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General Discussion => Essentially Flyertalk => Topic started by: Kat Kid on July 23, 2014, 10:59:14 AM
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I am officially making my come back.
Buying new cleats today at Dick's. Already have a pretty healthy supply of slightly too tight soccer jerseys from my prolific intramural and MPRD adult league career. I still know/recognize a few guys that still play and I will be updating this thread regularly with funny anecdotes, hotly debated questions about proper etiquette and some of the inevitable challenges that will accompany a completely out of shape father of two playing pick-up soccer.
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Probably going with these to minimize "look at this fat idiot with new cleats"
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show the cleats that would maximize that so I know which ones to buy when I take up this sport
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Now. Where should I play? In my hey-day I would've been a right sided forward making runs in behind defense and yelling for people to put it over the top for me to run on to and pressing and pestering the defenders in to making bad passes out of the back. A marauding Tevez or Robbie Keane type.
Later I mostly just turned in to more of a Gattuso type playing a defensive winger or right back and mostly just fouling people hard and talking crap.
Now I definitely want to stay out of the center of midfield so that I'm not constantly running or turning the ball over. So I think I will stick to half heartedly marking one of the other teams better players if they are playing on the wing for awhile and see how that goes.
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show the cleats that would maximize that so I know which ones to buy when I take up this sport
Honestly, take your pic because most of the current designs by Nike and adidas are pretty redic.
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i saw some kids playing a pick up game at the middle school by my house last monday. i went over and reffed for about half an hour. they didnt really flop and called a lot of their own fouls so it was an easy gig. i wore my nike air max kicks.
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I think pickup soccer would be fun, but then I see all those guys get their feet stepped on and stuff and am worried I would get hurt and not be able to play hoops any more.
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I think pickup soccer would be fun, but then I see all those guys get their feet stepped on and stuff and am worried I would get hurt and not be able to play hoops any more.
There are usually 1-2 psychos per game. But almost no people playing pick-up soccer are wearing metal cleats so it isn't a big deal. I never wear shin guards and hardly ever wear tall socks.
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I never wear shin guards and hardly ever wear tall socks.
yikes!
I also worry about doing weird/unexpected things with my legs and pulling something.
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I never wear shin guards and hardly ever wear tall socks.
yikes!
I also worry about doing weird/unexpected things with my legs and pulling something.
It is not a big deal. I mean your excuses are somewhat valid, but 99% of the time people pull out of tackles (standing) I mean it is like worrying about having to take a bunch of charges in a pick-up basketball game. It just very rarely happens.
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Are we talking about a legit 6 on 6 or so pickup game or one of those old stadium pick up games where there are 45 people just chasing the ball wherever it goes?
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my cleats were in my trunk when my car broke down by the sex shop and i just said "eff it".
my days are long over
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kat kid as gattuso sounds rough ridin' awesome
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Are we talking about a legit 6 on 6 or so pickup game or one of those old stadium pick up games where there are 45 people just chasing the ball wherever it goes?
Not the 6v6 league. Probably not 45 people. It is at Anneberg, but I've never played with these guys. I think/hope they skew a bit older than the Old Stadium crowd.
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my cleats were in my trunk when my car broke down by the sex shop and i just said "eff it".
my days are long over
I found one of my old cleats and the other one is almost certainly in my Saturn that I abandoned.
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Are we talking about a legit 6 on 6 or so pickup game or one of those old stadium pick up games where there are 45 people just chasing the ball wherever it goes?
Not the 6v6 league. Probably not 45 people. It is at Anneberg, but I've never played with these guys. I think/hope they skew a bit older than the Old Stadium crowd.
I barely remember playing against you in the league because I was drunk usually. I am under the assumption that you will be sober and are better than me regardless, but my strategy of playing D and then making the occasional run when I had a pretty clear path hid a bunch of my deficiencies pretty well.
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Are we talking about a legit 6 on 6 or so pickup game or one of those old stadium pick up games where there are 45 people just chasing the ball wherever it goes?
Not the 6v6 league. Probably not 45 people. It is at Anneberg, but I've never played with these guys. I think/hope they skew a bit older than the Old Stadium crowd.
I barely remember playing against you in the league because I was drunk usually. I am under the assumption that you will be sober and are better than me regardless, but my strategy of playing D and then making the occasional run when I had a pretty clear path hid a bunch of my deficiencies pretty well.
Yes. This is my strategy.
Other goals:
1. play a 1-2 with someone
2. score a goal (unlikely)
3. 3 steals
4. two evasions of a defender
5. No puking
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Screw ins? In your climate? Yeah.
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Screw ins? In your climate? Yeah.
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Most of the time I will be playing on a hard field or artificial turf. 6v6 season is in the summer in late June through July. Old Stadium pick up games. Maaaaaybe I will play in the fall, but doubt it.
