This Week

All - This past Thursday I visited with Chris Dawson. He just had some complications as a result of the ACL reconstruction surgery. He has a blood clot in his leg, which thankfully was caught in time, and is now laid up for a bit. He should resume PT soon, and estimates that he'll make it back at least for part of the Spring. If you get the chance, drop him a line and wish him well. Maybe he'll spot you some Percocet...

Also, based on our roster at the end of this week, I'll make the calculation as to what the team fees for the season will be. If we add players after next Sunday, we can redistribute funds as we see fit. I vote for one of those World Cup balls.

Copied from the e-mail sent out earlier:

As usual, we'll be out at CD East on Monday at 7, at Fiala on Wednesday at 7. Next week is labor day, so I assume we won't be getting together on Monday unless enough voice their opinions otherwise.
According to the schedule, our first game is against Camp Hill on Sunday, September 10, 1pm at CD East. Our second game is Sunday, September 17 at 3pm, at Harrisburg Christian School against Londonderry.
The roster stands at 14 players having registered, one being Billy who has been quite quiet this summer. Billy? Billy?
I know new Mark will register, and that is 15.
Have I forgotten anyone who has registered that you know of?
Take it easy and I'll see you this week.

Registration, Pickup, etc.

So, we've only 5 more outings (assuming we bag Labor Day) to get ourselves ready for the season. I highly encourage everyone to come out as often as you can. We're going to talk about some positioning issues, etc., and make sure we're on the same page before we get into a game and have to work it out on the fly. New players - it would be preferable if you came out to at least one session before the season.
If you read Mark's comment on the recent post, you'll know that you can now register for the fall season on the league's website. Please do so as soon as possible so we can get a roster count and determine what the other fees for the season will be. Note that you will not see your name on the roster until Mark or I add it. We cannot add it until you register. On a related note, you must bring your id to every game.
Jerseys: I don't have any more of the ones we ordered for last season. I suggest that those of you who do not have a red jersey contact me and we'll see about getting you one.
Please respond to this message and let everyone know whether you'll be out at pickup this week. (for those of you who find this on the blog, I'm sending this via e-mail - let's respond via e-mail as that seems to have a better response)
Hope to see you this week,

Misc

First, Mark N. is attending the league meeting tonight. Please say a big thank you to him for doing this very dirty deed. He attended last year, the season before that as well, and has also taken care of the field, both last season and this, and essentially does the dirty work. His willingness to step up and basically serve as the manager has been nothing less than outstanding. I hope you all agree he does not have to buy any beer or anything else for the next year.
Second, Mark also came up with the idea of splitting off the different jobs we have to do to make the team run. In this way, it wouldn't be necessary to have one or two people carry the load. For instance, we could use a treasurer, uniform/eqt manager, all that. And we could rotate it every season. Does anyone want to volunteer for either of those roles or do you have another role in mind?
Third, here is an interesting article and a list of some sites to check out:
http://www.biomech.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=160502547

http://sportsvl.com/soccer/general/training.html

Mark will update us with the important info from tonight's meeting.

Hope to see you on the field tomorrow night.

jc

This Week

It's that weekly wake-up call ... who's up for pickup?

Monday, 7, CDEast
Wednesday, 7, Fiala

Let us know if you're coming. Pass this along if you know of anyone who doesn't regularly check the blog.

Perhaps we should work on some 'check to the ball' type drills before scrimmaging. But don't let this deter you from coming out.

See you,

Formations

Here's a good article on different formations. Think about which one fits our personnel, fitness level, etc. We did well with the 4-4-2 w/flat back four, but maybe something else might fit better. Something to think about.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formation_(football)