Quote :

"We played tonight at NetSports against a bunch of serious asshats. There were probably 3 or 4 guys on this team who were way too physical. I mean every time you came near the ball they were shoving you into the walls. Luckily once when I got shoved down it was in view of the ref who booked the guy and sent him off for 2 minutes, but it continued all game. Eventually one guy full-on checked me into the boards like we were playing ice hockey after I beat him to the ball and then shoved me again to the ground. Totally ruined the game for me. I chewed out their entire team on the bench on the way off the field and didn't go back on after that. I was afraid I'd flip out on whoever shoved me again and that's the last thing I want to happen. I mean it's a rec B league, they were already beating us handily, there was no need for constant physical abuse. It really pisses me off when people take it too seriously, I'm out there to have fun and get some exercise, not get hurt. Now I'm limping around for a day or two thanks to a bruised knee after that body check into the boards..."

Wow, this sounds familiar. Netsports' refs generally tend to fail to maintain order within their games. Not counting my incident, I've seen at least 2 other fights break out there.

7/28/2010 6:09:36 PM

^It got rough a few times when I played there back when it was called Carolina Sports Plex.

7/28/2010 11:34:33 PM

does this type of physical violence happen in the C league?



[Edited on July 29, 2010 at 7:59 PM. Reason : .]

7/29/2010 7:58:59 PM

Nah, Co-ed is always relatively calm. Men's leagues is where you get all the bullshit bravado.

7/29/2010 8:00:12 PM

yeah, co-ed is chill. there are just too many guys that think they are the next coming of christ playing in the mens leagues around here.

7/29/2010 10:26:29 PM

^So I met harmemou tonight at a pickup game. He said he played for a different team in Open C two years ago before joining mine. He mentioned the African team and some hothead English team. LOL! My ex-teammates have a bad reputation in TASL. They formed Garden City Eagle for this season. That will be interesting. I don't hate them and I hope they do well, but I wouldn't mind if Sheperds House of War took it to them. The first game he was pissed last season because he said they suck and he had never lost to SHW.

Also, the frat field pickup game was cool for a little bit until everyone showed up and it turned into 14 vs 14 on a 75 yard field.

7/29/2010 10:45:31 PM

We formed up our team at work and most of the people are over 30, so next season we are going to join the Over 30 Men's B instead of Open B. Supposedly it's more laid back than the Open league and we won't have to deal with overly aggressive play anymore.

7/30/2010 7:03:37 AM

Thank you to tww and your friends that you have brought to me. If it wasn't for the people on here I would be short. So far I have had 17 guys quit from last season, had 3 guys sign up and then tell me to take them off the roster, and spoke with multiple free agents who are unsure if they want to play because of the cost and schedule. It's real simple to look on the tasl site and find information on estimated cost and game times for each division. DON'T SIGN UP IF YOU AREN'T SURE IF YOU CAN PLAY, OR PAY! These free agents have been wasting my time.

7/30/2010 3:16:15 PM

Dude, I feel your pain. For a second it was looking like we wouldn't get enough players to run that Ruckus FC team, but we managed to nail everybody down and get a full squad.


It's always the hardest part about running a team. Give it a few seasons and get a good stable core of players, and it'll start to work itself out over time and get a lot easier.

7/30/2010 8:50:41 PM

^Yeh I know. It wouldn't have been as bad had 4 of them not played together in summer heat and had we actually won some games. I guess you need to make sure to lose to us so I don't lose more players.

7/30/2010 10:55:44 PM

Quote :

"yeah, co-ed is chill. there are just too many guys that think they are the next coming of christ playing in the mens leagues around here."

I never understood this shit. And we played in Men's C division.

C.

You're on a third tier rec team. I'm all for some healthy competition, but some ego's had a hard time realizing they weren't Maradona.

7/31/2010 12:03:32 AM

^Like I said, I sort of hope Garden City Eagles get one good pounding by Sheperds House of War since the GCE captain (Rich) thinks SHW is a shit team. SHW is actually pretty good. I think my team will do better this year since the 3 worst players from last season aren't on the team anymore. I just wish we had elduderino yet.

