Sat 08:00-NS Turf —– Sun 08:00-NS Turf

2024-08-08 TH We now have 102 members in our Saturday group, and we can barely assemble 5×5 game

2023-08-08 TU Both SAT and SUN games are both on again with plenty of players on both days.

2023-05-05 FR Our Sunday game is temporary suspended. Too many people graduated to leagues and tournaments (Sun 08:00-NS).

2022-12-31 SA We have a tradition to take a photo on December 31 after our game. It was a wonderful game with 10 on 11. The final goal was scored by the youngest Vania to make it 4:1. Wow!  Thank you and Happy new 2023:

First row: Easy, Alex Vas., Cüneyt, Arkasha, Sasha Sh., Vadim,
Vlad Sh., Igor T., Alex Grt., Dr. Yurik, Andrey, Alex F., Stas Mir.
Second row: Vania, Vlad P., Vania P., Boris M., Yura M., Sergey I., Ilya L.
Third row: Zia

2022-12-18 SU Here are our World cup winners as of 2022:

2022-10-27 TH Both groups are now trying to start earlier to be kick out by regular 10AM season-scheduled games. By in most cases we still can get one of the turf fields.

2021-09-12 MO Tuesday and Thursday games are slowly dying due to earlier sun sets and lower attendance.  But every Tuesday and Thursday there is a probability of a game an 17:45 on Warren field.

2020-10-10 SAT – COVID made us to wake up earlier. What seemed to be impossible – just happened overnight, and now we are playing at 8AM on Saturdays. Amazing!  That was a quite revolution.

2019-08-17 SAT – Newton South – What a day to be playing! Game started 5:1 for DARKs (Yura D.)  Then Stas M. left early and Easy switched to WHITES (Boris M.).  In the next 15 minutes score changed to  6:5  for Darks.  Easy scored 3 goals.  Pretty impressive!

2019-04-01 MO – Link to WhatsApp

2019-02-23 SA – New Schedule for the masses ==> South- South

2018-05-05 SA – Statistics is suspended for this season

2018-03-31 SA – We are moving to Brown Grass off Parker St.

2018-03-18 SU – for Sundays we have to switch to Daly Field ( 10 Nonantum Rd, Brighton, MA 02135 )

2018–03-11 SU – Jump one hour forward today


2018-02-20 TU – our friend and father of two – Zhenya Druker – died after fast progressing illness. He was 38. Next game is for you brother.

In memory of Zhenya Druker

2018–01-13 SA – Warm Spell + 10°C Snow is melting

2018-01-04 – No Games due to heavy Snow – Check our Season Winners

2018-01-01  – Sat, Sun *South Turf* 09:15 + Plus Mon, 01-01 game – Happy New Year!! 00:00

2017-12-31 SU

2017-12-31 SU 01 Alex Grt 02 Zhenia I. 03 Lyonya G. 04 Senia 05 Stas M. 06 Sergey I. 07 Zhenia T. 08 Yura D.

2017-12-25 MO – 1 Alex, 2 Dr. Yurik, 3 Serezha, 4 Vlad R.,  5 Zhenia I.

Sat, Sun *South Turf* 09:15 – Light Freezing rain – Be careful!

2017-12-23 SA – Light Freezing rain – Be careful!

2017-12-03 SU Please respect each other – Stop rudeness on the field!

Together let’s stomp the throat of rudeness and obnoxious behavior.

2017-11-12 SU Next statistical game – Sun, November 26

2017-10-15 SU Next statistical game – October 28 / 29

2017-09-10 SU Moving Sunday games to Brown

2017-07-30 SU We are back to WARREN both SAT and SUN

2017-07-16 SU We will play Sundays games on Brown

2017-04-23 SU We are moving to Warren

2017-01-29 SU – There will be no statistics till Sunday, January 29.

2017-01-02 MO – New Year holiday Bonus Game (unofficial)
2016-12-30 FR This is how we looked exactly 10 years ago – 2006-12-31 – Newton Brown field (see picture below)
2016-12-26 MO – Christmas Special game
2016-11-27 SU – From now on – only SAT and SUN games at Brown.  Unfortunately lights are out on WED
2016-11-24 TH –  Thanksgiving – BROWN


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Newtotn South After III - 2016-12-31 SAT

2006-12-31

2016-12-31

2016-11-09 WED Stas M. found a lighted field on the border of Newton and Brighton
2016-09-10 SAT we moved to BROWN – they jut installed new nets
2016-08-17 Continue on Warren despite terrible grass conditions
2016-06-25 – We moved back to WARREN
2016-June – We will play next several Saturdays on Brown

Here are our CHAMPIONS for previous 24 seasons:

