Atlantic Rovers Tour Is A Go!

The next Atlantic Rovers tour to Scotland is up and running.  The weekend of September 22/23rd  is the date for the trip with games on Saturday and Sunday.  So far we have Jodingo!!, Roniildo and myself all signed up. I know some of you mentioned in passing that you would be interested in going but didn't know how serious you were. If you are, just send me an email. The flights usually come in just under $1000 and the rest of the trip adds another 300 to 500 bucks.

Hope you are all having a great Summer!

Happy 4th of July!

Hope you guys have  a great 4th July celebration today and some fun time with your families!

Just a few mid season facts for you to mull over as you bite into another burger!

We sit in 5th place in the league having won 4 and lost 5 of our 9 games so far. This means we are 7 points above a relegation spot and only 8 points away from a promotion spot!  A perfectly balanced position to be in heading into the late Summer /Fall season!  Vasco da Gama  are clearly the team of the year so far  having won 9 out of 9, sitting clear at the top 7 points ahead of their closest rival Greenwich Pumas who have 20 points. Then it's Mariners on 18, Orange on 14 then us!  Of course, Easton Rhinos are also on 12 points.

We have beaten two teams above us in the league and have lost to three teams below us in the league,

If we can beat those teams the second time around we will be challenging at the top for promotion!

Have a fun day and try and keep in some sort of shape between now and August!

MATCH REPORT; Arsenal 1 Madison 0

The life of a goalkeeper is not a comfortable one. He is the last line, the last hope of the defender, the crazy protector who will do anything to stop that thin white line being breached. He can spend eighty nine minutes of a game blocking, diving, jumping, chasing after every ball.  Throwing his head, neck, ribs.... you name it ....all on the line for the team....every part of him trying to stop that damn ball going into his net. He can be the hero all through those eighty nine minutes and then...... and then... one moment, one mistake and the hero becomes a zero. There is no escape for a goalie when he makes a mistake. He is one inch from the war zone and a mistake there is lethal.   Well, as every good team knows, as every good fighting unit knows, we are only  the sum of our parts. We are not eleven solo players. It's a team game and we support each other as a team, we rise or fall as a team. When an outfielder makes a mistake it's over in a second and forgotten....not so for the lonely figure of the goalkeeper. But as a team we need to take responsibility for what happens on the field. Not just the last line mistake but the missed tackle, the wrong pass, the wayward shot. No need to crucify the individual....we take responsibility as a team.

We should have won this game but we lost it. We didn't  take enough shots on goal, we didn't pass well enough, we didn't clear our lines quickly enough....and our goalie made one mistake.


Overall, this has  a been a good start in a new division. We know we can beat teams and be taken seriously. If we stick to our game plan in games we will be very tough to beat. The Late Summer /Fall season will be a good one..... i can feel it!

Have  a great Summer guys...enjoy the 4th of July and chill!

MAN OF THE MATCH;  Hulk.... i wouldn't play with broken ribs, but a hero does....

NEXT GAME; Sunday 24th June, Greenwich Arsenal

Our last game of the Spring season will be this Sunday with an away match to Greenwich Arsenal. This game has an 11am kick off and will be played at GHS stadium in Greenwich. The directions to the field are here;  This is an artificial turf field!

GREENWICH HIGH SCHOOL 10 Hillside Road, Greenwich, CT 06830 (Nike® Artificial Turf field approved for SASL games): I-95 South to Exit 4 Indian Field Road.  Turn right onto Indian Field Road.  At the first traffic lights turn left onto East Putnam Avenue/Route 1.  Take the second right onto Hillside Road.  Greenwich High School is immediately on the left. I-95 North to Exit 4 Indian Field Road.  Turn left onto Indian Field Road.  Continue as above. Teams should note that NO ALCOHOL is allowed on school grounds!

Whatever the result on Sunday, the Celts can congratulate themselves  for what has been a very decent start to the season.With 12 points in the bag the Celts have created a bit of a buffer with the bottom two teams and are still in the running for a top 4 finish! Arsenal are currently in 7th position with 6 points having played 7 games, winning 2 and losing 5. They have beaten Fairfield and Guilford at home but have struggled against the top 4 teams. This will be another tough game but if we play to our strengths, most notably to the fore in the last two games, we may be able to finish the first half of the season in style!


Car pooling at exit 58 9.15am?