Minnesota GLBT Soccer

Updates to Soccer League 2

Due to lower than expected interest in the summer soccer session 2, we are going to just have open soccer on Saturdays between 2 and 4 o'clock at Bryn Mawr. Anyone is welcome to come play.

In order to make up the costs of the permits, we are asking that people pay 5.00 each time they come and play with the group through the beginning of September. If you plan on showing up quite a bit, you can pay a flat rate of 40.00 and not have to worry about paying anything else for the rest of the summer.

Any questions, feel free to email the group at mnglbtsoccer@gmail.com

Labels: Bryn Mawr, soccer

Labels: league play, minneapolis, Orange Crush, soccer

Pick Up Game at Corner Kick

Wednesday night we will be having our pick up game, March 5th, 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. No outdoor cleats please.

Labels: co-ed, gay, GLBT, maplewood, soccer, straight, Wednesday

Pick Up Game at Corner Kick

Wednesday night we will be having our pick up game, February 20th, 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.

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

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

Pick Up Game

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

Please bring a white, black, 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 or $12 this week to cover the cost of our field rental.

New players are always welcome to join us.

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

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

Photos of Sunday's Game

Sunday morning Orange Crush lost 0-3, but enjoyed a good time on the field playing.

More photos to come later.

Labels: Orange Crush, photos, soccer, Sunday, uniforms

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

Indoor Soccer in December

During December we will play pick up games on Wednesdays from 8:30 - 10:30 PM at Corner Kick Indoor Soccer in Maplewood. As always, 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 always welcome to join us. We will play pick up games on December 5, 12, 19, and 26.

Last week Sophie, a photographer from Lavender Magazine, photographed us during our pick up game. We also submitted a press release (below) to them in the hopes that more people will find out about us and want to get involved.

Several players signed up for league play, and as it stands now, our co-ed team Orange Crush will have teams playing on Sunday and Monday. Our affiliate men's team The Matrix will play on Tuesdays. We have room for more players on these teams, especially for female players. To see the current rosters, see this link: teams.pdf Players should get fees to JB or Andrew ASAP. Email mnglbtsoccer@gmail.com if you would still like to get on a team roster. These teams will begin play in January

Pick up game attendance for the last three weeks has been 19, 21, and 18 players. Players reacted very favorably to our pick up game lasting for two hours instead of sharing the field for only a single hour. New players have joined us each of the last three weeks, this is a a trend that we want to continue.

Labels: co-ed league, gay, league, lesbian, soccer, 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

Tournaments in 2008 and Beyond

Andrew did some research about gay soccer tournaments that are happening in 2008, and I have to admit that I am surprised by the number of opportunities that exist to travel and play soccer with GLBT teams. Here is his list.

New York Indoor Classic
March 28-30, 2008
New York, NY

Hotlanta Classic
May 23-27, 2008
Atlanta, GA

Toronto International Pride Cup
June 20-22, 2008
Toronto, Canada

IGLFA 2008 World Cup
August 24-30
London, England

2nd World OutGames
August 1-8, 2009
Copenhagen, Denmark

Gay Games
July 31-Aug 7, 2010
Cologne, Germany

Labels: GLBT, soccer, tournaments

November Groove

On Wednesday, November 7, you are invited to 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 two or possibly three visually distinct teams.

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

Labels: gay, lesbian, soccer, Wednesday

Hooray! A Win at Last

The Matrix, an affiliate team of ours that plays Tuesday evenings in the Minneapolis Park and Rec League, won last night against Green Machine. This was our first win of the fall soccer season.

Labels: Matrix, soccer, Tuesday

Soccer During the First Week of October

We will be practicing and scrimmaging this week on Monday and Wednesday at 6:00 PM at Texa-Tonk Park in St. Louis Park.

This past week, our practices were rained out. We look forward to moving our practices indoors so that we can practice regardless of weather conditions outside. At this point we are looking at moving indoors as early as mid October. Stay tuned for details.

We have players at a variety of skill levels and new players are always welcome to join us.

Also, feel free to click the Camp logo in the upper left hand corner of our website and see what they have going on over in St. Paul.

Labels: Monday, soccer, soccer fields, Wednesday

Wonderful Weather on Saturday?

After being rained out on Monday and Wednesday of this week, although we did play for almost an hour on Wednesday, we are collectively hoping that Saturday will be a perfect day for soccer. We will practice and scrimmage on Saturday, September 29 at 1:00 PM at Bryn Mawr Meadows in Minneapolis.

New players of all skill levels, genders and sexual orientations are welcome to play with us.

Labels: GLBT, Saturday, soccer

Photos taken at a Saturday Practice

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

Labels: minneapolis, minnesota, photos, Saturday, soccer

Soccer During the First Week of Fall

We will be practicing and scrimmaging this week on Monday and Wednesday at 6:00 PM at Texa-Tonk Park in St. Louis Park. It is a quarter field with goals and nets.

