From former EBOTS member Stephen Duffy,
“hey Guys, I don’t have anything to do with the wednesday game any more so I hope this is reaching the majority of folks.
Nino Borsoni ( Nino is in charge of all Alameda soccer field allocation) just called me and I want to pass on his message. Effective immediately the Wednesday game at Bay Port is over. You will have to find a new field. This is Alameda parks and rec and a permit is needed. Another team has a permit to play there and will be doing so from here on out.
I hope this reaches everyone. We are fortunate to have permission to play on Sunday and we do not want to lose or abuse this privilege.”
From Greg Dubrow
Hooray, MLS coming back to the Bay Area! You may not like that Lew Wolff is trying to take the A’s out of Oakland, but you gotta like that he’s bringing MLS back to the Bay.
Let’s get ready to rumble — again. The San Jose Earthquakes are coming back for the 2008 season of Major League Soccer, this time as a new expansion team.
According to a source with knowledge of the deal, Oakland A’s owner Lew Wolff and his ownership group will be a guest of MLS Commissioner Don Garber at Thursday’s All-Star game outside of Denver, and the official announcement will likely come at Garber’s annual state of the league press conference on Wednesday. Wolff can now exercise his option to start his expansion franchise for the ‘08 season.
While executive vice president of Earthquakes Soccer David Alioto would neither confirm or deny the deal, he said: “Should we begin activation for the 2008 season we will immediately start the search for a technical director and a head coach.”
SF Chronicle story here…
From Toby of Sunset Soccer
“Since the implementation of Title IX legislation in 1972 allowing equal opportunity for girls and women to participate in sports, there has been a significant increase in the number of females participating in competitive sports. However, the total number of injuries has also increased. Studies have shown that a female soccer player’s risk of sustaining an ACL injury is two to eight times greater than her male counterpart. Subsequent studies have shown that adding neuromuscular and proprioceptive exercises to the training regimen can reduce the number of ACL injuries by two to four fold.”
Please visit the Santa Monica Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Group website for more information on their injury prevention and performance enhancement program (PEP): http://aclprevent.com/aclprevention.htm