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All Done Except for the Pizza Party
By: Sean |
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The last soccer practice of any season is a bittersweet occasion as far as I’m concerned, but perhaps even more so when you are coaching younger kids. As the evening dusk fades to black and the familiar outlines of my players grow dim and indistinct against the horizon, a little piece of me wishes [...]
Category: Orange Slices and Aspirin
Do You Got Game? A Weekend Warrior Quiz
By: Sean | 6 Comments
Sorry for the delay in posting last week. I spent an inordinate amount of my free time trying to perfect the appearance of “Virtual Sean” on my Xbox 360 FIFA09 soccer video game. After five days, he kind of looks like my little brother…only bald.
How dedicated are you to your recreational team? [...]
Category: Orange Slices and Aspirin“GOOOOOAAAAALLLLLLL!!!!!!”
By: Sean | 2 Comments
Simply put, there is no greater moment in the drama of sports than the scoring of a football goal.
A slam dunk in basketball? No. Did you miss it? Just wait about ninety seconds and you’ll get another chance to see a dunk. A baseball home run? Going, going…gone! [...]
Category: Orange Slices and AspirinYou Can Go Home Again
By: Sean | No Comments
To be perfectly honest, kicking the football around again was probably the last thing on my mind when the ice gave way and I started to tumble down the glacier.
My life didn’t flash before my eyes. Time didn’t slow to something akin to “Matrix” bullet-time, gifting me superhuman sensory perception and awareness. Mostly, [...]
Category: Orange Slices and AspirinMy First Soccer Coach was…Godzooky?
By: Sean | 6 Comments
I did not grow up in a soccer household.
I don’t believe that any of my relatives had ever played the game. I don’t recall the neighbors ever kicking the ball around the cul-de-sac until the wee hours of the evening. I’m sure that some of my elementary school friends probably played on a [...]
Category: Orange Slices and Aspirin“I’m a stranger here myself…”
By: Sean | 17 Comments
You know it is not an easy thing to be a soccer fan in America.
You are a member of an almost fringe fraternity, relegated to somewhere near the bottom of the sports-entertainment pantheon behind baseball, basketball (even behind ice hockey) on a level just barely above bowling and curling. The secret handshake-like [...]
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