We will also be practicing and scrimmaging on Saturday, September 29 at 1:00 PM at Bryn Mawr Meadows in Minneapolis.

We have players at a variety of skill levels and new players are always welcome to join us on the field.

Labels: GLBT, Monday, Saturday, soccer, Wednesday

Soccer Field Fun

We will be practicing at 6:00 PM on both Monday and Wednesday nights this week.

On this past Wednesday, we were asked by a creepy park worker not to meet at the youth fields at Oak Lake Park . He said we needed a permit and when we asked how we could get a permit, he said that since we are not part of a youth league we could not get a permit.

That much said, there is a city soccer field directly west of the fields that we were playing on. Since this is a city field, not a youth league field, we should not have any problems playing on this field. This field is boardered on the north by W 35th St, on the west by Quebec Ave S, on the south by Walker St. and on the east side by Pennsylvania Ave S. You should be able to see this on the Google map for Oak Lake Park . I suggest parking on the streets boarding this field rather than in the lot for the Oak Lake Park fields.

If this field is occupied, we will go to Texa-Tonk Park which is only about a mile away.

Labels: Monday, soccer, soccer fields, Wednesday

Saturday Meeting and Practice

On Saturday, September 15 we will be meeting for coffee and perhaps a light lunch at 12:00 noon at Cuppa Java which is conveniently located about 2 blocks from Bryn Mawr Meadows in Minneapolis where we play on Saturdays. We will be meeting to discuss our inevitable move to indoor soccer as the weather turns colder, other league play opportunities, and other topics.

At 1:00 PM we will head 2 blocks down the road to Bryn Mawr Meadows to practice. If you cannot make the Noon meeting, you can of course still come to practice. As always new players are welcome to join us.

Labels: GLBT soccer team, Saturday, soccer, social event

Soccer This Week

Monday Night GLBT Soccer and Wednesday Night GLBT Soccer will be held at 6:00 PM at Oak Lake Park in St. Louis Park. Oak Lake Park is near the intersection of Highway 7 and Louisiana Ave South. Oak Lake Park contains several soccer fields in excellent shape.

We will use the fields at Oak Lake Park for our Monday and Wednesday practices for the foreseeable future.

Since there is less and less sun in the evening we will start at 6:00 PM from now on. If you cannot get to the field at 6:00 PM, come when ever you can make it.

Saturday practices will remain at 1:00 PM at Bryn Mawr Meadows in Minneapolis.

Labels: GLBT, Monday, Saturday, soccer, soccer fields, Wednesday

Labor Day Week Soccer

Since Monday is a national holiday, and most of us do not work during that day, some players suggested that we play at 1:00 PM instead of our normal 6:30 PM. Also we wanted to make it a social occasion, so we will be barbecuing after we play soccer. Here is the plan for soccer on Labor Day:

Soccer practice at 1:00 PM at Bryn Mawr Meadows in Minneapolis.
Barbecue at 3:00 PM at the field after practice.

Sam and Jeremy will be bringing a grill. Please feel free to bring something to share like potato salad, something to throw on the grill, beverages, or perhaps a desert. Folding chairs, blankets and other picnic sorts of things will also help to set the mood. If you can't make it for the practice, we hope you can still make it for the barbecue.

We will practice as normal on Wednesday night at 6:30 PM at Texa-Tonk Park in St. Louis Park.

Labels: GLBT, soccer, social event

Soccer on Saturday

Several players decided that they would like to play on Saturday this week in addition to Monday and Wednesday nights. Since league play does not begin until mid-September, having a Saturday practice will be fun and still give us a time to meet on the weekend. From now through September 15, we will be meeting on Saturdays at 1:00 PM at Bryn Mawr Meadows in Minneapolis. There are three soccer fields at Bryn Mawr Meadows. We plan to use the soccer fields closest to the parking lot.

New players are welcome to join us, and we hope that returning players take advantage of the additional practice time. As always, shin guards and soccer cleats are recommended but not required. Please bring a dark shirt and a white shirt so that if we scrimmage we can create visually distinct teams.

Labels: gay, GLBT, lesbian, Saturday, soccer, soccer fields

Soccer this Week

We will be holding Monday Night GLBT Soccer (August 20) and Wednesday Night GLBT Soccer (August 22) this week.

Practice is at 7:00 PM at Texa-Tonk Park in St. Louis Park.

New players are very welcome to join us. Cleats and shin guards are recommended but not required.

Labels: gay, GLBT, lesbian, soccer

Planning Our Next Steps as a Group

As many of you know, in addition to our Monday and Wednesday night practices/scrimmages, we put together two teams that played in two different leagues this summer. Our Co-ed team the Pineapples played on Saturday afternoons and our men's team the Flamingos played on Tuesday evenings.

