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My team added this dude from Germany recently and the gulf in class is absolutely insane. Not that we're good or anything, but you can see he's barely putting any effort in. It's an absolute pleasure to play with this dude, he sits in the midfield just pulling strings, he's two-footed, and super un-selfish. He put a ball on my foot, in-stride, from 25 yards for a goal last night and it was friggin great. Oh and he said he played a youth match against Thomas Muller once, which is cool and good.
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Outdoor pickup season has finally begun in the Northeast, my local park had one field closed all of last year, so now there's plenty of space on Saturday mornings to play. We play one-touch goals on small pop-up nets, yet some nerds feel it necessary to sit in the goal like it's loving hockey Oh well, at least it's not gonna snow again this year.
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Geno posted:Playing indoor last night, took a shot straight to my wrist. Hurt like hell but was able to finish the game and another due to the adrenaline. Yeah, I jammed my wrist in the free kick wall a few weeks ag- 
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I actually got 3 past him, just had to keep passing across him, but I agree. People at this park are pretty amenable to suggestions
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Thread: What's the best ball you've ever played with?
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eBay?
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Shrapnig posted:eBay is very hit or miss. Last year's balls are generally not that cheap but if you go another year back you may get an insane discount. Spell a word wrong. Too bad that 20% off coupon from today is expired and I already used it
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drat dude, sorry to hear that. You're like TRP's very own Abou Diaby. Just wasn't meant to be, I guess. Keep posting the photos, they were good stuff.
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I've got a double-header tonight, 6 then 730. Needless to say we're bringing in every one of our subs.
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Sep 20, 2018 20:39
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Ugh, my match this week is at 11pm. Just loving close the batting cages and open a third field, or just book less teams you greedy pricks, it's a Thursday night league ffs
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I'm in a Tuesday and Thursday league now, one on a large, borderless indoor field, which is a nice change of pace. Stuck my leg out to shield the ball last night and took a clearance kick to the side of my shin, had a nice knot in it all day. I understand why all these pros get deep tissue massages constantly. Felt like if I just had a dang masseuse they could work it out. Instead, I limped.
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Breath Ray posted:I read somewhere that massage has no proven beenfit in recovery but players like it so keep getting them anyway You're thinking of the Drip Doctors
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Have you brought it up? If you make sure they're all stretched early and get right into it, you could probably get a few minutes in before a game. I have the same issue with a couple teammates, they have solid footwork but they dabble on the ball and drag it back too much instead of just moving it
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We had this kid on my Tuesday team that was a dick about subbing. One match he was on for like two full shifts (we aren't formal, but I subbed off, on, and off again before he subbed) so when I was coming off I told him to take a break and he told me to gently caress off lol He clearly had ability, but insisted on picking up the ball from defense and attempting to dribble through everyone, losing it, then getting mad. Also yelled when people didn't pass to him. Fortunately he's not playing with us this session. But I wonder what it's like being that selfish
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Jan 24, 2019 21:15
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Bogan Krkic posted:If you're getting overrun and conceding sloppy goals, get two lads to just sit back and defend Simple, correct, and seemingly impossible to get through to some people. Esp if you're down a few goals in the second half of the second half. People just start drifting up to chase a goal to salvage their week
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Jan 26, 2019 14:50
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Finally got onto a Sunday league team, 8v8 boardless, now I'm playing S/T/Th, loving hell yes incoming injuries
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Jan 28, 2019 23:54
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Played a boardless double-header tonight, scored a nice goal in traffic then blasted a penalty, Ander Herrera style. Can't wait to sail the next 3 into row Z, because I am now a disciple of that school
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My Tuesday 9v9 league team added a Serbian centerback and it's the best thing ever. Dude is a maniac, flies all over the field and essentially defends the center by himself. It rules
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Feb 20, 2019 22:14
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Our opponents last night wore custom Blue Lives Matter shirts
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Mar 13, 2019 13:34
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Had probably my best shooting night in the last 6 months and the opposing keeper saved 4, one hit the crossbar from distance, another hit the post. At least the first shot went in and we won
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Ripped a ball into the top corner from about 12 yards out on the half-volley and it took the slightest deflection, dipping like crazy. I basked in the adulation for a second, but quickly ratted myself out. Team is on a roll this season, 4-0, 40 goals, 8 conceded, and 5 were tonight, three in the last 3 minutes when it was out of reach. We've been mid-to-lower-mid for the year and a half we've been playing, but made some great additions after some people quit, and now we're more balanced. Feels good
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Apr 26, 2019 01:44
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I went to buy a new skill ball tonight, and Nike is the only one that stands up to a month or two of a German Shepherd. Get to the counter, they tell me they're not allowed to sell them yet, this particular ball is for the Womens World Cup and they can't break street date. It's white and says Team USA I had to get a Neymar branded ball instead 
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May 8, 2019 01:17
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habeasdorkus posted:That ball is going to crumple at the first touch from your dog. Solid joke aside, those Nike balls are surprisingly resilient 
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Finally scored my first volley. 8 yards out from the right side, a teammate deflected a clearance high in the air from about 15 yards out on the left side, and it had so much spin all I had to do was guide it along. Rocketed into the top corner, 
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May 26, 2019 20:42
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Finally won the league, feels good. We haven't made playoffs in our 18-month existence, but we finally put together a cohesive squad with balance. Oh and our fat Serbian striker who doesn't track back is on vacation. Which was perfect because the two teams we faced were the youngest and fastest among the four teams in the semis
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Jun 7, 2019 04:29
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Our team wears blue and one guy had navy blue and the ref wouldn't let him play, despite the other team wearing white. So one guy on our team points out that they have someone in grey and the ref stopped the game until both found a shirt. Neither team had subs. They tried this monotone color rule like 6 months ago and failed, it's utterly asinine
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Jul 18, 2019 01:58
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highme posted:Condolences, our last futsal keeper was 2 or 3 sessions behind on fees and then just completely ghosted us. We've got a setup where fees are paid in advance by TAFC* to make it easier on managers, then all the players will pay back the org. Normally it's a pretty good setup and everybody pays their fees by the end of the session, however my friend who's manages this team has to say "I have no loving clue where he & his money went" on a weekly basis.  They sell em at most sporting goods stores, like 13 bucks but my dog loves em, I go through like 2 a month in the summer, 1 the rest of the year, usually
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I took a Mata-esque first touch on a long ball, on the run from over my head last night. Then I turned to pass to a teammate a couple yards away, except I'm a self-trained moron so I misplaced it directly to the opponent a yard to his left. Still won 13-4, so gently caress it. But yeah, me in a nutshell.
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New league starts in September and we're getting new turf, which is exciting
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I'm playing an outdoor league game tomorrow. hosed my ankle up pretty badly back in November, then covid went wild. Been doing the normal thing with the dog, getting a lot of reps in, but my fitness is trash. Decided to treat my drat self, and these were half-off. The benefit of wearing 13s, they just sit around the local store forever then go on clearance   They're pretty nice so far, tough to tell though, my backyard is fairly soft today. I've never bought kangaroo leather before, but for a hundred bucks, I felt fine. I had missed out on two sessions of indoor league that were $160, so really I saved money
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Fun thing about indoor leagues in America: If he looks like he plays American football, he's going to play like it's American football
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It rocks, I was out from November of 2019 to August 2020 with an ankle injury and it felt so good to get back into things
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