Pictures

I actually cannot coach this weekend, coach Paul will take over for me. Alex is away on a band trip and I'm picking up my older boy from college.

But, since it's picture day, I can be at Penn at 9:00 am for those of you who would like a team picture. I need to know who is going to come get their picture taken. And for those of you who don't care to have your pic taken, I usually take plenty of pictures throughout the season and will share them with all of you.

Great Game!

It was a lot of fun watching you guys come together and play well today. Let's keep this going!!

I'll have some pictures from last weeks game up soon. Check the blog often...

Thursday practice

Hi all,

I can't do a practice on Friday but let's try and go for at least an hour and a half tomorrow. If you can get there around 5:45 or so and warm up and stretch on your own (and please be honest and actually run a lap, stretch, do some passing drills, etc), when I get there at 6:00, we can get a good practice until about 7:30 or 7:45. Will that work for everyone?

Coach

Fields closed

All fields are closed at Hellwig. No practice today...I hope to make it up on Friday.

practice today

More than likely, fields will be closed with all the rain we've been getting. Check the fields line after 3:00 PM today. If the fields are closed, I'll try to make up todays practice on Friday. Please let me know if that will work. Thanks....

A setback

Sorry about the directions to the park. I didn't bother to make sure they were correct before I posted them. Anyhow, it seemed like everyone made it to the field eventually.

We did fairly well in the first half but seemed to run out of gas and were certainly less organized in the second. We'll work on more drills that emphasize passing since we don't seem to do enough of that during our games. Still, I saw flashes where we did quite well...we just have to work a little harder on getting the ball away to our teammates quickly. Just keep you spirits up...we're a good team and will do better as we get to know our teammates.

Game Saturday

Hi all,

We play at South Run park, field 4 and our game is at 1:30 PM. Please be at the fields no later than 1:10. Directions to the field from 66 in Manassas: Click here

New players

I've updated the roster, check the link to the right. We have two new players, Waheed who most of you met yesterday and Rob, who most of you will meet tomorrow.

Great Game...and we won!! 4-2

It turns out we were able to play and finish our game. I know I should have asked all of you to just stay for a while and not leave. I was able to reach some of you and call you back to the game but for those I wasn't able to contact, I apologize. I'll make sure I have a roster on me so that if this happens again, I can reach you.

Well, we ended up winning our first game in convincing fashion. Augie had 3 goals and Keven had a goal and at least one assist. More than the goals, I think we played very well together as a team, especially since we have had only two practices. In the shortened second half, we played much better on defense. Just overall a very good effort....let's keep this going!

Game tomorrow!!

Remember to check the fields line to ensure that the field are open. They're calling for rain tonight/tomorrow but hopefully, we won't get too much of it...or better yet, none at all.

I will have uniforms tomorrow at the field. Please be there no later than 11:40. See you tomorrow!

Practice tomorrow

Please meet me at the back fields (field 10/11) tomorrow. They're going to let us practice there and I think we'll have more room and a goal to play with.

Uniforms

I just got a note from the league; no uniforms till Friday. I will hand them out on Saturday prior to the game. See you at practice tomorrow!

Schedule is posted

I know some of you mentioned that you didn't know where to look for the schedule...please check the links section of this blog to the right of the page.

Practice is on!

But please check the fields line before heading out. I will be posting prior to leaving work tomorrow to confirm. Remember, Hellwig at 5:45 by the concession shack and please have your kids in their uniform shirts (need to record their number for the roster).

I look forward to meeting everyone and having a fun, productive practice session.

My apologies

to those of you who went to the field. Traffic was pretty horrible coming from Tysons; I would have been late today even if there was no rain, but the rain (and sleet) conspired against us today.

If the email and website are not enough to keep everyone informed, I need someone to step up and volunteer to be the 'team parent'. This someone will need to call everyone on the roster and get the word out on practice cancellations. Please let me know if you're interested.

We'll have practice on Tuesday at 6:00. The location may change and I will let you know well in advance.

Practice

Even though the fields are still open (as of 5:30 PM), practice is canceled for today since it is raining and sleeting! See you next Tuesday.

Schedule

The schedule has been posted on the SFL Website, link is located in the links section of this site. It is also here.

Our first game is at noon on the 12th.

thanks!

Uniforms

Please have your kids wear their uniforms to practice tomorrow so that I know who has a uniform and who needs one. Remember, practice is at 6:00 and I'll be by the concession shack at 5:45 (or so).