers (4th).

If we can win out, we'll finish with 12 points and likely make the playoffs. Diplomats has a relatively easy schedule to finish off and could very well finish ahead of us. So, unless things go squirley with the top teams, we're actually looking at getting one of those last spots if we can get the wins. We won't finish any higher than 4th and even that is hard to figure. That's not fitting because we're a solid team. I guess we have to win to prove we belong in the playoffs.

Go team!

Flu season

This gem of a photo was used by a certain unnamed member of the team for her facebook profile. It's a great photo and it got a lot of comments.

It's captures the mood. At least 3 players have caught the flu - but they licked it and there's nothing to be worried about.

That reminds me. What do Landon Donovan and Jackie have in common?

Answer: They both played a critical soccer game with flu-like symptoms. In August, Donovan was diagnosed with Swine Flu after complaining of dizziness and fatigue after the U.S.-Mexico match in Azteca. He wasn't at the top of his game, but he played all 90 and ran the full field. Similarly, Jackie came down with something like the flu after our game last weekend. Jackal will not be tickled by this comparison because she hates Landycakes. Thinks he is a wimp. I don't know what she's talking about though, he's been amazing for the MNT.

Anyway...for those still feeling symptoms, get well!

What did you think of the game?

Last Sunday, we tied Diplomats for our third draw in a row.

I wasn't at the game. Please add any comments. How did we play? How good were the goals on both sides? What was the mood after the game and how do we go for the win this week?

Notes: 3-3 tie versus Diplomats on 10/25/09 at Ridge. Goals by Mike (set piece), Mike (PK earned by Adrian), Mike (PK earned by Suzie). GK: Alec. Only hat trick of the season. Team record: first time a player has scored on three set pieces in a game.

Latest batch of jerseys has arrived

Some ultra-Goleros have ordered their own personalized jerseys from soccer.com. They've arrived. If you want them, feel free to come over this week. Otherwise, I'll bring them to the game.

RSVP for Game 7 - 3:00 pm vs Quicksilver at Trinity

Team, we've been hanging in there with tough play. But we need points - bad. Quicksilver will be hungry for a win.

Are you in?

We already know that Mike, Ally, and Cat are out.

Into the wild

When you organize a soccer team, you hear lots of different reasons why players can't make games - got lost, hungover from Penn State homecoming, going to Peru for semi-pro match, have to watch the kids, swine flu.

But I've never heard this one: Arctic Survival Training. Out for three weeks.

And it's true, folks. Our versatile midfielder/defender, Mike, is off to the Great North for some Air Force reserve training. Captain Mike (literally) is going to enroll in the training and do a first person narrative for the Air Force Times, for which he is a reporter. That is going to be a really cool story. I wish he could blog it, but my instincts tell me that blogging won't be part of the curriculum.

It's a tough loss for us. I mean, the guy had a hat trick last weekend on three set pieces. That's a Goleros record. I don't think we've ever scored on three set pieces, let alone from strikes by the same player. The closest thing I can recall is two penalty kicks by Bubbles in the Coed Classic, one to put us in OT, and the other at the PK phase.

Travel and survive!

P.S. - can anyone tell me where the title of this post comes from?

Fwd: [ccsl_teams] National Coed Cup Champions - Mall Rats and Conquistadors

This shows how competitive our league is nationwide.

 

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Sanjay Nayar

Date: Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 10:13 AM
Subject: [ccsl_teams] National Coed Cup Champions - Mall Rats and Conquistadors

 

Please congratulate CCSL Premier Division teams Mall Rats (over 30) and Conquistadors (Open Div 1) for winning their respective divisions in the National Coed Cup held this past weekend in Dallas, TX.

 

http://www.usasa.com/home/377175.html

 

Way to represent CCSL and show the entire amateur soccer community that we indeed have the best co-ed league (and teams) in the country!!

 

Sanjay

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Fan attendance up 1000%

Has anyone noticed the steadily increasing number of fans in attendance for our games?

That's right, each week, friends and family are coming out.

Earlier in the season, we had one of Cantina's regular customers show up. That was pretty cool.

We love our fans and will treat them right! Maybe we should bring back Fan Appreciation Day, something that we did for a joke in the early days. It ain't a joke anymore!

Marathon For Charity

Hey Goleros Team!

Many of you may know my wife Kira. She makes it to games a couple of times a year, usually with our daughter Sofia, although sometimes I get to just bring Sofia on her own. What you may not know is that she's an accomplished runner (much like some of the players on this team) and has completed 5 marathons over the last couple of years. Well, this year, she's going for the Marine Corps Marathon on Sunday.

Oddly enough, the Marine Corps Marathon has been an especially difficult hurdle to clear. The first time she registered for it, she got pregnant (well, I guess that was my fault). The second time, she had a freak accident at work and broke her kneecap a couple of months before the race. Well, the third time is the charm and it looks like she is ready to run and complete her 6th marathon.