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are there PKs? im really good at PKs.
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are there PKs? im really good at PKs.
There are usually no direct free kicks or penalties. I haven't played with this group though so there is a chance they might be weirdos that would do that.
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play 3-3
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Screw ins? In your climate? Yeah.
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Most of the time I will be playing on a hard field or artificial turf. 6v6 season is in the summer in late June through July. Old Stadium pick up games. Maaaaaybe I will play in the fall, but doubt it.
All reasons for molded or turf shoes. These things will kill your feet.
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Screw ins? In your climate? Yeah.
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Most of the time I will be playing on a hard field or artificial turf. 6v6 season is in the summer in late June through July. Old Stadium pick up games. Maaaaaybe I will play in the fall, but doubt it.
All reasons for molded or turf shoes. These things will kill your feet.
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Oh yeah I am definitely getting molded.
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Screw ins? In your climate? Yeah.
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Most of the time I will be playing on a hard field or artificial turf. 6v6 season is in the summer in late June through July. Old Stadium pick up games. Maaaaaybe I will play in the fall, but doubt it.
All reasons for molded or turf shoes. These things will kill your feet.
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Oh yeah I am definitely getting molded.
Oh ok sweet. Classic Copa Mundials I guess? Cant go wrong there.
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Like these.
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are there PKs? im really good at PKs.
There are usually no direct free kicks or penalties. I haven't played with this group though so there is a chance they might be weirdos that would do that.
hmm ok. count me out for this pick-up game.
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Like these.
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:love:
I was recently invited to play in adult league myself. Funds are extremely low right now, though. So it's gonna have to wait. Bummer.
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The copas were $135, so I got these for $50:
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Are we talking about a legit 6 on 6 or so pickup game or one of those old stadium pick up games where there are 45 people just chasing the ball wherever it goes?
Not the 6v6 league. Probably not 45 people. It is at Anneberg, but I've never played with these guys. I think/hope they skew a bit older than the Old Stadium crowd.
I barely remember playing against you in the league because I was drunk usually. I am under the assumption that you will be sober and are better than me regardless, but my strategy of playing D and then making the occasional run when I had a pretty clear path hid a bunch of my deficiencies pretty well.
Yes. This is my strategy.
Other goals:
1. play a 1-2 with someone
2. score a goal (unlikely)
3. 3 steals
4. two evasions of a defender
5. No puking
1-2's were played
Did not score a goal, did get an assist
3 steals happened
Two evasions of a defender happened
No puking occurred
A successful first step. Had a guy freak on me for going in on a 50-50 ball and winning it. His punk ass ended up dumped and started jabbering about pins in his shoulder. I got a yellow card in spirit from the game elders who said it was no contact. I saw the guy not pull out of tackles several more times in the game, but I dialed back the gattuso to more of a Danielle de Rossi level.
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That's great, KK.
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I'm in. I will be buying ridic cleats.
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When does this start happening?
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'Grats - Now you just need to kick some goals
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UPDATE!
had about 50 people out there last wed so after a bit of muddling through with a huge field and too many people, we split up on to two fields. The practice field all the way back in the southwest corner of Anneberg was an absolute swamp, but the play was still pretty good.
I caught a decent second wind about an hour and a half in after experiencing a lot of trevails after about the first 15-30 minutes due to the condition of both the field and my body.
I scored two goals, one of which was an extremely lucky cross that I over hit and lofted in, the second goal was an absolute beauty. I took down a ball on my thigh then hit it a half volley and beat the keeper short post. It was really rough ridin' awesome.
I had to leave before the game was over because I had to meet some friends out for dinner at Bourbon & Baker, but it was a very rewarding meal to say the least.
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When does this start happening?
It is already happening.
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When does this start happening?
It is already happening.
785.200.7815. Holla at me next time
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When does this start happening?
It is already happening.
785.200.7815. Holla at me next time
every wed in anneberg at 6:30 son.
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When does this start happening?
It is already happening.
785.200.7815. Holla at me next time
every wed in anneberg at 6:30 son.
Alright. I'll tell SdK bro in law as well. I work at 230 am on Thursday mornings. So I might or might not be able to play.
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UPDATE!
had about 50 people out there last wed so after a bit of muddling through with a huge field and too many people, we split up on to two fields. The practice field all the way back in the southwest corner of Anneberg was an absolute swamp, but the play was still pretty good.
I caught a decent second wind about an hour and a half in after experiencing a lot of trevails after about the first 15-30 minutes due to the condition of both the field and my body.
I scored two goals, one of which was an extremely lucky cross that I over hit and lofted in, the second goal was an absolute beauty. I took down a ball on my thigh then hit it a half volley and beat the keeper short post. It was really rough ridin' awesome.
