Minnesota GLBT Soccer

We will be having our final Wednesday night pick up game of 2007 tonight, December 26, at 8:30 PM at Corner Kick Indoor Soccer in Maplewood.

One week later on January 2, we will be having our first Wednesday night pick up game of 2008, also at Corner Kick Indoor Soccer in Maplewood.

As always, players should try to arrive by 8:15 PM for some warm up time. Each player will kick in $10 towards the cost of the field. Players should bring a white t-shirt, a black t-shirt, and also an orange t-shirt so that we can split into three visually distinct teams.

New players are 100% welcome to join us.

Labels: co-ed, gay, GLBT soccer team, lesbian, maplewood, minneapolis, minnesota, soccer, Wednesday

The report below is from Andrew regarding the final game in the current session of Orange Crush Monday night league play. The game was played on Monday, December 17, 2007.

The night started off scary; we were short players. It appeared that we would have only four men and two women to start our game. We asked players from on of the teams that played before us, but none of their female players wanted to play another game. We approached the other team and recruited a goalie. None of their female players were interested in playing another game there either. The other team considered allowing us to break the rules and play with 4 men and 2 women instead of 3 and 3, but this didn't allow for any substitutions. Then our recruited goalie's female friend offered to play another game. We had a complete team and were ready to start our game.

The game began with both teams passing the ball well. It was going to be a good game. Britta scored two goals back to back! With about five minutes in the first half, they answered our two goals and the score was tied.

At half time we talked about going out and having fun with the rest of the game.

The second half, we pounded shots at their goal, left, right, up and down, goalie black and blue. With about eleven minutes left in the game, I shot a ball right pass the goalie.

In the last three minutes of the game, the female player that we had recruited received a yellow card. As is the rule in this league, she had to leave the field. We didn't have another female player to take her place on the field so we played short. The other team passed well and shot on our goal. It was nail bitingly close, but we managed to hold them scoreless the rest of the game.

Orange Crush Monday night team finished seventh out of eight teams in the league. We did not finish in last place. This is a first for us.

Labels: co-ed league, GLBT soccer team, Monday, Orange Crush

On Wednesday, December 19, we will play a pick up game at 8:30 PM at Corner Kick Indoor Soccer in Maplewood. We have rented the field from 8:30 PM to 10:30 PM. If possible, players should arrive by 8:15 PM. Each player will kick in $10 towards the cost of the field. Players should bring a white t-shirt, a black t-shirt, and also an orange t-shirt so that we can split into three visually distinct teams. New players are welcome to join us.

Here is a link to a Google Map to Corner Kick Indoor Soccer.

Labels: co-ed, gay, GLBT, lesbian, maplewood, minneapolis, minnesota, soccer, Wednesday

On Wednesday, December 12, we will play a pick up game at 8:30 PM at Corner Kick Indoor Soccer in Maplewood. We have rented the field from 8:30 PM to 10:30 PM. If possible, players should arrive by 8:15 PM. Each player will kick in $10 towards the cost of the field. Players should bring a white t-shirt, a black t-shirt, and also an orange t-shirt so that we can split into three visually distinct teams. New players are welcome to join us.

Here is a link to a Google Map to Corner Kick Indoor Soccer.

Labels: co-ed, gay, GLBT, lesbian, maplewood, minneapolis, minnesota, soccer, sport, Wednesday

Layout and design by Andy Birkey

Labels: Camp Bar, co-ed league, fund raiser, gay, GLBT soccer team, social event

The game started poorly. Our defense was poorly organized and the score was 0-3 in the first ten minutes. Since this sort of score was nothing new to us however, we played on undaunted. Our passing game improved and our players were running down the ball and putting pressure on the other team's offense and defense. Adam scored a goal making it 1-3. Then the half time
whistle blew.

At half time, we talked a bit but everyone maintained a positive attitude, more about playing our best than about winning the game.

Players took the field and the second half of the game started. Jimmy scored, Adam scored, Jimmy scored again. We were in the lead. This was very exciting. The other side took a shot and got a corner kick. An unlucky touch by our goalie Jeremy knocked the ball into our net. The score was tied at 4-4. After a line change, Jake scored and did a dance of pure unadulterated joy on the field. (We teased him about this later.) The score was 5-4 and we did another line change. JB dribbled up the center of the field, shot to the corner and scored, bringing our score to 6-4. The other team struggled to get back in the game; they were worn out. The whistle blew and the game was over.

Orange Crush Sunday team had our first win ever! It felt great. This moment was almost a year in the making as we had never won a league game since we started playing together in January of this year.

We went out and celebrated afterwards.

• Orange Crush's standings in the co-ed Sunday CSC League
• Team Rosters for league play starting in January

Labels: City Sports Connection, co-ed league, league play, Orange Crush, Sunday

Minnesota GLBT(A) Soccer will be having a planning meeting this Saturday, December 8th at 6:00 PM. The meeting will be held at Camp Bar in St. Paul. We will be putting together the details of our upcoming fund raiser in January. Please bring your ideas and a willingness to help. The theme of our event is an 80's Dance Party.

If you have any questions, please feel free to email Andrew at mnglbtsoccer@gmail.com .

Labels: Camp Bar, fund raiser, social event, sponsor