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Turf War! (Kind of!)
By: Sean |
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As the weather improves, more and more people in the Pacific Northwest start to migrate out of doors and try to shake off the winter doldrums. You see more bicycles on the roads, more hikers on the trail in the Columbia Gorge, and more joggers braving the early morning darkness for a run. [...]
Category: Orange Slices and Aspirin
Weekend Warrior Confessional
By: Sean | 5 Comments
A couple of important things happened last Friday. Portland, Oregon was awarded a Major League Soccer franchise for the 2011 season and to local football fans like myself, this was a big deal. On a slightly larger scale, my calendar noted that last Friday was also the first day of spring and so, [...]
Category: Orange Slices and AspirinYou and Me Against the World
By: Sean | 3 Comments
“One is the loneliest number that you’ll ever do
Two can be as bad as one
It’s the loneliest number since the number one…”
So sang Three Dog Night (and later, Filter and Aimee Mann and…) but I would argue that in the recreational men’s football league I play in, seven can also be a pretty lonely number. [...]
Category: Orange Slices and AspirinThe Lord of the Ringers
By: Sean | 9 Comments
For the vast majority of us recreational footballers, our weekend matches are played for the love of the game. I would guess that most of us–sadly–do not get paid for our on-pitch heroics and our compensation is generally measured in pints (of beer), pulled hamstrings, and if we are really lucky, an occasional YouTube [...]
Category: Orange Slices and AspirinDaddy Has a F#%*!g Potty Mouth
By: Sean | 4 Comments
During the course of a typical recreational football match, something will invariably not go your team’s way. You’ll give away possession in front of your own goal or a desperate back will catch both of your ankles from behind trying to tackle the ball away. This will leave you feeling angry, disappointed, frustrated, [...]
Category: Orange Slices and AspirinLife in the Fast Lane
By: Sean | 7 Comments
The title of this post may be a little misleading. You may read it and assume that this is going to be about the glamorous, high-octane, fast-paced lifestyle of being a recreational adult soccer team manager: The wild sex, drugs and rock and roll mayhem. The blinding pressure to succeed. The [...]
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