EBOTS Soccer

Welcome to East Bay Over Thirty Soccer, a coed adult recreational soccer league for men over 30 and women over 21. We are a league that prioritizes fun over competition.

Sorry sports fans but Brendan has confirmed that due to the rain, the Mills Colllege field is closed this weekend.

As of 9:00am this morning, the fields are closed due to the rain.

Two things to note. There are now contact email addresses for all board members located on the EBOTS Board page. The * in each email address will need to be changed to an @ sign in order to work.

Also, some members have mentioned that they have had issues with the Google Calendar which has the dates and times for the upcoming games. Someone mentioned that you may want to erase your browser’s cache and if you are still getting the wrong times, please get a hold of Chris Jara and let him know what issues you are having.

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 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

Susan has lined up Toby Rappolt to do 3 two-hour coaching sessions for us on Tuesdays at Oakland Tech on June 26, July 3 and July 17^th. He will cover one skill theme at each session, including: Passing, Dribbling and Defending. Tony runs a great soccer store in San Francisco which carries a large selection of gear.

Contact info:
Sunset Soccer Supply
3401 Irving St
San Francisco, CA 94122
Telephone: 866-447-9000

For those of you who are keeping track of our league via the website or RSS feed, the next season’s rosters have been posted on the members page.

Susan has come up with a flyer to help reqruit more ladies to the league. You can download it here:

EBOTS Recruitment Flyer

Last week we started playing with some new soccer balls which Kevin sourced from Fair Trade Sports. FTS works to guarantee that the people making their products are paid a living wage and don’t exploit child labor. You can check out more about them and order by clicking the banner below.