Cougar Hunting!?

Couple of  things...

First great game last night, after about 20 shots over the bar we finally got one in thanks to a great header by Bruce.  They really never sniffed the goal except when I decided to make it interesting and had to run my ass off to get the one I let bounce by me.  Great game by the defense and the offense kept the pressure on them.  We are now 3 - 1 - 3 (W-D-L) after starting the season with 3 straight losses.

Second, the showing at the pub was a little lame but at least we had a full table.  I'll let you know what I hear about the funding possiblities once I hear back.  To carry on with the conversation from last night, Will I found a great website for you - http://cougarlife.com/.  Also, MLS apparently doesn't weight away goals, from the Sounders website -

Conference Semifinal series are conducted in a home-and-home, aggregate-goal format. The lower seeded team hosts the first game. The team that scores the most goals in the home-and-home series advances to the single-elimination Conference Championship. If the teams are tied after 180 minutes in the Conference Semifinal series, a 30-minute extra time period (divided into two 15-minute periods) will be played, followed by kicks from the penalty spot, if necessary.

Also here is a recap of the Sounders win
Third, several of you still have to pay for the winter season, please bring your money/check to the  next game.

Finally, we now have had two injuries in the last two games.  Mike Little broke his foot last night (or he finished breaking the fracture).  And super sub Steve ruptured his patella tendon the previous week.  He had surgery last week and is on the road to recovery.  Our thoughts are with them and we hope to see them back on the pitch soon (but only once fully recovered).

That's all for now, see you next weekend.

It's been a while

Finally a new post for all you Naked City Soccer fans (OK most of you are team members but one can dream we have fans).  Well, I missed the first game of the season which was a 3 - 1 loss.  The second game was also a loss of 3 - 2 but only cause of a last minute goal.  We played hard that game and deserved a better result.  Maybe if some folks could have their priorities straight on game day, since when does house work and wisdom teeth work as excuses not to play?

It seems we have a bit of the injury bug on the team as well.  Greg is out with a broken toe for a few weeks, Mara-Lisa has a broken nose and is on rest by doctors orders, Liam has some broken down ankles, Mike G is just getting normal color back in his toe, Mike Little has a foot issue, Kari has the flu and it maybe of the swine kind, Kate Hasz is out for a while with an ACL injury, and several others have nagging injuries as well.  That means we need folks to respond as soon as they can with their status for the weeks game so we can be sure we field a full team.

This weeks game is against the Super Hero Rejects...not sure what that name is about be we need to be victorious this weekend.  To start the winning ways I am planning to bring the Orange tradition back, so Orange slices for half time.  As usual pints will be consumed post match at the Naked City, attendance is mandatory.

Last note, Sounders have a game on Sat against the New England Revolution.  A win almost guarantees a playoff spot so lets go boys!!

I leave you with this crazy goal, we have nothing to complain about with our refs...

Poll: What is your favorite Seattle brew pub?

Poll: What is your favorite Seattle brew pub?

Come on folks get the vote out.

Last game of the Summer 09 season

OK, it summer season is nearing an end. We are right in the middle of the pack this year with a 4-2-3 (W-T-L) record for a total of 10 points. We currently own the tier breaker for 3rd with our 3 goal differential. The teams above us play the last place team and the 4th place teams. Win and we at least stay in 3rd or maybe move up to 2nd, lose we could drop to 4th. The team we are playing, Blue Fish are the 5th place team.

Looks like the ladies are all off this week, 5 full time women can't make it, all the subs I know to call couldn't make it. Super star Karen is going to make a special guest appearance to help us out. We are still waiting on a few folks to see if they can make it (where is Sarah these days?). Right now we sit at 3 females (we have enough as of Sunday AM due to some last minute recruiting). It could be a long game. The call for all folks to try again to find females goes out.

Can anyone bring the Oranges this week? As usual, pints at Naked City post game.

BTW - for those of you not there last week we battled back from a 3-1 halftime deficit to tie the game. Many opportunities were created for a potential winning goal but none reached the back netting.

See you on the pitch

8/9 Game and next week's

Wow, that was a fast and intense game this weekend. Great job by the defense shutting things down (and Mike K when they couldn't). Over all a great fist half with a decent amount of chances and some good passing. Now, like the Sounders, we just need to work on our finishing skills. The 2nd half was a bit of a different story, seemed like we forgot there was a middle of the field and we were all up to or all on defense. Wasn't a bad tie, we'll take it. That will give us the tiebreaker with them as we beat them 2 - 1 last time. I vote Bruce for MVP of that game with a goal and an assist.

Next week looks grim for attendance. Please get your status in early. I will be out of town for that game as will Debra. I am getting anger management training and Debra is my coach. Rumors of Bryan heading out to the East Coast and Jenny going camping were also in the air at Naked City post game pinting. Not sure if others can't make it either but we need to get status so we can start looking for subs if needed.

One other note, I seemed to have some how missed Mike K at pints. He was all talk pregame...maybe it was the shame of forgetting the Oranges. Also, welcome to the new comers to pinting this past week, Larissa and Mike L had their first visit to Naked City (that I remember)

BTW - We'll be white for the next two games.

Sunday's game

This Sunday is our last game this season on a field other than Magnuson. We are in a three way tie for third right now with these guys and Blue fish (final game of the season). We beat them 2 -1 the first time around.

Since they wear orange we'll wear white. Bring the red jerseys for pinting afterwards.

Looks like we'll need some ladies for this one as we only have four at the time of this posting. Let me know if you can recruit one or two (and if you recruit any please let me know so we don't over recruit). For the ladies that are a maybe can you maybe let us know which way you are leaning.

BTW: we need someone to bring oranges!! Let me know if you can

I leave with the one of the prettier goals I have seen yet a Quest field:

See you on the pitch, and GO SOUNDERS!

Recap and Rules of Pinting

Good game today, even though we lost 2 - 1. I thought we played strong but once again failed to put the ball in the old onion sack more than them. The defense today was solid, especially in the first 15 minutes of the game when it seemed like we did touch the ball much. Mara-Lisa gets the MVP for her solid play back there, she had at least 15 single handed stops. Some great passing and crosses up top, one from Bryan to Bruce resulting in our only goal. Thanks to Steve for subbing, it made a difference on the hot turf (looks to be cooling down for next weekend).

As for the post game pinting. Some rules need to be pointed out.

• Come as you are there is no showering (unless you were really bloody)
• Wear your jersey (show some pride)
• Attendance at the pub will determine status for next season (OK not really but you should come out)
• If you score an own goal, you owe the goalie and defense a pint
• Sounders can't suck that bad ever again (hopefully they read this)
  

I'm sure there are more but that will do for now. Finally, Rachaal (the manager at Naked) was informing me that the jerseys have been a hit with their patrons and vendors so they are going to purchase some to sell. Look for them around town. Just remember we are the true owners of the jerseys.