Next up: CBSA

Braefoot Park March 1st 8.30am

followed by the Indoor Skills and Drills 1pm-2.30pm at Oak Bay Rec Turf

Soccer Quote of the week

Arsenal midfielder Cesc Fabregas says he has become more team-focused in the last year after admitting that he used to "want to show more of his own stuff" and was guilty of playing as an individual. (bbc.co.uk/sports)

full field ahead.....

Well done Dragons!

10-0 over the "guest" u13B Silver team

2-1 over the "home" u14G Gold team

Watching the play last night there was some very nice 'crisp' foot-to-foot one touch passing plays! Well done!

Spring League

Talk with your coaches if you want to be 'part of the team'

Spring League?

The coaches are looking to put in one or maybe even two teams at Spring League this year.

Spring League is played at Hampton Turf and runs starting the last week of April for 10 weeks. At $80/player its a bargain as you get a full uniform you can keep! The focus is on the quick game and is a great way for the players to supplement their Italia training with an intense weekly hour against other players from various clubs!

let Mario know if you are interested!

BIG GAMES this Saturday on TV

set your video recorders!

Quote of the Week

"Believe you me, if that ball had gone in the net, it would have been a goal."


Willie Miller (Aberdeen Director of Football) commentating on the Dundee United-Hibs game for Radio Scotland. (www.bbc.co.uk/sport).

u12B indoor skills & drills

Marios Assessment:

Good Effort, Strong Skills, Always room to improve- come out to Dev Night!!!

a juggle here, a volley back...

looks like we have a backup keeper!
kinda like these special diadora balls!

we will replay this event March 1st 1pm-2.30pm back at OBR!

GHSA match *CANCELLED*

The morning match has been CANCELLED BY GHSA DUE TO FIELD CONDITIONS! Sorry....

http://www.ghsa.bc.ca/ for field conditions (its looking wet right now!)

Is that pitch playable?

We all know that the main LakeHill and Gordon Head fields are suffering from wear and tear right now and as a result a number of games have had to be cancelled so we thought..what about in the United Kingdom? British weather is not much better than ours and they have lots of players on their grounds especially if they are one of the many smaller clubs. Have a look at this BBC video (click here) to see how a PITCH INSPECTION is performed! of course we just need to take one look at Braefoot to know the answer at our park!

Game is a GO for Saturday

as of 7am on Saturday Feb 2nd the Gordon Head Fields are OPEN for todays Dragons game!

Back on Braefoot...

make sure every touch is a good touch.... wearing the team jackets

below..nice socks Peter!

nice to be on the Braefoot Dirt again! Well done lads!

Next round...

Of the English FA Cup will be played Feb 16th and feature the two top teams in English football! Game will likely be carried on FOX SPORTS WORLD! Should be a game worth recording!

WEEKEND OFF?

SORRY FIELDS HAVE BEEN CLOSED

BY SAANICH PARKS DUE TO FREEZING CONDITIONS

NO SAANICH OR OAK BAY GRASS FIELDS ARE OPEN FOR USE THIS WEEKEND..

TIME TO SIGN UP FOR THE TURF FIELD PROJECT! *HERE*

Games on TV this Saturday include:

Anyone able to tape the AV-Blackburn game for Robert

La Gazzetta

"Francesco, it says here that Marios' lads let in 4 goals in one game! wowa good thing we where not there to hear Mario !"

Totti: 'Thats ok the lads still scored 7 goals and I hear Mario got a nice tan in Mexico!'

Quote of the Week

When he was a boy Arsenal's Emmanuel Adebayor practiced his heading by hanging a ball from a piece of string and shortening the string every time he managed to touch it (Guardian).

Concession Coffee reopened January 19th

Thanks to Manager Rebecca and all the u12B+G volunteers!

Sign up now for your shift!

Great start to the new year lads!

Despite the first goal being scored by the opponents (glad Mario did not see that) the lads quickly turned on their motors and the cylinders starting firing...more importantly the fans witnessed some excellent playmaking! All the hard "between-season" UVIC practices where yielding great results with the score quickly reaching 4-1 within a span of under 7 minutes before the time was even 9am! What the fans saw was excellent use of width, great crisp passing and solid defensive work! Oh and did we mention the shots where well placed and on (in) target! Well done lads!

