Minnesota GLBT Soccer

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Planning Meeting Saturday

MNGLBT Soccer will be having a planning meeting at the Wilde Roast Cafe in Northeast Minneapolis at 5:00 PM on Saturday, February 9. We have reserved a meeting room from 5:00 - 7:00 PM. The meeting will last no more than two hours.

Items for discussion include league play, summer fields, playing a Chicago team, uniforms, a team trip and more.

Please show up a few minutes early to buy your food and/or beverage and get situated before the meeting starts.

Labels: GLBT soccer team, league play, minneapolis, minnesota, Orange Crush, Saturday, soccer, uniforms

Blustery Mid January

Wednesday night we will be having our pick up game, January 16th, at 8:30 PM at Corner Kick Indoor Soccer in Maplewood. Players should try to arrive by 8:15 PM to warm up.

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. We will ask each player to kick in $12 this week to cover the cost of our field rental. This is up from $10 previous weeks due to coming up short when paying the front desk attendant.

Labels: gay, GLBT, lesbian, maplewood, minneapolis, minnesota, soccer, straight, Wednesday

Soccer this week

All of our new teams kicked off their first games of the Winter II season this week.

The Sunday Orange Crush co-ed team won our first game 2-1.
The Monday Orange Crush co-ed team tied our first game 1-1.
Our Tuesday associated men's team The Matrix won our first game 9-5.

We will be having our Wednesday night pick up game this week, January 9th, at 8:30 PM at Corner Kick Indoor Soccer in Maplewood. As always, players should try to arrive by 8:15 PM for some warm up time. 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. We will ask each player to kick in $10 this week to cover the cost of the field.

Because we have been coming up short paying for the fields the last few weeks, starting January 16 we will be asking each player to kick in $12 towards the cost of the field instead of the ten we had been asking for.

Labels: co-ed league, gay, GLBT soccer team, innesota, league, lesbian, Matrix, minneapolis, minnesota, Monday, Orange Crush, soccer, Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday

Goodbye 2007. Hello 2008.

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

Pick up game on the 19th

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

Soccer for the Second Week of December

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

Minnesota GLBT Soccer Will Celebrate First Anniversary

Minneapolis, MN, Nov 29 — Minnesota GLBT Soccer, the Twin Cities' GLBTA soccer organization, is gearing up to celebrate their first year on the local athletic scene. Their competitive team, Orange Crush, will be holding a party at Camp Bar at 490 N. Robert in St. Paul on Saturday, January 26th, 2008 at 8:00 p.m. In addition to marking the first anniversary of the organization, this celebration will raise funds for bringing national teams to the Twin Cities and sending the Minnesota team to compete in regional and national tournaments.

Minnesota GLBT Soccer was formed in January of 2007 to provide a welcoming place for people of all ethnicities, genders, and sexual orientations to explore the game of soccer and improve their skills in a fun, relaxed and community-based atmosphere. Skill levels range from people who have never played to some with college level experience, and the players range in age from 18 to late 40s. Organization founder JB Becker said, “We welcome all skill levels and anyone who is interested is welcome to participate.”

Minnesota GLBT Soccer hosts weekly indoor soccer pick up games on Wednesday evening through the winter. In addition, the organization fields a co-ed team, Orange Crush, which competes in local soccer leagues several days a week year round, both indoor and outdoor games.

Orange Crush player Andy Birkey has been with the organization since the beginning. "A lot of GLBT folks didn’t have the opportunity or didn’t feel comfortable playing competitive sports growing up," he said. “What we are creating is a space for members of the GLBT community to play the world’s most popular sport, soccer, in an environment that’s welcoming and affirming. It’s a great place to get fit, meet new people, and have a lot of fun.”

New players are always welcome to join us for Wednesday night pick up games and upcoming league play. New players interested in playing and businesses interested in supporting Minnesota GLBT Soccer may contact JB Becker at mnglbtsoccer@gmail.org and more information is available at the organization website at www.mnglbtsoccer.com .

MN GLBT Soccer provides GLBTA people a fun and supportive place to explore the joys and benefits of soccer.

Labels: GLBT soccer team, minneapolis, minnesota

Soccer for the Last Week of November

On Wednesday, November 28, 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. Since we now have two hours of play time, you may also come late and be assured that you will still get adequate play time. You may also leave at any time, don't feel like you have to stay the whole two hours if that is not in the cards for you. We will continue to ask each player to kick in $10 (total, not per hour) 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.

If you indicated last week that you are interested in playing on a league, on Sunday (Orange Crush co-ed), Monday night (Orange Crush co-ed), or Tuesday night (Matrix men's), we will be collecting money from you this week. Please bring your checkbook. If you are interested in league play but did not attend last week, you can still get on one or more teams. Again, bring your checkbook, we are asking players for $80 to be put on a team roster. These teams will begin play the first week in January 2008.

