The Chelmsford Sunday Soccer Club's Blog

Yep. That’s true. Soccer was invented as a way of letting dads and their kids have some fun on Father’s Day. Neckties had not yet been invented. Far be it from us to fight this ancient tradition of playing soccer on Father’s Day. Therefore, I hope to see everyone (not just dads) at Murphy Field Sunday for a 9:00 AM kick-off. This is mostly an adult game, but kids high school age and older are more than welcome too.

There is only a small chance of rain and it is predicted to be cloudy and not too warm (and not too cool). Being that it is New England, the weather could turn out differently, but it looks good from this point.

Please bring a white shirt and a dark shirt, and no grey shirt (I’m looking at you, Bruce). Bring both white and dark so that we can balance the teams as needed. It is especially important to bring your water bottle to stay hydrated.

See you on the pitch.

Lawrence

As the warm weather finally arrives, I suggest that we try to get back to our 9:00 AM start time. Late arrivals can join the game in progress. We’ve been drifting later and later. Time to reset to 9:00 AM at Murphy Field.

Bring water. Bring a white shirt. Bring a dark shirt. Bring a friend. Do not bring a grey shirt.

See you Sunday.

Lawrence

The Hourly Weather Forecast for Chelmsford says that Sunday at 9:00 AM is predicted to be 60 and partly cloudy. By 11:00 AM it calls for 66 and cloudy. No rain forecast.

This Sunday should see the return of The Bruce. Hopefully, everybody will show up and we’ll have a fun game at Murphy.

Lawrence

Plenty of us are planning to play. We do have a game this Sunday. Historically, we have had a good turnout most holiday weekends. Weather looks spectacular for Sunday.

High School sports should be winding down, college kids should be back in town, and a three-day weekend even gives Tony the chance to recover from playing a full game on Sunday. :~)

Hope to see you all at Murphy. White shirt/dark shirt (no grey shirts). Feel free to bring a friend.

Lawrence

The weather forecast says there is a 100% chance of rain this Sunday. However, it does not say that it will be raining 100% of the time. The last one I looked at said things like “scattered showers”. My hope is that we can get our game in.

I think that it is okay for us to play in a light rain, but we should stay off of the grass fields when they are too wet. So, check the weather in the morning before you decide to head over to the field. Hope to see you all there.

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I also wanted to share a few more opportunities to play pick-up soccer locally. If you know of any others, leave a comment on this post or send me an E-Mail at 1L0J7M@gmail.com

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Saturday mornings:

Acton-Boxborough High School
36 Charter Rd,
Acton, MA 01720

http://www.abys.org/Default.aspx?tabid=915357&mid=991020&newskeyid=HN1&newsid=80016155&ctl=newsdetail

I’ve not been to this, but I hear it is a good, but intense, game.

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Monday through Friday at Lunch:

Jack Walsh Field
100 Carlisle Road (Route 225)
Westford, MA 01886

Start by 12:15 and end by 1:30

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Monday through Friday at Lunch:

Fifer Field
1200 Beaver Brook Rd,
Boxborough, MA 01719

Apparently, you sign in on this website. Look for Boxborough soccer

http://youplayin.com/

Start by 12:15 and end by 1:15pm.

We had a very good turnout last week at Murphy field.  I know it is a bit messy today (Saturday) but CYSA has not closed the field and the rain should be letting up for Sunday morning so lets give it another go.  We will have our usual pickup soccer game tomorrow, Sunday morning, at 9AM at Murphy field (see menu for directions).  Please bring a white and a dark (not grey) shirt so we can even out teams.  All are welcome and feel free to bring a friend.  I will be checking the CYSA web site for field closings.  If they close the field, we will cancel our pickup game for this week.  So, check back here before leaving the house tomorrow morning.  Is you see nothing new, come on out and play!

The weather for Sunday is perfect for a good game. Clear and a bit on the cool side (but not cold). I expect to see everybody at Murphy.

Kick-off at 9:00. White shirt/dark shirt (never a grey shirt). Bring a friend if you’d like.

Well, we had a lively 6 v 6 two weeks ago to kick off our spring.  Then we took last week off for Easter.  So, let’s get back at it this Sunday.   We had a lot of out-of-shape players a few weeks ago.  I am sure we all worked out every day to alleviate that problem (not).  Anyway, as usual, we will start at 9am on Sunday 4/23.  We will once again attempt to play on the McCarthy (see directions menu) artificial turf field if Lacrosse is not using it.  If Lacrosse is using it, just go across the street to the open parch of grass on Graniteville Road (that is where we ended up a few weeks ago).  We will set up cones and make a go of it.  In the meantime, I will contact CYSA and see if we can get a field for real.

Remember, please bring a white and a dark shirt so we can even out teams.  Newcomers are welcome; bring a friend.   See you there!

Well, March Madness is over, the Bruins have scratched their way into the playoffs, the Red Sox have started their season, so it must be time for us to get our fat butts off the sofa and play some pickup soccer!

I hope everyone had a relaxing and lazy winter. I have been so stagnant this winter that these first few weeks should be really painful. But my thought is that none of you got any exercise either so I won’t be alone.

So, for logistics, we will start by meeting at McCarthy Middle School artificial turf field at 9am this coming Sunday, April 9. I have not seen a schedule for it but I think it is free so far. If that field is occupied, we can move across the street to the Granitville Road HS practice fields (I will bring cones).

Please bring a white shirt and a dark (not gray) shirt so we can evenly divide up the teams. The temp should be around 50 degrees so not too bad.

Can’t wait to get started! See you there.

Well, since the McCarthy School field is under snow, I guess we should consider taking this week off from our pickup soccer games.  And the next few Sundays may be tough considering they are Christmas day and New Years day.  So, lets take a break until the new year and we will see how the weather behaves at that time.

Wishing you all a very happy holiday season!