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Soccer World On Hold

March 30, 2020. Yep, it's all shut down. Premier League, MLS and GPSD - all the elite leagues are in suspended animation for an indefinite period. It's all been Corona'd. GPSD's initial match cancellation directive runs to April 8th, but the GPSD board is meeting today to decide whether to schedule an abbreviated spring session, beginning in May. The idea of pushing the Spring Season into the summer months has been rejected. The very real possibility is that everything is cancelled until fall.
Your team manager will keep you up on developments.

La Paz Tournament A Big Success!

March 20, 2020. Thanks in large part to organizer Mike Calder and the cordial cooperation of La Asociación Sudcaliforniana de Futbol (ASFA) (our La Paz counterparts) the La Paz Tournament was a very enjoyable experience for all players and significant others who made the journey. The last FC77 stragglers pulled out of Baja on March 17th according to Mike. He and Mary Anne are staying on for another three weeks or so.

Thanks to Old Nick's Richard and Tammy Black, you can vicariously experience the tournament through their excellent picture-taking.

(Check GPSD website for status updates!)
Official Tournament Announcement

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!

Old School Soccer

March 30, 2020. As we mope about our homes, waiting for the virus all-clear, we need our soccer fix. This month, the Timbers have been rebroadcasting past matches on FOX 12 on Sundays at 3 pm.
The streaming services can provide some relief in the form of soccer-related content. The most recent is Netflix's dramatic 6-part mini series called The English Game. The setting is late 1870's England and we are watching football go from a gentleman's team sport to the sport of the working class. Worth a look.

Forbes 2019 Ranking

Novermber 4, 2019. For those in touch with their inner accountant, here's the just-releasd Forbes list of MLS team valuations as of fall 2019. PTFC did pretty well in the comparison.

GPSD Calendar:

3/30/2020:   GPSD Board meeting 6:45pm
4/13/2020:   GPSD Board meeting 6:45pm
5/11/2020:   GPSD Board meeting 6:45pm

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."