7/31/2010 12:12:19 AM

1200 miles is too long to commute for rec soccer. I'll be practicing on the beach in case I ever need to make a TASL return though.

And wtf does "Garden City Eagles" mean? The only Garden City I know of is on Long Island.

[Edited on July 31, 2010 at 11:18 PM. Reason : .]

7/31/2010 11:17:24 PM

i hope the GCE get raped by all competition. and i mean that in both the most figurative and literal way possible.

7/31/2010 11:19:50 PM

Quote :

"RAPE COMP ETITION"

7/31/2010 11:23:05 PM

more like Queen's Rump Rangers

7/31/2010 11:58:54 PM

^^^Was there a conflict in Summer Heat? Oh and one of the guys who played with me that may play with them said GCE have multiple former college players including an ex-UNC gk from the early 90s. I was told they finished 3rd in coed summer heat.

[Edited on August 1, 2010 at 1:15 PM. Reason : .]

8/1/2010 1:13:32 PM

no conflict that i know of. they were just douchebags.

what league were they in in summer heat? were they GCE then too? Hibernian FC finished tied for 3rd, but 4th by tiebreaker in summer heat. we ain't scared.

i find it hard to believe they have got multiple past college players on their team (that are worth a damn) if they are still finishing 3rd in a rec league.

8/1/2010 2:17:58 PM

Has the TASL fall schedule been released yet?

8/1/2010 2:26:35 PM

i haven't looked, but i'm guessing no. they didn't release the summer heat schedules until a week or so before the season started and then only released a couple weeks at a time. it was kind of a hassle, but they sometimes have trouble finding fields for all the games.

8/1/2010 2:35:21 PM

so are you guys playing outdoor or indoor? because i see talk of both

8/1/2010 2:46:24 PM

outdoor

8/1/2010 2:49:11 PM

plz to reserve a spot on Ruckus FC for me come next season

8/1/2010 3:18:45 PM

will do. hoping at some point ruckus fc has a coed team and a mens team at the same time

8/1/2010 3:21:00 PM

i'm down for both!

8/1/2010 3:22:13 PM

amac884 playing the part of Andrea Pirlo exposed?!?

8/1/2010 3:29:14 PM

Quote :

"i haven't looked, but i'm guessing no. they didn't release the summer heat schedules until a week or so before the season started and then only released a couple weeks at a time. it was kind of a hassle, but they sometimes have trouble finding fields for all the games."

In the spring they released it all at once, so I hope they do that again. The captains meeting is Thursday August 5th, so maybe I can at least ask where everyone has their first game. Is anyone on here the captain of the Rukus FC coed team? All captains have to attend, or send a representative for the team.

8/1/2010 3:35:55 PM

Quote :

"amac884 playing the part of Andrea Pirlo exposed?!?"

i fancy myself as a balotelli type of player

8/1/2010 3:43:06 PM

^^That'd be me. I'll be there for Arts & Crafts (aka making player passes)



^ You prefer to destroy locker rooms with petulance?

[Edited on August 1, 2010 at 3:44 PM. Reason : haha]

8/1/2010 3:44:10 PM

Daniele de Amac

8/1/2010 3:44:50 PM

JT The Duck Pato

8/1/2010 3:45:19 PM

i really can't wait to play some ball...was playing a ton in cali, but not since. i need to get some new boots

8/1/2010 3:55:22 PM

these are all the rage in the Australian league right now

8/1/2010 3:56:54 PM

i like...but i am bit worried about footing

8/1/2010 4:05:02 PM

pitches around here are so shitty it wont matter

8/1/2010 8:35:02 PM

^Yeh we all might as well bring our golf shoes and sand wedge on opening day. Thomas Brooks Park has a nice soccer field...er...I mean sand trap. Now all it needs is a fairway and a green. Davis Drive and Preston Woods aren't much better

Quote :

"^^That'd be me. I'll be there for Arts & Crafts (aka making player passes)"

lol

[Edited on August 1, 2010 at 10:55 PM. Reason : .]