Labels: co-ed league, GLBT soccer team, league play, maplewood, Matrix, minneapolis, minnesota, Orange Crush, soccer fields, Wednesday

Soccer on the Day Before Thanksgiving

On Wednesday, November 21, 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 9:30 PM. 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.

After the pick up game, we will be having sign ups for upcoming team league play. If you cannot come on Wednesday, we will also be sending out information regarding league play opportunities early next week. At this point we are planning to field several teams with openings for players. If you are planning to sign up for a team, please bring your checkbook.

Also due to the success of our Wednesday night pick up games, starting November 28, our Wednesday night pick up games will last for two hours instead of one hour. This means we will be renting the field from 8:30 to 10:30 PM on Wednesdays.

Labels: GLBT soccer team, league play, maplewood, minneapolis, minnesota, soccer, soccer fields, Wednesday

Photos taken at a Saturday Practice

These are Marina's photos from a recent Saturday practice.

Labels: minneapolis, minnesota, photos, Saturday, soccer

Pineapples vs Pagliacci - FINAL GAME

On Saturday, August 4, 2007 at 12:30 PM, our co-ed team, the Pineapples will gather at Holy Angels School, (South Field) to take on Pagliacci. Our game starts at 1:00 PM in the City Sports Connection co-ed 7v7 12 match league. Players should bring an orange shirt, a white shirt, and shin guards. Soccer cleats are recommended and bottled water helps keep dehydration at bay.

This will be the Pineapples final game in this league. We would really enjoy seeing as many players as possible for our send off, so even if you have not been able to make it to the games for several weeks, we hope you will be able to play with us this week.

After the game, we will be coordinating a visit to Camp for celebratory drinks.

Labels: City Sports Connection, gay, lesbian, minneapolis, Pineapples, soccer

Pineapples vs Boca Dos

On Saturday, July 7, 2007 at 12:30 PM, our co-ed team, the Pineapples will gather at Holy Angels School, (North Field) to take on Boca Dos. Our game starts at 1:00 PM in the City Sports Connection co-ed 7v7 12 match league. Players should bring an orange shirt, a white shirt, and shin guards. Soccer cleats are recommended and bottled water helps keep dehydration at bay.

New players are encouraged to join us.

Labels: City Sports Connection, gay, GLBT soccer team, lesbian, minneapolis, Pineapples, soccer

Pineapples vs Pagliacci

On Saturday, June 30, 2007 at 12:30 PM, our co-ed team, the Pineapples will gather at Holy Angels School, (South Field) to take on a team called Pagliacci. Our game starts at 1:00 PM in the City Sports Connection co-ed 7v7 12 match league. Players should bring an orange shirt, a white shirt, soccer cleats and shin guards. Bottled water comes in handy too, as it gets hot on the field and staying hydrated is very important.

Our opponents this week, Pagliacci, have 2 wins and 4 losses. If we focus and play hard we may earn our first win of the season.

We strongly encourage new players to join us.

Labels: City Sports Connection, gay, lesbian, minneapolis, Pineapples, soccer

Wednesday Night GLBT Soccer

We will be meeting on Wednesday, June 27 at Bossen Park at 6:30 PM. Bossen Park is located at 5657 28th Ave. S in Minneapolis. Click here for a map to Bossen Park.

We are required to pay a field rental fee for the use of this field, so we ask all Wednesday Night GLBT Soccer participants to kick in $5 each week to cover the cost. This is a full size field with soccer goals and nets.

We will practice some drills, and then separate into two teams for a friendly scrimmage. Bringing both a light and dark shirt would be ideal.

We are looking for additional players to join us.

Labels: gay, lesbian, minneapolis, soccer

Week 14 - The Beginning of a New Era

We will be playing outside tonight, Monday, April 23. We will meet at Northeast Park in NE Minneapolis at 6:15 PM and do our best to take the field at 6:30 PM. A yahoo map is here:

http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?addr=1615%20Pierce%20St.%20NE&csz=Minneapolis%2C+mn+55413&country=us

We also will have a Wednesday night group this week at the same time and same location.

Labels: GLBT, minneapolis, Northeast Park, soccer

Week 13 - Our Last Week Indoors?

We will be playing again Monday evening, April 16, 2007 from 8:30 - 9:30 PM at Corner Kick Indoor Soccer. If you plan to join us for the first time, if you would like more information, or if you are interested in carpooling email mnglbtsoccer@gmail.com . If possible bring both a black and a white t-shirt so that we can split into two teams. Please do not wear spikes if at all possible, however we will be moving outside very soon and your spikes will be very appropriate there.

This is the last week that we have our field reserved at Corner Kick, so unless there are major objections, or weather changes drastically for the worst in the coming week, I think we will be moving outdoors when we meet on April 23. Time to start looking for deals on soccer cleats.

Labels: GLBT soccer team, maplewood, minneapolis, minnesota, Monday, soccer

Week 12 - Preparing for What Comes Next

First off, we will be playing again this evening, Monday, April 9, 2007 from 8:30 - 9:30 PM at Corner Kick Indoor Soccer. If you plan to join us for the first time, if you would like more information, or if you are interested in carpooling email mnglbtsoccer@gmail.com . Please do not wear spikes if at all possible.

