A 3.5Km run today, bike path, river bed, and trail.
Where are they? Did I lose them?Look closely and you'll find them.
Quite an eventful match!.
The Gloucester Swarm team is to be commended for playing a man short, and playing fairly and valiantly, as was their coach.
Our team received 3 yellow cards, the first yellow cards ever received in a league match by team I have coached. We are very unhappy with this. Receiving a card means we did something that is not fair soccer. There were numerous wrong calls by the referee, but we always have to assume that referees will make mistakes, and they do, we all do. It is completely pointless to be upset at the ref. or to answer or say anything to him/her. That is not playing fair soccer.
In addition, our code of conduct states clearly that parents should not give coaching instructions (think about please, what is the player to do when the instructions conflict with the coach, and he receives instructions from multiple sources?), nor should they say anything to the referee. The referee threatened me with a red card last night if we did not escort a parent out, and there is a $500 fine for this.
Hunter scored the first ever goal I have seen from a corner kick in this league. Hunter actually scored two, as did Alex, François, Bonheur, Venance, Daniel, and Nourullah completing the score board. Noorullah was superb with his passes and crosses, collecting a few assists.
A really nice run in Gatineau Park today for Trevor, Dylan,
François, the coach and other kids (part of the coach's annual soccer camp). An excellent time for the run, 34 to 36 minutes on a somewhat hilly and rocky terrain, going non stop through steep embankments, on a gorgeous trail and day, plus soccer on the beach.
We are truly privileged to live in a gorgeous city that is great for running. You go on these runs and you meet so many wonderful, polite, and healthy people, from young kids to people in their 80s running (while others choose to play video games, sighhh).
Exploring old Ottawa East today along our bodies of water. Mostly on gravel and forest/river trails, great for the knees. A new distance record (13.5Km) at 6 min/Km (stopping or slowing down many times to take pictures!), great temperature, a little humid.
This slideshow shows the photos that I took today along the way:
Meanwhile, in Donald Duck and Charles Chaplin land, here is The Game, accelerated.
Vincent's goal around 7:10. I am already working on acquiring his rights.
Can you count how many times Shar looks at and touches the posts in the 2nd half?
Hot weather later during practice today, but good temperatures during an early run, a very short 2.6Km in a very painful long time. Some players could not handle it, very out of shape. :-(
A new player has moved into the U12 tier 2 team from the Hotspurs. His fees at the Hotspurs were $1,500!
Also, whenever he missed a practice he was asked to do an 8Km run that same night.
This was our 4th match vs Storm this summer. 2 wins, 1 loss, 1 tie.
Today we scored 5 goals (I think), but only came out with one point. It was the most exciting match of the season for sure (needlessly exciting :-( ). Three spectacular goals pro by our team, 2 by Venance and and one by Shar. Amazing shots. We hit the crossbar, the post, and saved a pk. It was wild.
Many thanks to our call-ups. We giving the chance to several different call-ups as we will need players later in the season, and they need to know how we play and vice-versa, and also the players need to know each other.
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If you thought our field was dry, take a look at where the U12 is practicing:
Good luck to Gabe and Daniel who are call-ups with the U15 today.
They are playing U15 Goucester Swarm at Hornets Nest, field number... 2 (!).
Play hard, and fair!
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Update from the field. Both played really well! With them, the U15 only had 10 players in the 1st half and 11 in the 2nd half. Both Daniel and Gabriel played a full match, without any subs.
Sportsmanship: what the coaches value most.
Watch video.
Vs our buddy Peter from the U12.
17th Grand Slam, 7th Wimbledon, record weeks at number 1.
Not bad for a 30 year old cave man!
Federer is his name!
For their attendance, focus, behavior, for paying attention to the coaches, for working very hard. They fully deserve it.
Here are the Players of the Month for June, chosen by the coaches::
The team total so far is 1,496 Km. Gustavo leads with 124Km, followed by
François with 86.5Km total for this season.
Please note that practice this Monday will be at 6PM at Adult High School. We will practice, may play the U12 team for a short time (if the boys want), and then we will head for the club house at 8PM to celebrate a great last match, and the 18th day of the summer (or is it 19th, 20th?).
