The Chelmsford Sunday Soccer Club's Blog

Rain is coming down pretty hard as I write this. Perfect. Water the field on Thursday.
Sunday looks like great weather.
Kick-off at 8:30 AM. Bring your positive attitude, white shirt, and dark shirt.
See you then.
Lawrence

We’re playing Sunday. Kick-off at 8:30 AM. Warm-up begins at 7:30 AM.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUMT8hsC818

May is full of holidays. May Day, Polish Constitution Day, Star Wars Day (May the Fourth), and Cinco de Mayo, among others. What better way to celebrate all of these spring days than to play soccer?

Sunday morning’s weather looks okay as of now, but that might change. Remember that we don’t play on the grass fields if they are wet. A little drizzle and we don’t care. If they are really wet from the night before or if it is raining at game time, then we skip it.

Let’s be ready ready to kick off by 9:00 AM. I am looking forward to seeing everyone.

Lawrence

As Yoda, that legendary footballer said “Play on Sunday we must. “

Kick-off no later than 9:00 AM it is. Will the dark side win? Know this not. The future is difficult to see. Know that grey shirts play not.

Be there for a good warm-up before the game. Do or do not. There is no try.

Murphy Field. See you there.

Lawrence

We had a good first week of our spring season. Yay! This Sunday looks like another good day to play.

One of the unique things about our game is that it is truly democratic. No coaching. Just play. And…everyone takes a turn playing goal keeper.

Unless someone wants to play keeper longer, we share the keeper duties. If you are part of this group, you are going to have to take your turn minding the pipes.

Sometimes someone has an injury which makes too much running difficult and they play keeper for a longer period of time. We occasionally get people who want to play keeper for half the game or more or who accidently wear a grey shirt and are ineligible to play in the field. Generally, we just share the duty.

Lawrence

The grey (shirt) days are over. Weather looks good.

Let’s play this Sunday. Get to Murphy in time to do a good warm-up and be ready to kick-off no later than 9:00 AM.

Bring a white shirt. Bring a dark shirt. Each player having these two shirts makes it easier to balance the teams. Makes it more fun for everyone.

Remember that this is an adult game. We play hard, we play fair, and we have fun.

Sunday, Sunday! SUNDAY!!!

Lawrence

We have to protect the field and not play on it when it is not playable. It is NOT playable at this time.

You’re still expected to train tomorrow on your own. Perhaps review how throw-ins work.

See you next Sunday (weather permitting).

Lawrence

In the early morning, I heard geese. Like most of us, when I hear a flock of geese, I think of soccer. It is our duty and obligation to keep the geese off the soccer fields. How do we do this? Simple, by playing soccer on the fields.

If the weather is dry on Sunday morning, let’s get together at Murphy for a kick-off at 9:00 AM.

It should go without saying (but rarely does) that you should bring a dark shirt and a white shirt so that we can balance the teams.

Lawrence

I am not sure what usual weather is anymore. But, in my experience, this has been a mild December thus far. It is tempting to play on Sunday mornings. However, we have to be careful to protest the grass fields. Playing on grass this time of year would beat up the field. We can’t do that.

If someone wants to figure out the availability of the turf field, maybe we can play there if the weather allows. But, that is to be determined. For now, we are done outdoors until spring.

I know that we are all eager to play. Every winter I lament the end of the outdoor season and am already wishing for spring.

This is the weekend when the clocks “fall back”. That means that it should be even easier to be on time for soccer this weekend. 8:30 kick-off at Murphy.

Far be it from me to complain about it, but I think that the whole “spring forward” and “fall back” thing is stupid. I wish that they would just adjust it by 30 minutes and then never touch it again. But it does give us one (exactly one) Sunday each year when we have a reasonable expectation of being on time for kick-off.

The weather looks good for Sunday. Perfect day for soccer. I am still out with an injury and can’t join this week. I hope that you have fun.

Lawrence