Since she has run more than a few marathons, she decided that this year, it would be a great idea to run for a charity. We are close friends with a family (one of Sofia's best friends) who has a autistic child named JP. As we've gotten to know them, we've seen how autism has impacted their family and how complex and complicated this disease
really is. JP is a cute little kid (I've enclosed his picture) and so Kira decided that it would
be best to run for an autism charity, in this case, the Organization
for Autism Research.

She's got a web page here: http://www.firstgiving.com/kiravanderlan where you can make a donation. This is the last week before the race,
so consider making a donation of $100, $50, or $26.2 to support this
cause.

Thanks for taking the time to consider Kira's race.
She's amazing. In her training, she had to do a 20 mile run. To make
it more interesting for herself, she entered another marathon in
Harper's Ferry, West Virginia, with the plan of cutting out around the
18-20 mile mark. Well, she missed the cut-off point and because it was
an out-and-back type course ended up running the entire marathon. So
any donation you make is a 2-for-1 deal, since Kira will have polished
off two marathon distances in less than a month!!! Yes, she's amazing, and I am one lucky dude.

See you all this weekend and thanks for taking the time to consider this great charity.

- Jeremy

Road Closures this weekend

For Sundays games, please keep in mind that the Marine Corps Marathon is being run on Sunday and that some routes into the city will be blocked.  And generally, traffic will be worse than normal so please advise your players to plan for extra time to get to the DC based fields.

 

Please see this link for a detailed course map: http://www.marinemarathon.com/Assets/PDF/09+Printable+Course+Map.pdf

 

and the less user friendly list of road closures:  http://marinemarathon.com//Assets/Street+Closings.pdf

 

Sanjay

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Please RSVP for this Sunday's Game

Sun. 10/25 at 4:00 p.m. vs Diplomats (Ridge)

 

Hope to see you all there!

 

Your Captains,

Pete & Ally

Put it on your calendar: makeup game scheduled for 1:15 on Nov. 8th

I checked the league website, and they have already rescheduled our game from this past weekend.

We will play Little Urban Achievers at 1:15 p.m. at Trinity on Nov. 8th.

Mark it down.

Game canceled; to be rescheduled for Nov. 8th

The Commissioner has notified us that our game is canceled. All games are off at Trinity. The game will likely be rescheduled for Nov. 8th. I wouldn't doubt it if it's same time, same place.

Enjoy your Sunday!

Fwd: [ccsl_teams] Fw: CCSL Disciplinary Committee Ruling for Booters/Wanderers Incident (re Manuel Lainez)

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Sanjay Nayar

 

Captains,

 

Please note another disciplinary committee finding for aggressive retaliatory behavior.  This is the second such incident we've had in just half a season after having a Spring without a single need to call the DC.

 

The pitch is not the place to take out your aggressions for the work week and we look to you captains to keep your players in line. 

 

Sanjay 

----- Forwarded Message ----
From: Sanjay Nayar 
Sent: Sat, October 17, 2009 10:18:10 AM
Subject: CCSL Disciplinary Committee Ruling for Booters/Wanderers Incident (re Manuel Lainez)

Booters Captains,

 

The league Disciplinary Committee has provided their recommendation after reviewing the incident of Oct 4th.  I concur with their recommendation and as such Manuel is suspended for an additional game in addition to the mandatory one game. 

 

As you all should know by now, there is no place for this kind of behavior in our league.

 

Sanjay

 

 

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After reviewing referee reports and requesting additional details from the teams involved, the CCSL DC recommends the Manuel Lainez be suspended for two games total.

 

Testimony was requested from both of the teams involved.  One statement was received from the Washington Wanderers.  No statements were received from Booters.

 

The incident appears to be fairly straightforward, with the card being issued for violent conduct after the play.  Lainez was contesting a 50/50 ball with a Wanderers player.  Following the play, both players fell to the ground.  Words were exchanged and Lainez kicked the opposing player in the midsection.  A photo provided by Wanderers appears to show clear evidence of a bruise/abrasion on the midsection of a Wanderers player.

 

This action, on the part of Lainez is contrary to the spirit of the CCSL.  At no time does the CCSL condone violence, lack of sportsmanship, or retaliation of this nature.  As such, the DC recommends the two game suspension.

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Weather questionable for Sunday

The weather report doesn't look good for Sunday. Regardless of whether it is actually raining at kickoff time, we may have unplayable fields. Make sure to check the inclement weather line before you leave for the game. If you don't hear about a cancelation on the weather line or from me, the game will be played. However, we are playing at Trinity on grass, so the chances of cancelation are higher.

The inclement weather line is shown to your left on this home page.

Let's hope we play!

Oct 18 Sunday
Showers.
Highs in the mid 40s and lows in the low 40s.

What is the caption to this photo?

Let's hear some ideas.

And keep them above board.

RSVP for Game 6 - 2:00 p.m. at Trinity

Please RSVP now for Game 6. We play Little Urban Achievers at 2:00 p.m. at Trinity.

Are you in?

