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Tournament Update

October 2, 2019. Plans for the La Paz Tournament are firming up nicely. Regarding our Baja soccer counterparts, organizer Mike Calder reports, "They are suggesting the [Over 60]tournament be played on the first full weekend of March 2020. They're proposing one game Friday March 6, two games on Saturday March 7 and one game on Sunday, March 8. I am sure we can suggest changes if we want."
"They are also proposing some get-acquainted activities for the first two evenings. And then once the tournament is over they're willing to help with activities around the area."
Mike has fourteen FC77 players committed, with a handful of likely additional players known. This is enough for a traveling team, but Mike indicates that a second team can be formed and accomodated in La Paz if there is enough interest.
Now is the time to contact Mike if you are still interested. Inevitably, there will be a few changes to the committed list. See your team manager as to how to contact Mike by way of the Old Nicks club team. Click for Tournament Info.

Meanwhile, On The Eastside...

August 17, 2019. As warring political mobs made downtown Portland a bit problematic on Saturday, a smaller mob with an interest in potlucks and kick-arounds gathered at Glenhaven Park for the 2019 edition of the famed FC77 Athletic Cup.

Mad Skills Were On Display

Work Tales Were Told

Drinking And Kicking Was Possible

No Food Went To Waste

The Spring Season Was Discussed

Next Up - Fall Season

Until next year...

GOOD NEWS! As of today (9/3/19), the Fall Schedules are posted. Links to each team's schedule are on the FC77 team pages.
Sept. 1, 2019. From gpsdsoccer.com:
"FALL 2019 SCHEDULE UPDATE:
Just a quick note of explanation to help everyone understand our scheduling process:
To keep our field costs as low as possible, a majority of our field use is with field owners to let us schedule our renting of their fields after the large youth leagues have had first choice. This year, OYSA is tardy in getting their schedules finalized, which means that the field owners are not yet able to give GPSD the schedule of available fields, dates, and times that OYSA is returning.
GPSD's field and match scheduler is working to get the entire GPSD Fall season schedule done as soon as possible. We promise that the schedules will be posted as soon as can be done!"

GPSD Calendar:

10/14/2019: GPSD Board Meeting 6:45pm
10/21/2019: Info date for Championship matches.
11/11/2019: GPSD Board Meeting 6:45pm
12/02/2019: GPSD Board Meeting dinner 6:45pm
12/07/2019: Fall Season Championship matches.

New Tournament for 2020

* Memorial Day weekend holiday in 2020

* Five (5) divisions: Open 1st, Open 2nd, O/30, O/40, O/50 with any of those divisions being broken into multiple groups depending on number of registered teams.

* The games will consist of 25 minute halves (with the final being 2x30 in length)

* Each team will be guaranteed 3 matches

* First place will receive a winner’s trophy in each division.

* Second place will receive a commemorative plaque.

* The tournament registration is anticipated to be $450/team.

Registration for the tournament will be available on the GPSD website early in 2020.

Championship Match Result

July 1, 2019. We'll let Manager Sean Ingersoll tell the tale:
"The final score was 3-1. Centennial FC had pipped us twice this season, 1-2 each time, so we knew it was going to be another competitive match. It had been 11 years since Rangers hoisted a trophy so we really, really wanted it.

CFC scored around the 38th minute on a great solo effort, but we kept the plot and huddled up at half time. My head is still a bit of a blur, but I seem to think my team talk went something along the lines, “There is no reason to panic. We’re playing good soccer. We’re going to score once early on in the second half to tie it up. And then we score again late to win this f**king thing!” (I swear a lot during team talks.)

Kyle Dunscomb got the equalizer in the 65th minute off a cross from the right side. It was like an adrenaline shot to the heart and we really started putting the pressure on after that.

Noah Sharpsteen, who had been playing holding midfielder all game, asked to go up front and do a shift as a striker. Five minutes later he took on their center backs and blasted the sh*t out of the ball to rocket it in near post around the 75th minute. Our fans, some two dozen or so and most of them wearing yellow, went wild.

Ahmed Hamlawy netted the third with eight minutes remaining. Ahmed finished the season with a Rangers record 18 goals and 5-6 assists."

And that trophy in the picture? "I promised my crew a proper trophy hoist if we managed to pull off a win…but the Over 30 Third division doesn’t have a trophy. A few years ago Mike Calder gave me the trophy you see in the picture but we came up short then…so I’ve had this thing in my garage since maybe 2016 or 2017. I refused to touch it until this Saturday so when the final whistle blew, my wife ran out to the car and brought it out to the field. Rangers got a proper trophy hoist."

The Social Network

For those who think web sites and even blogs are hopelessly old fashioned, your Club also has a FC77 Facebook page. Mark Zuckerberg will be so pleased!