The Flamingos tied our final game.Flamingos players that played in our last game are pictured above.

We invite everyone who has played with us ever, or who wishes to play with us in the future to come to a meeting regarding the near future of our group. This meeting will be taking place on Saturday, August 11 at 3:00 PM at Camp Bar which is located at 490 N Robert Street in downtown St. Paul.

We welcome players of all genders and sexual orientations to play with us.

Please bring any information about the leagues that you would be interested in joining. This discussion can be narrowly focused, looking at specific things like "What leagues should we participate in for the late summer and/or fall,?" but discussion can also take place on a wider scope regarding longer term goals that we may have for our organization. The only thing that has been decided so far is that our next team to be created will be sponsored by Camp Bar and will be called Orange Crush. Do you have thoughts about fund raisers, improving team play, traveling to an international GLBT Soccer tournament, recruiting new players or any other topic related to the group? Come make your thoughts known.

If you are not able to make it to the meeting, please feel free to write down your thoughts and email them to mnglbtsoccer@gmail.com and we will see to it that your email is read to the assembled group.

After the meeting stick around and socialize with your fellow players, we are fun on and off the field.

Labels: Flamingos, gay, GLBT soccer team, lesbian, photos, Pineapples, soccer, social event

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 Seniors

On Saturday, July 14, 2007 at 12:30 PM, our co-ed team, the Pineapples will gather at Holy Angels School, (South Field) to take on Boca Seniors. 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.

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

Monday Night GLBT Soccer

New players are welcome to join us.

We will be practicing and scrimmaging as Monday Night GLBT Soccer continues. We will start at 7:00 PM on Monday July 9th. The soccer field is located at Texa-Tonka Park, 2750 Virginia Ave S. in St. Louis Park. There is a parking lot at Victoria Lake on 28th and Virginia. Click the link above for a Google map to that location.

The field is short, but is in really nice condition. It has lines and goals and nets. When we arrived last week there were kids practicing on it. We warmed up and ran drills for about 1/2 hour off the field until the kids and their parents left. Then we took the field and played to our hearts content.

Labels: gay, GLBT soccer team, lesbian, Monday, soccer, soccer drills, soccer fields

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

Indoor Photos - Round 1

We shot photos on Monday, and many of the images were very good. Some photographs captured action on the field, while other shots captured player personalities. We had 18 players rotating on and off the field. More photos will be posted in the coming days.

Labels: photos, 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

Minneapolis Park and Rec League: Here We Come!

Our game on Monday went excellent, and MN GLBT Soccer continues to attract new players. We had a total of 18 players show up and that was with no new advertising. We had 4 female players and 14 male players. We played for 90 minutes because no one was scheduled on the field after us, and the folks behind the desk did not kick us off the field when our hour was up. We are rapidly outgrowing the small indoor field that has functioned as our soccer nursery.

Andrew has been updating our player information spreadsheet, and based upon your responses we have decided to go ahead and join the Minneapolis Park and Recreation soccer league. We will be fielding two teams: a 6x6 Co-ed team and a 6x6 Men's team. If you are considering playing with us in league play, please check out the rules for the 6x6 league. League play begins the week of June 3, 2007.

Playing in the Minneapolis Park and Rec League costs $495 per team. I will send in our registration forms and fees by the end of this week. Ideally we would have twelve (or more) persons sign up for each team. There has also been mention of finding a pub to sponsor our teams, and if you are so motivated, we empower you to go with the full blessing of the teams to seek out that sponsor. I would hope that a sponsor might cover the cost of our league fees, buy us nice soccer shirts, or both. In case we do not find a sponsor, we will ask for $50 per person that wants to be on a team. We will break even if we get ten persons per team.

At some point, we must to choose team shirt colors, but I will leave that up to the persons that join each team. For the fashonistas that like really cool shirts take a look at a variety of cool women's and men's soccer uniform shirts. Again, pub sponsorship would be super cool... I can just imagine one of these awesome shirts with our favorite pub's logo on it... or we can just buy some cheap five dollar cotton t-shirts.

The registration forms ask for team names, and if anyone has any suggestions for team names please leave a comment below this post with your suggestion. If we do not receive any team name suggestions, I will register our 6x6 Co-ed team as "Pineapples," and our 6x6 Men's team as "Flamingos." The thought is: pineapple = gayest fruit & flamenco = gayest bird. Do you disagree? Got a more interesting name(s)?

Labels: GLBT soccer team, Minneapolis Park and Rec League, soccer, sponsor, team names, uniforms

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

Friday, April 6th - 19 Bar

Wow, what a week. 16 players showed up for soccer. By far our largest turn out to date. We deffinetely have the momentum going for us.

