Coming off a chunk of their schedule that saw them play nine matches in 31 days, it was hardly
surprising to show up at Seattle Sounders training camp on Thursday and find that they weren't
doing soccer activities. I was shocked to see them playing dodgeball though.
I only got there in time to catch the final, but I was pretty impressed with what I saw.
On Thursday, the WPSL Elite League released its official 2012 schedule. Below is the schedule
for the Philadelphia Fever, which will being playing its home games at two New Jersey grounds and
one in Pennsylvania. Please note that the locations of some of the home games have changed from the
preliminary schedule that was released in late March.
Junior Lone Star FC have released their 2012 National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) Schedule
schedule. Playing in the Keystone Conference of the Northeast Division, Junior Lone Star starts off
their 2012 campaign with four away games over a ten-day period, beginning with 2011 Keystone
Conference runners-up and 2012 Lamar Hunt U.
Women's soccer fans eager to see the Philadelphia Fever, the newly founded team that will
participate in the WPSL Elite League, now have some dates to circle on the calendar after the
league released the 2012 schedule on Sunday.
The schedule consists of 14 games and includes teams as far north as former WPS club Boston
Breakers and as far west as former WPS club Chicago Red Stars.
A Paul Riley-led New York Fury will not be participating in the new WPSL Elite League but a
Philadelphia Fever will be.
And no, they aren't the old indoor team from the late 1970s, early 1980s.
On Friday, Atlantic Soccer Factory announced that a new Philadelphia Fever women's team would be
joining the WPSL Elite League for the 2012 season.
OK, this happens every year and I'm not sure why the center referee was so uptight about it. So, of
the two adult leagues that I (and most of us in this area, actually) work with, the men's league
has all their games at one steady time, barring venue restrictions; the women's league does the
same, except their game start is 15 minutes later than the men's typical time - except 2/3 into the
season, they move all the games up 15 minutes to deal with earlier sunsets.
Happy Friday guys. I thought I'd change it up a bit and go all Simon Borg on ya. So pretend your
reading this in a loud and boistrous fashion. Growl at some point mid-sentence to keep it real.
Here's your Friday rant. Enjoy!I'll never understand the mentality of so many adult amateur soccer
players. It happens to nearly every athlete who doesn't make it as a pro: they love the game and
join adult leagues.
