Last night we played soccer in the rain again. The first part of our scrimmage was played in a downpour. The temperature was warm enough that even though we were soaked, it was not cold. Later in the game, there was a deep dense fog that cause the field to feel spooky, like a graveyard in an episode of Scooby Doo. We had twenty players and we laughed a lot due to the slippery conditions on the field. We will meet again tomorrow evening at 6:15 PM at Northeast Park for Wednesday Night GLBT Soccer, and hopefully the field will be dry.
The
Pineapples, our team in the
City Sports Connection 7x7 co-ed league begin play at 1:00 PM this Saturday, May 12 at
Holy Angels School located at 6600 Nicollet Ave S (just S of 35W/Hwy 62). Please try to arrive at the field between 12:15 and 12:30 so that we can warm up and set our strategy for the game. Team members are
required to bring both an orange and a white shirt. We will try to have our official orange uniform shirts by the second week. Our roster is still open and if you have not signed up yet, but would like to play on Saturday please email
mnglbtsoccer@gmail.com and let us know that we can count on you to be there.
The
Flamingos, our team in the Minneapolis Park and Recreation 6x6 men's league will begin play at 6:00 or 7:00 PM at
Neiman Fields G west or east on Tuesday June 5. Our roster for this team also remains open. (Surprisingly, at this time there are only four teams in this league.)
After last nights game, members of the team spoke about how much we would enjoy having our teams sponsored by a GLBT friendly business. Ben organized several of our players to contact potential sponsors this week. Below is some information that will be useful when talking to businesses about sponsoring our teams. To reward our sponsor(s) we would patronize their business and talk about their generous sponsorship of our team to our our friends, families, and larger GLBT community.
The
Pineapples' participation in the City Sports Connection 7x7 co-ed 12-week league costs $949. The cost for our uniform shirts will be an additional $25 -$35 per player. At this time we have 13 players on the roster, but this # is likely to increase to at least 15 players. This means if a business would generously offer a full sponsorship of the entire team, this would cost
(35 x 15)+ 949 for a total of $1474. Partial sponsorships of lesser amounts would also be acceptable, perhaps one business might sponsor our league fees and another would be willing to sponsor our uniforms.
The
Flamingos' participation in the Minneapolis Park and Recreation men's 8-week league costs $495. The cost for our uniform shirts will be an additional $25 -$35 per player. At this time we have 14 players on the roster, but this # is likely to increase to at least 15 players. This means if a business would generously offer a full sponsorship of the entire team, this would cost
(35 x 15)+ 495 for a total of $1020. Partial sponsorships of lesser amounts would also be acceptable, perhaps one business might sponsor our league fees and another would be willing to sponsor our uniforms.
The cost of uniforms for 15 players on each team using the formula above is $525. Andrew and Katie agreed to communicate about finding the best deals on uniforms.
Thanks in advance to the players making contact with potential sponsors, and an even bigger thanks to businesses considering sponsoring us, MNGLBTSOCCER, the only GLBT soccer group in the Twin Cities.
Labels: GLBT soccer team, league play, rain, sponsorship, uniforms
