2022 Fall Finale recap: Saturday, November 19

By | November 11, 2022
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2022 Fall Finale quick links:

Recap:

We finished our fall 2022 season in style, enjoying a custom cookie cake after playing a 5-team intra-Academy round robin tournament.

Competition was fierce, with every team having at least one win and one loss. The Yellow Whales and Soccer Stars teams tied for first place with 3 wins, no ties and 1 loss each. The first tie-breaker was head-to-head result. The Yellow Whales prevailed against the Soccer Stars in their game and won the right to be in the center of the Fall Finale group photos, where they unveiled the cookie cake and gave our mascots LiCec and SisCec a photo op before they start their winter hibernation.

Thank yous:

We have lots of thank-yous to go around:

  • We thank all of the girls for their effort and enthusiasm, and we recognize how much they have improved since we started our season back in August!
  • We thank the parents for their enthusiastic and positive support both today and throughout the season.
  • We thank Mother Nature for giving us more sun and less wind than we faced Thursday. It was chilly but playable.
  • We thank the team captains for organizing their teams and helping keep us on schedule.
  • We thank Robin and Sam for taking charge of the cookie cake cutting and serving. We hope the girls were acting like civilized hyenas as they waited for their treats (and saved any uncivilized hyena behavior for the “wrist girl” dribbling game).
  • A special thanks to a Publix bakery staffer who rescued our cookie cake order after a pickup date mistake.

Fall Finale photos and videos:

What happens next?

We start our 2022-2023 winter break Sunday, November 20. Check the link for more info.

Game Day 2022-11-19: 2022 Fall Finale

Location:Metro North Park Tops
Uniform:
Warmup:11:30 AM
Kickoff:11:45 AM
Wrap-up:2:00 PM
vs:intra-Academy
Players:Our full Junior Academy player pool. We'll make rosters after warm-up.

Game rules:

  • 5v5 format with small goals (4-feet high, 6 feet wide) and goalkeepers.
  • Each game starts with a Texas Draw.
  • Restart after a goal:  goal kick.
  • Goal kicks:  dead ball kick. Opposing team players drop back into their own half of the field. If a player wants to do a quick restart before the other players have retreated, she can do so.
  • Corner kicks:  dead ball kick.
  • Dead ball kick restarts:  defending players retreat 5 yards from the ball.
  • Sideline restarts:  throw-in.
  • Restart timer: Players are on a 3-second clock for restarts (throw-ins and dead ball kicks).
  • We won’t use the “Whack it, track it” rule.