That out of the way, we had a great time at the 19 Bar on Friday night. We met some new persons interested in playing with us and talked a bit about the potential for league play in the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Soccer League. With our current level of participation, I propose that we form a 6x6 Co-ed team and a 6x6 Men's team. We will talk about this and other possibilities after we play this evening. This conversation will no doubt continue in the future. Registration for the park league started last week, however and I know the league fills up, so if we are interested in doing this we need to act fast. Participation in a league team is not required for you to continuing to participate in our Minnesota GLBT Monday night soccer group.

Also in discussion is where we will play on Monday nights once we move outdoors. Andrew and Jesse went on a tour of several fields, and Andrew reports:

Jesse and I just went and walked to the fields by the Quarry. We found 6 sets of soccer posts that they were about to put out. The fields seemed like they were in good conditions. That would be my recommendation. It's centrally located so most people can get here pretty easily.

I have also been looking at the locations of other fields on the satellite version of Google Maps to try to find nice looking fields.

Labels: 19 Bar, gay, GLBT, league, lesbian, minneapolis, Northeast Park, soccer, soccer fields

Ten Weeks of GLBT Soccer

Join us on the field to celebrate ten weeks of GLBT Soccer in the Twin Cities. We will be playing on Monday, March 26, 2007 from 8:30 - 9:30 PM at Corner Kick Indoor Soccer. If you plan to join us for the first time, if you would like more information, or if you are interested in carpooling email mnglbtsoccer@gmail.com .

Our group is co-ed and we have players of various skill levels. We are playing to have fun, get in better physical shape, and to improve as soccer players. You are welcome to join us regardless of your skill level.

We hope to see you on the field.

Labels: GLBT, maplewood, minneapolis, minnesota, soccer, st. paul

Friday, March 23rd - Drinks at Pi

On Friday, March 23rd at 9:30 PM we will be meeting at Pi in South Minneapolis. Meet soccer players off the field and have a good time.

Pi is located at 2532 25th Ave S, Minneapolis, MN. A Google Map for Pi is here.

For more information about what PI is like, check out Erica M's first impression over at Metroblogging Minneapolis.

Labels: drinks, Friday, minneapolis, Pi

Week 9 - A Great Success

Andrew sent out a reminder on March 17th about the game, and I hoped that we would have at least seven players. The turn out made me smile. Eleven players showed up to Corner Kick!

We started out kicking the ball around the field and warming up. I asked two of our best players to be opposing captains, and we split our players up according to shirt colors. One team started play with six players while the other team had five, but at any given time there were only four players on the field for each side, a goalie and three players. Having substitution players is great because it lets you run very hard and then take much needed breaks. The teams were relatively evenly matched and everyone played hard.

At the end of the game everyone seemed really upbeat, and our hearts were beating fast due to our exertion on the field. We had a short chat about implementing an additional rule for next week (the goalie can only kick or throw the ball to a player that has not crossed the middle line) and everyone pitched in $10 (or $5) to cover the cost of the field rental. I mentioned that we will be at Corner Kick for at least the next 3 weeks, but that at some point we will want to have a discussion about when to move outside, and where we should play once we do move outside.

We talked about the possibility of getting together on Friday night to check out the new nightclub Pi (or is it Pie?) in South Minneapolis. Then we dispersed and went home.

I stopped in the soccer store in the facility and purchased a couple of good quality soccer balls, so next week we will have a couple of new balls to kick around.

Labels: bisexual, gay, lesbian, maplewood, minneapolis, minnesota, soccer, sport, transgender

Minnesota GLBT Soccer

Sunday, March 30, 2008

Friday, February 8, 2008

Planning Meeting Saturday

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Blustery Mid January

Monday, January 7, 2008

Soccer this week

Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Goodbye 2007. Hello 2008.

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Pick up game on the 19th

Friday, December 7, 2007

Soccer for the Second Week of December

Thursday, November 29, 2007

Minnesota GLBT Soccer Will Celebrate First Anniversary

Sunday, November 25, 2007

Soccer for the Last Week of November

Monday, November 19, 2007

Soccer on the Day Before Thanksgiving

Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Photos taken at a Saturday Practice

Friday, August 3, 2007

Pineapples vs Pagliacci - FINAL GAME

Wednesday, July 4, 2007

Pineapples vs Boca Dos

Thursday, June 28, 2007

Pineapples vs Pagliacci

Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Wednesday Night GLBT Soccer

Monday, April 23, 2007

Week 14 - The Beginning of a New Era

Sunday, April 15, 2007

Week 13 - Our Last Week Indoors?

Monday, April 9, 2007

Week 12 - Preparing for What Comes Next

Friday, March 23, 2007

Ten Weeks of GLBT Soccer

Tuesday, March 20, 2007

Friday, March 23rd - Drinks at Pi

Monday, March 19, 2007

Week 9 - A Great Success

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