Season Year Session Weekend Wednesday
27 2017 3 Fall Dr. Yurik
Kolya P.
Vladis Sh.
N/A
26 2017 2 Summer Arkasha B.
Dr. Yurik
N/A
25 2017 1 Spring Ilya B. N/A
24 2016 3 Fall Cüneyt
Boris M.
Dr. Yurik
Arkasha B.
N/A
23 2016 2 Summer Dima K.
Dr. Yurik
Yura M.
N/A
22 2016 1 Spring Zhenia T.
Sergey K.
N/A
21 2015 3 Fall Ruslan N/A
20 2015 2 Summer Alex Grt N/A
19 2015 1 Spring Zhenia T.
Alex Grt
N/A
18 2014 3 Fall Alex Grt N/A
17 2014 2 Summer Alex Grt N/A
16 2014 1 Spring Alex Grt N/A
15 2013 3 Fall Lenia Ch. N/A
14 2013 2 Summer Cüneyt N/A
13 2013 1 Spring Zhenia A. N/A
12 2012 3 Fall Alex Grt Vlad 2
Yura D.
Victor
11 2012 2 Summer Alex Grt
Damon
Yura A.
10 2012 1 Spring Kolya P.
Zhenia A.
Sergey K.
Denis G.
9 2011 3 Fall Alex Grt N/A
8 2011 2 Summer Misha P. Alex Grt
7 2011 1 Spring Dr. Yurik N/A
6 2010 3 Fall Vladis Sh.
Max
Ilya L.
5 2010 2 Summer Stas M. Erick
4 2010 1 Spring Arnaud Alex Grt
3 2009 3 Fall Dr. Yurik Boris R.
Vlad T.
Vadim L.
2 2009 2 Summer Ilya L.
Matt
Boris R.
Kevin
1 2009 1 Spring Vadim L. Max

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Memorial Day weekend:
2016-05-30 MON – WARREN
2016-05-29 SUN – WARREN
2016-05-28 SAT – BROWN
2016-05-22 SUN – WARREN
2016-05-21 SAT – We will play on BROWN this one time
2016-05-01 SUNDAY – Should we stay or should we go?
2016-03-27 SUNDAY – first game at WARREN
2016-03-26 SATURDAY – Plan to play an early 09:00 or late game 09:45
2016-03-16 – WEDNESDAY – first mid-week game
2016-01-01 – FRIDAY – We played at 10:00 on January 01, 2016
2015-12-25 FRIDAY      –  Newton South turf
2015-12-20 SUNDAY     –   First time on at Newton South turf
2015-12-19 SATURDAY – we played last time at  Warren
2015-11-26 Thursday 09:15 – Thanksgiving Day Football – all as usual

2015 – Fall Season is currently underway Newton Filed Status - 2015-04-14 TUE

All fields in Newton are open as of today, 2015-04-14 TUE:

 13  Sunday, April 19  Brown grass
 12  09:15 Saturday, April 18   South turf
 11  09:15 Sunday, April 12  Brown – Let’s try grass ?
10 09:15 Saturday, April 11 Brown/South turf
 09  09:15 Sunday, April 5  Brown/South turf
08 09:15 Saturday, April 4 Brown/South turf – About to be kicked out
07 03-29 SUN 09:15 Snow is gone.  Weather is excellent. Expect too many people!
06  03-28 SAT – 09:15 Season was re-stared – 15 people showed up
09:15 Saturday, March 28  – Old snow is out / New snow is in
N/A  03-22 SUN  09:30  The surface of the snow was very strong on Sunday, and it was a miss that we did not attempt to play earlier.  Good call – Zhenia T.!
Hard-Snow-on-Sunday Skyline is under the snow
This is Newton South on Sunday, March 22 This is Brookline field on March 07, 2015

Build-the-field-and-they-will-come

Brown / Newton South 09:19

Previous Games:

05 Jan 18 SUN
04 Jan 17 SAT
03 Jan 11 SUN
02 Jan 10 SAT
01 Jan 3 SAT
Brown / Newton South SAT/SUN-09:15

 2014

On August 20, 2014 we switched to Newton South / Brown.

Here are previous 20 World Cup Winners:

World Cup Winners Dr Yurik and Vadim L 2014-10-04 SA Brown

Lesha-K

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Veterans
Memorial
Athletic
Complex
***

Here is our busy schedule:
Saturday – 09:15 – VMAC
Sunday – 09:15 – VMAC

Fall 2013 Season officially started on September 1, and will continue till December 31,2013.

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Note: there are no statistics during long weekends.

If you play regularly (3 times in any given month) you qualify to become a Yahoo! group member, where notification are sent regarding last minute schedules changes, venues, directions and cancelations.

Last two winters blessed us with very low snow levels.  We were able to play all winter long.   In Winter month we play at this field:

VMAC-2014-02-08-SAT-II*** V M A C ***

VETERANS MEMORIAL ATHLETIC FIELD COMPLEX
It is located near Bentley College at 385 Forest Street in Waltham.
Main parking lot is closed.
Park behind the tennis courts and cross over to 3 fields complex behind a one-story building.
Use GPS for better results.