8/1/2010 10:54:13 PM

Quote :

"THIS IS A MASS EMAIL FROM TRIANGLE ADULT SOCCER LEAGUE Reply-to: registrar@tasl.us Team Captains, Where has the summer gone? It's almost time for our fall season to begin! Please attend the Fall 2010 Team Captains Meeting this Thursday, August 5th at 7:00pm at the Four Points by Sheraton, 7807 Leonardo Drive in Durham. Division meetings will begin at 7:00pm. The general meeting will begin at 7:30pm and should not last more than an hour. Attendance for your team is mandatory! If you cannot attend, you must send a representative. Schedules will be available at the meeting, but if you do not come then you will not have access to the schedules until Monday, August 9th. We will have a station set up for processing player cards (pasting on pictures and laminating) beginning at 6:30pm. We have already received player cards and you are welcome to come by the TASL office between noon and 5pm on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday or Friday to glue on pictures and get the passes laminated. Please note that Thursday of this week will be a busy day for the office as we prepare for the meeting. See you Thursday night!"

[Edited on August 2, 2010 at 10:40 PM. Reason : .]

8/2/2010 10:35:12 PM

Lets have a tww roll call. What TASL team are you playing for and in what division?

Men's Open C Week 1

8:00 am-Sheperds House of War vs Hibernian FC Thomas Brooks Park 2
4:00 pm-Sporting Raleigh vs Newcastle Thomas Brooks Park 2

August 28th and October 30th is Sporting vs Hibernian.

We get to play in the sand trap to start.

Men's Open C

Sheperds House of War (Africans)
FC Blizzard (new team formed out of another team from a different division)
Garden City Eagles (The hot head English guys and 5 other guys from my spring team)
Royal Pains (Back from Men's Open B)
Flying Dog (New Team)
Sporting Raleigh (The team with the most twwers in Open C)
Newcastle (Added 4 players from Men's Open A)

8/5/2010 10:35:22 PM

I'm playing in Co-ed B for TC FC and Co-ed A for PG United. I play pick-up regularly with some of the guys from one of the new teams in Men's C--I'm guessing it is Flying Dog. Should be some good players on that team.

8/5/2010 11:10:06 PM

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO RUCKUS FC!!!!!

8/5/2010 11:48:25 PM

^So there are 3 twwers on there?

8/6/2010 12:07:31 AM

Don't forget Hibernian FC in your mens C league list

8/6/2010 7:01:00 AM

Quote :

"I'm playing in Co-ed B for TC FC and Co-ed A for PG United. I play pick-up regularly with some of the guys from one of the new teams in Men's C--I'm guessing it is Flying Dog. Should be some good players on that team."

i'll see you co-ed B. We're panda deux, i think.

8/6/2010 7:41:16 AM

Okay, cool. I'm looking forward to that matchup. Should be a good game.

8/6/2010 8:40:40 AM

Apparently they moved us down to Co-ed C/D - Ruckus FC

8/6/2010 8:43:16 AM

^mofopaack said on page 1 that he is playing in Coed C. Maybe they did that to his team too.

Quote :

"Don't forget Hibernian FC in your mens C league list"

My bad, but don't worry I haven't forgotten your team. Are you the only twwer on there now, or did Jkumar923 return?

I think there are 5 from tww on my team.

8/6/2010 10:15:36 AM

^One for Sporting (if you can consider me a TWWer.)

8/6/2010 2:28:53 PM

Anyone know of a Friday night scrimmage in the area I can join tonight? Middle Creek High School has two great intramural fields open to the public if you guys want to meet there for a TWW game.

[Edited on August 6, 2010 at 3:13 PM. Reason : public]

8/6/2010 3:11:41 PM

^^Of course you are because you have a membership and post on here. Now God signed up a few hours ago for my team, so that means Sporting Raleigh has...

Big4Country
God
aaronian
harmemou
statered
ToastyMuffin



^Go to the frat fields at NC State, if you want to play in a pickup game.

[Edited on August 6, 2010 at 3:12 PM. Reason : .]

8/6/2010 3:12:02 PM

where are they exactly? what time?

8/6/2010 3:15:17 PM