Out of the darkness (re-posted)

One of our newest teammates, Tracy, is raising money for suicide prevention. She has joined the Out of the Darkness campaign, which is sponsoring a walk on the national mall on Oct. 24th.

Visit her fundraising page and make a donation in support of a great cause.

Best regards to Tracy in this fundraising effort. You can contact her at tracybie AT gmail DOT com.

Scenarios

Going into Wednesday's US vs Costa Rica match, the MNT will be looking for a first-place finish in Concacaf. I'm not sure if that will give them a higher seed in the draw. I doubt it. I think they do seeds based on rankings and overall reputation. Thus, Mexico always gets an easy group and we always get a hard one. Anyway, here are the scenarios from the US Soccer website:

In order to secure a first-place finish the six-team CONCACAF hexagonal:

The U.S. has to equal or exceed the number of points that Mexico earns at Trinidad & Tobago, which can be accomplished the following ways:

1. A U.S. win (with any Mexico result)
2. A Mexico loss (with any U.S. result)
3. A U.S. tie with a Mexico tie or loss

Note: If the U.S. loses and Mexico ties, the teams will be even with 19 points, but the U.S. would fall behind on the goal differential tiebreaker and would finish in second-place in the hexagonal.

Fwd: [ccsl_teams] CCSL Disciplinary Committee Findings

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Sanjay Nayar

Date: Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 11:05 AM
Subject: [ccsl_teams] CCSL Disciplinary Committee Findings

CCSL Captains,

Please see below Disciplinary Committee finding on an incident that occurred on Sept 27th.

There is no tolerance for physical and verbal abuse in our league and incidents like this are taken extremely seriously. We had yet another incident this past weekend of red card send off for violent behavior that the DC is looking into, which is very uncharacteristic for CCSL.

Quite simply it needs to stop. Please tell your players to keep cooler heads and remind everyone this is a recreational league thats supposed to actually be fun...

Sanjay

CCSL Commissioner

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After reviewing reports from officials and players involved in the 09/27/09 hooligans-benchwarmers game, the CCSL DC has suggested the following:

The DC recommends that Stephanie Hulke (Benchwarmers) be suspended for a total of two games and be placed on probation for the remainder of the Fall 2009 season. Additionally, the DC recommends that Mike Kropko (#23 from hooligans) be placed on probation for the remainder of the Fall 2009 season.

It is clear that the incident leading to the red card was instigated by verbal abuse on the part of Mike. This was confirmed by his teammates and by Mike himself. His words were out of line, abusive, offensive and led to the escalation of a fairly minor on field confrontation, thus warranting the ruling of probation.

Stephanie's actions in response to Mike's comments violate the spirit of what the CCSL is all about. Rather than attempting to defuse the situation, she took her own action in seeking retribution. By singling out Mike, issuing a verbal threat, and then acting on that threat, Stephanie appears to have lost sight of the purpose of the CCSL. Her violent conduct towards another player, outside of the scope of play cannot be tolerated. By reviewing the circumstances of the on field incident, referee reports, and player statements, the DC has reached their recomendation of a two game suspension and probation for the remainder of the Fall 2009 season for Stephanie Hulke.

Both of these recomendations are in line with previous decisions made by the DC under similar circumstances.

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Standings

After five games, here are the standings:

CCSL>Second Division>Rank Team W L T GP PTS GF GA GD GDA 1 Gang Green 4 0 1 5 13 22 7 15 3.0 2 Little Urban Achievers 3 0 1 4 10 13 2 11 2.8 3 Itchy & Scratchy 3 1 1 5 10 15 12 3 0.6 4 The Diplomats 3 2 0 5 9 15 8 7 1.4 5 Armory 2 1 2 5 8 16 11 5 1.0 6 Celtic 2 1 1 4 7 8 9 -1 -0.3 7 Lost Tourists 2 3 0 5 6 11 10 1 0.2 8 Goleros 1 2 2 5 5 15 13 2 0.4 9 Quicksilver FC 0 5 0 5 0 2 23 -21 -4.2 10 Prism 0 5 0 5 0 1 23 -22 -4.4

At the top of the division, Gang Green's rise has been slowed, but not stopped, due to our recent tie. LUC is chasing, but they've played the bottom tier teams thus far. Hopefully, we can knock them off their perch after the bye week and restore a little balance to the standings. The Diplomats are also having a great season. Again, we have a chance to disrupt that on Oct. 25th.

At the bottom, you have winless Quicksilver and Prism. They currently own the relegation zone. We conspicuously occupy the 8th spot, with only 5 points after 5 games. Given our effort in the last two games, that's a cruel result. It will get worse too, because we aren't playing this weekend and the teams near us could open up the gap, and the teams below us could close the gap. But good deeds will be rewarded. I foresee a rise up the table in the final weeks if we bring that same attitude to the game. We can finish with as many as 14 points, which is a good season and will likely give us a playoff spot. We can't take anything for granted though. We need more points to be assured of staying in Second Division so it's going to be a fight no matter what.