KC Area Pickup & League Soccer Thread v08.1

Re: KC Area Pickup & League Soccer Thread v07.5

if it weren't for my knee i would since i have a few sunday mornings off soon

 

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Well, I'm hoping that we can get the old kickaround started back up in the spring. I can't remember if we ever drew well in this kind of weather though. We'd always have a few of us out there but not the numbers that we had on good days. Being a responsible old man now (as opposed to just a drunk obnoxious old man), I have to be careful not to get maimed. Playing in the spring cuts down on the chances of that. Also, my being fat and out of shape cuts down on that right now as I can't build up enough speed for a good maiming.

 

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I echo this statement, just retroactively restate it for the past 6ish months

 

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You ready for the new session to start Wed.?

Our squad really came together towards the end of this most recent one, we were in fine form...I think we can keep that up and hopefully finish top.

Just hope the damn weather cooperates.

 

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No, the fields were under a ton of snow and ice. I didn't think I had to specify that it was cancelled, but perhaps I should in the future

 

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Yeah I know when I first came on, our form was really patchy but boy we turned on at the end of the season.

If we play the way we did in the playoff game, I don't think there's a team in the flight that can beat us.

 

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We played in much worse on the Suday kickarounds a couple of years ago, when they were in Leawood Park. I remember playing in a steady snow, playing in single-digit temps, playing in snow/slush (which was soooo not fun, being a goalie). For some reason, the Sunday morning kickaround just really fell apart over the last 6-9 months.

 

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People stopped showing up a little at a time until it was usually just me and Pez standing around cursing everyone else for not showing up even though they swore they would in this thread. Shortly after that my twins were born and Pez hurt his leg and the last nail was hammered into the coffin of the kickaround. My hope is that by spring, I can start getting out again. If others are interested we can start again then. I think that starting now would be killing it before it even got started again. Being stubborn jacka$$es and playing in this kind of mess is part of what killed it off before. We'd commit to playing in the middle of an ice storm and then no one would show and the people who did show would wind up mad that very few showed up and some of that group would die off for the following week, etc, etc until...well, see my first sentence.

 

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yeah i remember and loved going out and playing in the snow...i wish i could get sundays off...but i may be working more 4-12 from now on ...

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Re: KC Area Pickup & League Soccer Thread v07.5

Hey - this weekend the temps will be in the 30's - 40's . . . that is plenty warm. The snow and ice will be long gone by then too.

 

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Yeah, but playing in those conditions really isn't much fun to me. I mean, if I were going to do that, I think I'd rather go sledding or something

 

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Well, if we can get enough commitments from people on here, we can play. I know Paco, Mateo (if he's in town), Brian and Hakan will play, but I doubt any of the other Turks will come.

 

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Your matches start at 10:10 on a weekday evening? That's crazy talk! I love to play soccer, but even love has its limits.

On a related note, I was wondering if anybody worked in the Olathe area and wanted to kick the ball around at lunchtime. I'd be up for any day, and wouldn't be averse to spending all my lunch hours that way.

Also, weekends in Belton around mid-afternoon on. I've been playing with a group of Latino young people at the Rec Center. Come on down if you're interested. They've taken down all the regulation goals/nets, but there're mini goals still out for the time being.

 

Re: KC Area Pickup & League Soccer Thread v07.5

Is that Belton game indoors? Sunday? or Saturday?

 

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Outdoors, and so far, it has be either or both Saturday and Sunday. If you're in that neck of the woods and just want to check it out, there's a good chance that a group will be down there from 3:00 until dark. I don't know if I've just been lucky, but every time I go, those guys show up. If you come, just walk up and say you want to play!

If want more concrete arrangements, you can PM me. This coming weekend is out for me, though.

 

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Sorry I can't play this session, man. I'm going to be gone too much in the next 8 weeks

 

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What a crap result huh...should've never been that way.

Their last two goals were so fluky, esp. the equalizer...can't believe that came off me perfectly and deflected in, felt so bad.

Those guys were a bunch of pricks...wanted to beat them so bad. That ref was terrible in the 2nd half, gave them EVERYTHING. It was like playing against Man Utd. at OT with Mike Riley as the official.

Clear handball goal given for them plus their 4th came when the guy ROLLED the ball forward, a joke really.

The ref was too busy talking to those two girls on their bench who were also very annoying BTW. I can't believe how much crap the ref took from that team too, whined sooooo much.

Ah well I guess, we'll win next week...I'm confident.

 

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Hey... I was trying to move into position to make a save, he shouldn't have been running across the penalty area like that... It's like a wide receiver running a route across the middle, you have to expect to be hit.

Especially considering they earned only one of their goals. (I'll give them the free-kick, because I was in position to make the save - and should have - but I just misread it.)

 

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When I lived in DC, there were midweek games with scheduled start times after midnight... If they ran late, sometimes games didn't start until 2 or 3 a.m. On the weekends, most of the facilities were open 24 hours, scheduled to the gills.