April 6th we are planning on meeting at the 19 Bar to have a fun night out on the town. We had problems picking a time so it's really show up whenever. For those of you early birds, come at 8, for you late birds come at 9:30, or if you can't make up your mind, come at 8:45. If you have been playing, come have fun with your fellow players off the field. If you haven't shown up to a practice, come meet us and hang out and see what were all about.

The address is: 19 W 15th StMinneapolis, MN 55403. If you need directions feel free to click on the link to go to this address on Google. mnglbtsoccer@gmail.com

Labels: 19 Bar, drinks, Friday, soccer

Making Waves - Week 11

Several of our members have been been busy making sure that people can find us. In addition to this blog, we now have a page in Facebook (Facebook registration required), we are listed at Outsports.com, and Andy is setting up a Myspace.com page for us.

We will be playing again on Monday, April 2, 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.

Labels: facebook, GLBT, myspace, outsports, soccer

Week 10 - Oh What a Game!

We had twelve players show up on Monday and two of those players were brand new to our group. We had three balls on the field during warm ups, so it was a bit like the bonus round on a pinball table with extra balls flying everywhere.

We split into two teams, headed by Jesse and Adam and began playing. The quality of our play is very clearly improving. We played with four on the field and two substitues for each side. The substitutes were well used for the most part. It seemed like everyone really put their heart into the game. I don't think I have seen queers sweat that much off the dance floor since... ever. Our passing game is improving and this goes far in terms of putting together an organized and effective offense. We did not keep track of the scoore, but both teams scored many many times.

At one point we had to stop the game due to one of our balls being logded in the netting above the field, but the short and somewhat silly break in the game gave several of us the chance to catch our collective breath before returning to the game.

The temperature outside was a balmy 80 degrees Farenheit, so the tempreature in the building we play in was probably warmer than it has ever been during oe of our sessions.

When the game was over we talked a bit more about moving to an outdoor venue. Anthony suggested a field in Bryn Mawr, someone suggested fields near the U of M, St. Paul campus, and I suggested that we all pay attention to the soccer fields that we pass outside to find the best places to play.

We will be playing at Corner Kick for at least the next 2 weeks, but eventually we will move to the great outdoors. I am going to try to bring a small scoreboard for nextweek's 8:30 PM game so we can keep track of our goals.

Labels: fun, gay, lesbian, minnesota, soccer

MN GLBT Soccer Visits Pi

Last night we got together at Pi in SE Minneapolis. We had a wonderful turn out that made for a great time. Pretty much everyone that played soccer from Monday was there. Although we didn’t have anyone show up from our email list we did find some people that were interested in playing with us in the future.

Looking foward, we are growing which is a good thing. There will be a need to start looking for a place to play outdoors. Also, since it’s free to play outdoors, there is the possibilty of playing a couple of days a week as opposed to just one. Also, we are starting to look at playing in the Minneapolis Parks District league.

Labels: Pi, soccer

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 t

Minnesota GLBT Soccer

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Updates to Soccer League 2

Sunday, March 30, 2008

Sunday, March 2, 2008

Pick Up Game at Corner Kick

Sunday, February 17, 2008

Pick Up Game at Corner Kick

Friday, February 8, 2008

Planning Meeting Saturday

Monday, January 28, 2008

Pick Up Game

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Blustery Mid January

Monday, January 14, 2008

Photos of Sunday's Game

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

Friday, November 30, 2007

Indoor Soccer in December

Monday, November 19, 2007

Soccer on the Day Before Thanksgiving

Sunday, November 11, 2007

Tournaments in 2008 and Beyond

Monday, November 5, 2007

November Groove

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Hooray! A Win at Last

Monday, October 1, 2007

Soccer During the First Week of October

Thursday, September 27, 2007

Wonderful Weather on Saturday?

Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Photos taken at a Saturday Practice

Sunday, September 23, 2007

Soccer During the First Week of Fall

Monday, September 17, 2007

Soccer Field Fun

Friday, September 14, 2007

Saturday Meeting and Practice

Monday, September 10, 2007

Soccer This Week

Sunday, September 2, 2007

Labor Day Week Soccer

Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Soccer on Saturday

Monday, August 20, 2007

Soccer this Week

Wednesday, August 8, 2007

Planning Our Next Steps as a Group

Friday, August 3, 2007

Pineapples vs Pagliacci - FINAL GAME

Friday, July 13, 2007

Pineapples vs Boca Seniors

Monday, July 9, 2007

Monday Night GLBT Soccer

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

Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Indoor Photos - Round 1

Sunday, April 15, 2007

Week 13 - Our Last Week Indoors?

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Minneapolis Park and Rec League: Here We Come!

Monday, April 9, 2007

Week 12 - Preparing for What Comes Next

Tuesday, April 3, 2007

Friday, April 6th - 19 Bar