Spring Teams

We are not yet sure where Coach Pasta will land this Spring/Summer he has said he is committed to his Dragons through to the 2010/2011 season when his current contract comes up for renewal. In past seasons he has also taken on the DDC and LISA Academy development teams. We are still waiting for an announcement from LISA on who this years u12B Team Coach will be. Other Academies are also having Spring/Summer teams this year including the good folks at Brett Hyslops WORLD CUPS and also EddieM http://www.emsports.ca of EMSports! So motivated players have lots of options! Mario has indicated he plans to return to coaching the 'Braefoot Blue team' this Summer in anticipation for next years trip to Italia!

For those considering a summer tour of the mainland and possibly the Baker Blast with LISA don't forget the upcoming tryout/evaluation dates: HERE

In addition Mario or Peter may be entering a team (or two) in this years United Spring League run at Hampton Park from mid-April till the end of June!

Play for the Highlanders!

..you now have your career targets set for 2016! You can play for the newly formed Victoria (er Langford) Highlanders FC! We wish Sir AlexC lots of success with his new franchise! The Dragons will be there on opening night to cheer the team on (in 2009)!

(actually reading the press announcement indicates that the Highlanders intend to set up a Youth division similar to the SuperY programme run by LISA... could create new playing opportunities in the coming seasons so continue to work hard lads..)

Coach Pasta stays put!

Hopefully he is well rested for this weekends match vs BaysU! 8.am at Braefoot#2

greetings from Mexico...

Mario sends his greetings...

Coach Pasta in demand...

LakeHill's acting technical director narrowly missed out on the FA job when they came looking for an italian to coach Becks and co. Now he is mysteriously out of town working on his "tan" we are told... but there have been reports of Coach Pasta considering trading in his Red and White stripes for the northern rock types (no not the hampton park edition!!!!)... and if he misses out on this latest chance to coach a big club , well maybe a local rep team will come looking for his services....

we'd rather he stays with Coach Peter the Dragons and preps their phrasebook skills for Italia!

World Cups 2008 Festival

The Easter Weekend World Cups 2008 Festival registration starts January 15th... This unique festival is a player favorite as weekend teams are formed made up of players from different league teams! So we may have a situation of Matteo playing *AGAINST* Axion Jaxio! (that could be fun!) Stay tuned for details as this does fill up quickly! Keep your easter weekend free to partipate!

Festival of Football

click logo for a high speed 5 minute video

Weekend TV Soccer

Saturday's Rogers SportNet 7am game features:

ARSENAL vs BIRMINGHAM
Sunday's The Score 8am game features:

BOLTON vs BLACKBURN

Photo of the Day

This famous FC Real Madrid player is making this face because....

a) He missed a goal scoring opportunity

b) A player on the other team is protesting a decision

c) he scored a goal and likes Tottis thumb...

A: He scored a goal....

Coaches Talk

SPEECH LISTEN HERE

Quote of the week....

"I like intelligent footballers. Football has become more tactical and physical"
A.Grant
Chelsea Manager

Game tapes with Coach Peter

During the recent "Team" party Coach Peter pulled out the Super8mm films of the LakeHill u12B Gold team playing the Peninsula team and went over some of the finer points of the game ;) *the team that watches together stays together* :)

weekend footy on the tele

The English Football season is one of the few leagues that takes no 'winter break' (unlike the LISA u12B season) and so we are lucky to get some games on the TV but with Setanta having most of the choice games it is rare that we get to see all the top teams play on 'free/cable tv' but this weekend we get to once again turn on FOX SPORTS WORLD Canada to see some interesting matches! So look at the TV schedule and have your digital records ready! Chelsea-QPR Live @ 7am and ManU-Aston Villa (live at noon!!!) (Go Villians Go!) details here

[Villans lost to a strong ManU squad 0-2, if you watched this game you probably thought 'if I am on Peters defensive line I sure hope Rooney does not "nutmeg" me the way the AV defender was nutmeged'! ]

foosbal-lia

Team Italias manager is in the back 'calling the plays'

Mario has a new Tie!!!! (he can even tie it!!!!)

Team Party Photos

Does Peter know they where hanging from the rafters?
Gift exchange! Who got the 'goal scoring touch'? ;) below the Foosssssssbaaallll tourney....

looks like Italy is ahead.... but the Dutch will rally!

below: are they still hanging from the ceiling?

we return to the game...

Thanks to Coach Peter's family for the Party and to Tracy for the photos!