Articles by Udar Gromov

   Alex Grt picked for WHITEs and Dr. Yurik picked for DARKs  Late arrivals for DARKs were Vadim L., Damon, Stas M. and Zhenia D. Late-arrivals  (after the initial division) for WHITEs were Oleg and Andrey M.  Initially it was too cold even to speak  Later we had two semi-serious […]

   No captains today – division by chance  Short game from 10:17 all the way to 12:02  Perfect 5-on-5 game  WHITEs are proud that they did not die at the end  DARKs are proud that they revived after 11:30AM  Zhenia A. scores a first carrier header.  Then switches for DARKs, […]

   Fred and Bobby picked against Igor Sh and Zhenia V.  Low score 1:2 stayed all the way till 11:12  Super-strong and warm wind played an important role in the game  Only Kevin (1) and Zhenia D. (2) managed to score against the wind  Teams had to switch several times […]

   Cüneyt and Andres picked the teams today   Use wind,  do not fight it  Lessons learned today:  Pick runners, not whiners  Prefer regulars, ignore nice uniform  Reliable defense-man goes for two flaky attackers   Game Timeline 09:53 -0:0 – Start on large field, but perpendicular to the wind.   Wind was […]

  Zhenia A. took an early season lead with a stellar 3 wins in 3 games  Vlad U. picked both teams today Andres leads with 6 goals in 3 games  Igor Sh. played very loudly.  Several complaints were filed  How to prevent this in the future?  Where is brotherly love? […]

   Cüneyt and three more his friends picked Zhenia A., Oleg and Vadim L.  Andres started with Alex Grt and Pasha S.  Then he added Lenia Ch., Sergey K. and Lyonya G.  Andres becomes a 111-th member of the group just hours ago.  Vadim L. leads with 2 wins and […]

   Many shovels cleared more space and more green today  Alex Grt (WHITEs) and Andres (DARKs) picked the teams.  (4-on-4) Dr. Yurik arrived after teams were picked.  Dr. Yurik wend for DARKs and Lyonya G. started for for WHITEs  Vadim L. and Oleg fought for the Golden Boo with 9 […]

  We are playing on Tuesday, December 25 – counts as a Wednesday season game  WHITEs captains: C, Alp and Isa  DARKs captains:  Boris R., Max and Andrey B.  One last game of Fall 2012 season remains – tomorrow, Dec 23  It is very rare: Cüneyt leads in both Goals-per-Game […]

   Andres and Oliver picked the teams  We saw a tie two times in the game – at 1:1 and at, at 5:5  Another injury today: Misha T. is out early with knee twist and pain.  And he is going on ski vacation in a week!   Game Timeline 09:45 […]

   Captans were Cüneyt vs. Ilya L. and Kolya P.  Fantastic sunny weather  Small goals – small field  Dr. Yurik almost strangled a player in an opposing team with his own scarf  Ilya L. suggested the title for today’s game after a header that Andres scored and Lyonya G. served […]

On Sunday, December 9, 2012 after the main game ended, a smaller game (6-on-7) continued on a small field. When score was 7:1, and everybody was relaxed and happy, a stray ball hit Grisha Rom, and he fell on the ground (around 11:46). We knew right away that something is wrong, […]