 Archive Materials

*** Our Seasons ***

We have 3 seasons in a year:

Spring Season: Jan – April
Summer Season: May – August
Autumn Season: Sep – December


Read about our history of PERMITS here.


What about Skyline?

We will use Skyline, when snow piles high.

Snow melts mush faster at Skyline, due to a “compost” effect from the garbage bellow.

Many people already know the location.

It is sometimes very windy on a hill.

Thesre are goals of 2 sizes – full size and medium size.

We were kicked out of there several times in November and March.

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**** VMAC ****

It has small goals that is a must during low attendance winter months.

Park is built and dedicated in 2005.

Fields are phased in over the years.

Lines are crisp.

Many people already played there and love the field:
Oleg, Vadim L. and Nelson to name a few.

It has 3 full-size artificial fields with lines.

It also has 2 junior-size artificial fields with lines – simply amazing!

It means, if one field is taken, we always can play on other fields. That is a very important argument.

Complex has 3 different goal sizes (including Handball size)
Once again: It is important to have smaller goals, when attendance is low.

Our people were never kicked out of there.

Parking next to the fields is closed, but there is a plentiful parking about 75 yards away.

This weekend – No Statistics!


Research by Lyonya G:

Guys,
I’ve done a little research, called Brookline, Newton, Waltham and Boston (for West Roxbury)
Departments of Parks and Recreation. Mostly bad, some good news.
Here’s what I’ve found out
Millennium Park, off Rt 1 in W. Roxbury was considered in previous years, and its actually a decent option … for winter time.
Except it’s on high grounds and it is always windy there. However right around this time of the year the fields get filled up there. I didn’t get a call back from Boston’s parks/rec permits dept, but the greeting on their line says that permit deadline passed and one can apply at the end of the summer for the fall, etc.
Maybe Cuneyt can still check out what’s the story there – maybe ask people who walk dogs in the morning (always a good source) whether all fields have been full.
Skyline and Brown:
Starting this coming weekend it is the beginning of the season for permit holders, both Saturday and Sunday are booked 10 am to 7 pm by several school and league teams. This applies to synthetic fields at Skyline and Brown.
Brown’s grass fields are off limits for another 1-2 weeks depending on turf conditions and police monitors those fields.
Waltham VMAC complex. The synthetic fields are booked starting Feb 1 according to them, and have not been used so far by permit holders because of the snow. They will start official play this weekend, both days are booked, till 5:30 pm. They have some times on weekend available, @ $50/hr for the field, and evenings only.
HOWEVER .. the good news out of all this – the 2 grass fields that are abating the parking lot at VMAC belong to Gain Academy,
not Waltham town. They are always empty, anyone can play there and they have goals (although only large ones).
More data would be good to have for the future – if some of you guys or people you know who live nearby all these fields,
it’d be good to check what’s happening in the mornings on weekend anyway. (Maybe some permit holders don’t use it and parks/rec depts have outdated info).
But I think Waltham is our best shot for now.
Incidentally all these fields are available in July and August, while schools are off, so for next couple/few weeks
we need to be patient, let Warren field turf reestablish itself.
Lyonya G.

Tu, We ,Th 17:30 Sa Su 09:15 Warren – We are back at Warren

SAT, SUN  09:00 – Warren + WED 17:15


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  2. Impossible to please everyone – some people will just never be happy, no matter the arrangements. Here’re some of my points/suggestions:

    1. It’s Great to have someone like Alex to coordinate, report, etc., and for many years at that;
    2. Seems like there are no alternative fields for Weds as Vlad U wrote previously – practices on Weds on all fields, thus Dr Yurik suggestion that most seem to agree to for today;
    (plus Tues and Thurs are too close to Sat and Sun, so Weds is best midweek day for weekend players to have time to recover, etc.);
    3. I am sure there are other fields we can use, likely outside of Newton or Brookline, maybe we should consider;
    4. For overcrowding: it may sound crazy, but what about definitive, say day or 2 in advance, on-line confirmations/reservations for games.
    (First come/first served system? Whoever comes w/out reservation will be left to organize a parallel game. Whoever reserves, but doesn’t come is penalized and
    put at the end of the line when appear next time). Just a thought.

    It’s great that our games became so popular on one hand, but many of us are unhappy that it creates logistical headaches, delays – so let’s think ‘outside of the box’.

  3. Alex, we love you all, but sometimes your English sounds funny. In addition to the now famous “gifted horse” ( darenomu konyu …), you just added “Can’t wait to score!”. In modern US English this type of the phrase is usually referred to a desperate man who has not have sex with the woman for a long time and going to the place where he can easily find someone tonight for that purpose only. Since you are happily married I hope this is not your issue….

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