I had to leave before the game was over because I had to meet some friends out for dinner at Bourbon & Baker, but it was a very rewarding meal to say the least.
I'm using some of these words in my first dobber jr update post next weekend.
Gonna win 'em all!
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kat kid living the dream
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SdK and SdK bil headed to anneberg to kick around on the pitch
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Anyone in mhk up for some futbol today?
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Anyone in mhk up for some futbol today?
this evening Old Stadium. Will probably head up there around 7pm or so
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Anyone in mhk up for some futbol today?
this evening Old Stadium. Will probably head up there around 7pm or so
Can you guys ever play earlier? I wake up at 1 am MTTF. :(
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Anyone in mhk up for some futbol today?
this evening Old Stadium. Will probably head up there around 7pm or so
Also check your pm's. :D
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What day is today? Tuesday. That means only one more day until evening pick-up soccer game. There will be some challenges this week as the wife will be out of town, but I have made arrangements to have the kids move in with me to my mom's basement for the next three days so no biggie.
In other news, I had a pretty terrible time playing at the Old Stadium on Sunday. Turns out these guys are much better at soccer and in much better shape than the old dudes. Also, there were way too many people playing in a small space so essentially you had about 1 second to touch the ball and then have someone kick you in the shins. Not even enough room to really run. I will try going out there Saturday morning to see if that is a bit better in terms of people/space/shin ratio.
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I play in an 11v11 mens league in Chicago.
The competition is pretty fierce tbh but my team is top half of the table with 2 wins and 3 draws (zero losses) :Woohoo:
These are the cleats I wear.
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They're kind of flashy but I'm a flashy player so :cool:
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ridiculous. all of this.
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ridiculous. all of this.
:shy:
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Can you play half-court soccer?
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Can you play half-court soccer?
No. But you can put the goals closer together. Also, a lot of the time smaller goals (lacrosse goals or two cones) are used if there are smaller numbers.
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Can you play half-court soccer?
No. But you can put the goals closer together. Also, a lot of the time smaller goals (lacrosse goals or two cones) are used if there are smaller numbers.
Smaller goal sounds bad. That would be like raising the bball goal up to 12 feet or something.
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Can you play half-court soccer?
No. But you can put the goals closer together. Also, a lot of the time smaller goals (lacrosse goals or two cones) are used if there are smaller numbers.
Smaller goal sounds bad. That would be like raising the bball goal up to 12 feet or something.
Kind of difficult to find goalies, smaller goals are better than no goalies.
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awesome that pickups are going on. Man I wanna :peek: on this.
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rained out
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UPDATE!
had about 50 people out there last wed so after a bit of muddling through with a huge field and too many people, we split up on to two fields. The practice field all the way back in the southwest corner of Anneberg was an absolute swamp, but the play was still pretty good.
I caught a decent second wind about an hour and a half in after experiencing a lot of trevails after about the first 15-30 minutes due to the condition of both the field and my body.
I scored two goals, one of which was an extremely lucky cross that I over hit and lofted in, the second goal was an absolute beauty. I took down a ball on my thigh then hit it a half volley and beat the keeper short post. It was really rough ridin' awesome.
I had to leave before the game was over because I had to meet some friends out for dinner at Bourbon & Baker, but it was a very rewarding meal to say the least.
Thierry Henry tried to steal your move and failed at it.
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Sister and BIL got me a gift card instead of a ball for my birthday. For fear of my ball matching my boots.
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There is this one guy that I now hate. The only thing that make me not hate him quite as much is that he clearly has some sort of social/emotional/mental disorder. He is a younger guy, somewhat athletic guy that stands around and yells for the ball. He never moves, rarely passes and almost always immediately turns the ball over or misses when he shoots. In between touches he will tell anyone that will listen that he needs the ball and this is also the excuse for him messing up, that he doesn't see the ball enough. He also never closes down defenders or tracks back, like at all. He's the worst.
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There is this one guy that I now hate. The only thing that make me not hate him quite as much is that he clearly has some sort of social/emotional/mental disorder. He is a younger guy, somewhat athletic guy that stands around and yells for the ball. He never moves, rarely passes and almost always immediately turns the ball over or misses when he shoots. In between touches he will tell anyone that will listen that he needs the ball and this is also the excuse for him messing up, that he doesn't see the ball enough. He also never closes down defenders or tracks back, like at all. He's the worst.
we have a pickup basketball guy whose very similar. He's quit mid-game due to someone telling him to play defense before. And yeah, I think he has some sort of mental or emotional disorder.
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Can you cherry pick in pick-up soccer or do you call offsides?
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Can you cherry pick in pick-up soccer or do you call offsides?
