This past Thursday was dubbed a "woolly hat practice" by Rob Richardson, our assistant coach. Strong words from someone who grew up a few miles from the North Sea. Unless you live here in the great Midwest, you may not really get the meaning of Rob's pronouncement or how it defines soccer season hereabouts. Our season began in August with a record dry summer and temperatures over 100 for our first game. The weather has changed in fits and starts since but this day was the first cold enough to make you look for your woolly hat. Intermittent rain
in 
and spray, winds of about 30 mph with higher gusts and a temperature of 42 at the start of practice: kind of like playing in a carwash, a very cold carwash.
The first cold practices force decisions; traditionally the old match warmups are used for practices but Rob found only 10 or so. Justice in cases like this demands equality, but how ? Rob did find about 10 years worth of old keeper jerseys so we handed them out to everyone. The practice that followed can really only be appreciated by those who've been there and experienced the luxury of a hot shower after it's done---memories.
Tomorrow (Friday) we'll work on defending set pieces, have a team pizza dinner at Spanish House and go bowling. Saturday's game is a huge opportunity for us to get our place in the postseason
The first cold practices force decisions; traditionally the old match warmups are used for practices but Rob found only 10 or so. Justice in cases like this demands equality, but how ? Rob did find about 10 years worth of old keeper jerseys so we handed them out to everyone. The practice that followed can really only be appreciated by those who've been there and experienced the luxury of a hot shower after it's done---memories.
Tomorrow (Friday) we'll work on defending set pieces, have a team pizza dinner at Spanish House and go bowling. Saturday's game is a huge opportunity for us to get our place in the postseason
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