Articles by Udar Gromov

Headlines of the Day: Matt and Kevin played in separate teams We did not wait to be kicked out. We kick our-self out  Lyonya and Alex – 2 crucial mistakes on the Goal Huge goals seemed appropriate for the field size  Sasha scores from an impossible angle! Victor picks another […]

We did it. We started at 17:12.  At 17:22 it was 5on 5 and we moved on a bigger goals. When  Ilya L. showed up at17:28 and Mike R. at 17:37 we had 7 on 7 teams. Sunset naturally occurred at that exact time. At 18:06 it was so early […]

Tomorrow’s game is in real danger now.  Look at the terrible weather that synoptics are forecasting for this evening and  Sunday morning. Who said that November is a dull time.  It could be the best time of the year, if you at the right place at the right time. As it […]

We played  2 hours and 10 minutes from 09:31 to 11:41. Teams divided by a very fair 2-Capitans principle.  Vlad U. and Zhenia V. took the captain’s role today. At 09:35 Vlad U. goal from corner from Grisha Rom. was not counted. Let’s say that first half of the game […]

We picked teams by method of simple division, just like cells.  Two captains – Yakov and Lyonya G. picked teams one chromosome after another.  Together with late arrivals, our total count was 13 DARKs on 12 WHITEs. We started at 09:41 on a large orange-neted goals.  By 10:00 it was […]

Who knew that a lonely call on Yahoo! message board from Lyonya G. could draw an “11-people response”.  And we did  it –  we had a wonderful game. People from Soviet Union, Barbados and Albania met in a friendly soccer game near Boston, but just a short 20 years ago […]

First praise goes to the miss Weather.  What a treat!  Sunny and warm.  And no bugs.  Remember greatest Pushkin words comparing Summer and Autumn.  Anyway – great work, Miss Weather. Second praise goes to our wonderful people, who organized a fair team picking with 2 patriarchs: Yakov and Yura D.  […]

We might need to find a better way to divide.  Over and over again this issue comes up.  Uneven team makes one team red with shame, and the other team hopeless and indignant.  What are the alternatives?  Should we pick captains again? DARKs this time had all the stars lined […]

09:35 Game started 10 on 10 with very strong teams on both sides.   WHITEs had Vova M., and Georgi, and Ruslan.  DARKs had Nelson, and Lesha Zh, and Danis, and Zhenia V. 09:35 Few seconds into the game – Goal from Zhenia V. – powerful shot – 0:1 for DARKs. […]

09:40 Started on Green field next to baseball without lines.  We had a wonderful 10 on 10. 09:43 Cüneyt serves a corner and Igor Gr. slightly touches ball into the net – 1:0 10:01 Georgi scores after a corner. Who served the corner? Ruslan? DARKs tie 1:1 10:13 Max navigated […]