This mexican dude I play with does it all the time. He literally stands near his goal the whole game and people bomb it to him and he scores at least 4 a game. he's jacked so no one says anything, his nipples are too big so you know he's on steroids.
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Can you cherry pick in pick-up soccer or do you call offsides?
This mexican dude I play with does it all the time. He literally stands near his goal the whole game and people bomb it to him and he scores at least 4 a game. he's jacked so no one says anything, his nipples are too big so you know he's on steroids.
He sounds amazing.
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Can you cherry pick in pick-up soccer or do you call offsides?
This mexican dude I play with does it all the time. He literally stands near his goal the whole game and people bomb it to him and he scores at least 4 a game. he's jacked so no one says anything, his nipples are too big so you know he's on steroids.
He sounds amazing.
While playing soccer, Does he wear a long sleeved shirt, buttoned at the top, with a wife beater underneath and a doo-rag on his head? THAT would be amazing. A cigarette would be icing on the cake.
Gonna win 'em all!
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UPDATE!
I am thinking about going today. HOWEVER, one guy I hate is mayhbe now in charge of organizing the people that are not participating in the 35+ adult rec league. Do I do a roll by and see who is there? Go? Not go?
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Go! Potential for soccer OR a great story on gE! Win-win!
Gonna win 'em all!
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Does anyone else go to the Tuesday night pick up games at Liberty Memorial? It's pretty fun when it's not 15v15
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There is this one guy that I now hate. The only thing that make me not hate him quite as much is that he clearly has some sort of social/emotional/mental disorder. He is a younger guy, somewhat athletic guy that stands around and yells for the ball. He never moves, rarely passes and almost always immediately turns the ball over or misses when he shoots. In between touches he will tell anyone that will listen that he needs the ball and this is also the excuse for him messing up, that he doesn't see the ball enough. He also never closes down defenders or tracks back, like at all. He's the worst.
OH MY GOD THIS rough ridin' GUY!
Peggy Po
Did actually play a bit more defense than usual
Is young and maybe in the military (probably reserves) and can run pretty fast compared to fat/old people/kids/women
Nancy Negs
-Did not get to a ball that went over his head, said "I'm only half black...."dead silence, everyone stops to stare/shame him and (he is wearing a red/black striped bayern munich jersey)
-puts pressure on a goalkeeper and rockets the ball way off from goal
-fucks up about a 15-20 chances by dribbling it to the other team, shooting it a million miles away, trying to volley it
-fucks up most of the other times he gets the ball because he has one of the worst first touches in the whole game
-makes faces/gestures when other people don't get him the ball/hit a bad cross/miss a shot
What makes it worse is nearly everyone else in the game is over the top nice to play with. Only exception is offsides old Asian guy, but he knows he sucks and he misses almost every chance and he passes to his teammates enough so whatever
I don't want to break the niceness of the game and talk crap to this guy, but should I just start PI'ing him?
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Have you tried performing magic?
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UPDATE!
I played last Friday with a wonderful group of Mexican-Americans. I played really well and have tricked them in to inviting me in to playing on their 11 v 11 team, the Pedros de Perro. I am pretty sure that is something involving a dog's penis but it also might be this lucha libre guy who was killed in the ring by Rey Mysterio. Either way, pretty exciting stuff and I am happy to report back on Saturday after our first game. It is at 11am at Anneberg so if any of you yahoos want to tailgate for two football games in one day, please bring a lawn chair and a cooler.
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UPDATE!
I think I might be ok, but this 11v11 thing is going to be scary. I don't know for sure if we will actually have 11 dudes play in this game and I am scared about running for that long anyway. Fear would be my number one emotion.
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Someone take their periscope out there and do a Kat Kid Kam (not racist).
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UPDATE!
I think I might be ok, but this 11v11 thing is going to be scary. I don't know for sure if we will actually have 11 dudes play in this game and I am scared about running for that long anyway. Fear would be my number one emotion.
i'd be most scared about getting shanked by a midfielder. mexican americans take their soccer very very seriously. i didn't even use a comma between both verys.
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UPDATE!
I think I might be ok, but this 11v11 thing is going to be scary. I don't know for sure if we will actually have 11 dudes play in this game and I am scared about running for that long anyway. Fear would be my number one emotion.
i'd be most scared about getting shanked by a midfielder. mexican americans take their soccer very very seriously. i didn't even use a comma between both verys.
I am on the Mexican team. One of our defenders has this tatoo'd on his arm.
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Tip:
don't ever play organized adult sports.
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is this still the Mexican team? You have very nice uniforms.
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is this still the Mexican team? You have very nice uniforms.
No, we all purchased uniforms but no numbers or names on back. New group, I am a journeymen of the adult soccer league.
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