Tomorrow morning, about 30 hours or so from now, most of the gang (save Scasna and Hoffman who are on the way to being visa-compliant) will be going through their paces as we can finally put the off-season behind us. I hope I speak for all the regulars in this here forum by wishing the Charge all the luck - and good health - they can have as we're just 5 weeks away from the opener at San Jose. And what's better is we're only a week away from exhibition games, even if our first chance to see the team live won't be until mid-month vs. Maryland and the U-19's to follow shortly afterward. All of us are rooting for you and we know that you will do your best. Welcome back, everyone, and keep your eyes on the prize .... Paul
There are two questions. 1) what about Anne Makinen, will she be in camp and training and is there any substance to the possibility her green card does NOT come in time for the season. 2) Erica Iverson is on the roster. Will she be in camp? If so, then does that mean she will be playing. If NOT, then what is the process. With Karvellson formally declaring retirement, there appears to be an active formality declaring oneself to be retired. It's any ones guess what will happen here. It's been a long off season and whatever Erica has decided, her best interests will be the driving influence. In the spirit of the weather, I hope the Charge are using orange balls.
good point...will keep an eye out for that...i agree there seems to be a procedure for retirement...i would guess that they would keep iverson active until final cuts, then make it official...make every last attempt at a trade...then again i could be wrong. As for makkenen...i dunno WTF is up with that...that could get ugly....hopefully WUSA will write a new rule again.
Very good to have Anne in camp. With the hold-up on her papers, I was more concerned she was in limbo. Sounds like all these paperwork issues won't affect the new players, Scasna, Makinen or Hoffmann. I guess once Pichon and Smith got their paperwork the first time, it's a far easier process this time?? And if anyone see Anne... just ask her.. PUHU TEKO SUOMOLIAINEN ... make her feel she's in Helsinki, very pictureesque city indeed.
They still haven't finalized the CBA yet. There was a little blurb in USA Today this morning about it. Paul
Something to look for later on tonight.... How much, if any, coverage of the start of Charge training camp gets on the early and late local news broadcasts on 3, 6, 10, 17, 29 or Comcast SportsNet. Although last night when Heather Mitts was on CSN's Daily News Live (the Iggles' A.J. Feeley was a guest, so maybe she's still hangin' out with him *sigh*), Michael Barkann actually asked her if the Charge will still play at Villanova this season If there's nothing tonight on TV about it, there's always Marc Narducci (knock on wood) to give us the lowdown in tomorrow's Inquirer Paul
Practices are open to the public, so if anyone has a huge desire to see what's going on, you can attend the practice. Caveat being you have to know the time and place of the practice.. Personally, why should anyone be concerned with the presence or absence of media coverage. Does it change yoru own personal support for this soccer team.
Both. The guy I work with who was coached by Entlich, lives a mile from the stadium. He and his wife, who played for Old Domonion run over there and watch them during the weekends, generally on the turf, But that's during the season. The also use the soccer pitch which Villanova uses, the one where Nebraska and Yale played in the NCAA. With all the snow and cold here, I assume they've been on grass 100% of the time thus far. According to Paul, Heather and AJ Feeley were on a 90 minutes sports show friday evening.
Yeah, frigid temps & a frozen rug are a nasty combination. Especially on Kelly Smith's creaky joints.
I noticed Smith didn't play for England against Italy. Why?? who knows, Powell wasn't saying. But reports of her dancing activities indicate she's healthy. Melanie Hoffmann would appear to be her back-up if Kelly was to miss some time. 24 and young, you heal pretty fast. get older and it takes forever to heal. Let's see if Smith plays against Atlanta next weekend.
Wish I could give youse a URL or something... to mark the start of training camp yesterday, but no dice. About the only thing Charge-related was a shot of Heather and Eagles backup QB A.J. Feeley taking in the Wings game last night at the FU Center on Comcast SportsNet's late news show. It just would have been nice for one of the stations to note the fact the Charge began their official prep for the season, even if it began indoors. Yet the Washington Post did have something on the Freedom's opening camp, and yes, they were forced indoors because of the weather, too. Paul
The problem with going to Florida is the expenses, and for a league in financial difficulty, that extra money is a big factor. From Bpston down to Washington, no one has had good weather, so I suspect the 1st half of March, players will still be getting their outdoor legs and timing. the 40 degree temperature was great to run in, if you didn't mind the rain which just ended. I'd expect the Charge to be a bit rusty going to Nebraska for next weekend. I'd assume Atlanta has had better outdoor weather, and has gotten in better training sessions. 14 days till the next scrimmage at Villanova against Maryland, one hopes the weather will me more pelasant than the easter weekend weather for the scrimmage last year, good kite flying weather to say the least.
The Florida suggestion was said with tongue in cheek. I'm well aware of the financial situation of the league. If I remember correctly, they're scrimmaging a boys' team today. Rainy and cold there? Hope the weather improves.
actually the weather is a balmy 45 degrees right now.. it was raining this morning but's quite pelasant right now with the sun shining... long t-shirt weather, although a bit cool for the shorts yet.... who are they scrimmaging, FC delco?? and in major news, the forecast for the end of the week is 50!!!!! if the canadians will just stop sending their weather our way, then everything would be fine.
Adam, you playful devil you! Are you sure we won't get our faces slapped if we ask her that? Seriously, good luck to our Charge; great to have them back.
I spent a month in Finland in 1981. I tried to learn Finnish... It's NOT an Indo-European language for you linguists out there... In fact, it's in the language tree related to Hawaiian, so if Andrea Alfiler was around, she and Makinen would have a very unusual link, go back 10,000 years and they're close relatives can be found. Let's just say Finnish is hard to learn UNLESS you are born and grow up with it. Lot's of Swedish spoken there, and English. And you gotta watch out for those Finnish women, throwing the javelin is a national pastime there, and I'm sure Makinen might give Donovan a run at who has the best arm... When in Finland, it's PUHU TEKO ENGLANTIA!!!! do you speak English!!.. Helsinki is a HIGHLY recommended place to visit.. In a couple years I'm going back, then take a tour of St. Petersburg and the 3 Baltic states..then return back to Helsinki... winter in Helsinki is like Edmonton...I don't believe I want to experience either.
I don't know who they are scrimmaging.... wasn't given the details. Adam, sounds like you've done a lot of traveling all over the world. How many languages do you speak?
Languages I can speak are German and English, and my Spanish is very poor. My Italian comes from RAI Sunday telecasts of Serie A. The interesting thing is how multilinguil the rest of the work is. Good question from woosafan... perhaps chargecard5 resident insider can let us know.