Week # 11
The Weekly Spurs Report
Upcoming Competitions:
This weekend we will be hosting the first Kids-n-Coins Festival presented by First Bank & Trust. Thank you to our sponsors and many volunteers for making these events possible. We will be hosting 23 u9 and u10 teams over the weekend. The Spurs have 6 teams competing in the event.
We are still looking for volunteers for the weekend, you can find the signups here. We NEED these spots filled, please consider volunteering!
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0F49ADAE28A31-kids
https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/30e0d4eaead2fa7f94-concessions
SoDak Spurs Food Drive:
Congratulations to the 2012 Boys on winning the SoDak Spurs Food Drive for the Brookings Food Pantry!
We collected over 800 total items for the Food Pantry, good work Spurs!
Open Registrations:
Registration for Spring Grassroots, Madison Grassroots, and Dell Rapids Grassroots are all open!
https://www.sodakspurs.com/grassroots-spring-2023
https://www.sodakspurs.com/sodak-spurs-madison
https://www.sodakspurs.com/sodak-spurs-dell-rapids
This Week in Soccer:
The Premier League is on this weekend! Notable games are:
Arsenal vs. Aston Villa - Saturday, 6:30am on USA
Manchester City vs. Nottingham Forest - Saturday, 9:00am on Peacock
Liverpool vs. Newcastle - Saturday, 11:30am on NBC
Manchester United vs. Leicester City - Sunday, 8:00am on USA
Champions League Matches:
Liverpool vs. Real Madrid - Tuesday, 2:00pm on CBS and Paramount+
Frankfurt vs. Napoli - Tuesday, 2:00pm on Paramount+
RB Leipzig vs. Manchester City - Wednesday, 2:00pm on CBS and Paramount+
Inter Milan vs. FC Porto - Wednesday, 2:00pm on Paramount+
Europa League Matches:
Monaco vs. Leverkusen - Thursday, 11:45am on Paramount+
Manchester United vs. Barcelona - Thursday, 2:00pm on Paramount+
She Believes Cup 2023: All matches are on HBO Max and Peacock
United States vs. Japan - Sunday, 2:30pm
Brazil vs. Canada - Sunday, 5:30pm
Canada vs. Japan - Wednesday, 3:00pm
United States vs. Brazil - Wednesday, 6:00pm
Soccer Lingo - written by Jake Weber
For the article this week I thought it would be a fun idea to go over some of the terms used in soccer that casual or new fans might not understand. So this article will be formatted as a list of different terms and lingos used over in Europe and around the world when talking about the beautiful game. On the left will be the soccer terms and, on the right, will be an similar word or phrase
• Pitch = Field
• Boots = Cleats
• Kit = Uniform/Jersey
• Leg = A game in a series. For example, Champion’s league knockout rounds are decided across two games, or legs.
• Gaffer = Coach
• Brace = When a player scores two goals in a game
• Clean Sheet = Shut out
• Nutmeg = A ball played between a player’s legs
• Cap = An appearance for the national team
• Draw = Tie
• Goalazzo = An incredible goal
• Added Time = Time added to the end of a half to make up for time during the 45 minutes that the ball was not in play
• Mark/Mark Up = Guarding a player
• Set Piece = A dead ball play i.e., a corner kick or free kick
• Through ball = A ball played in behind the defense in the path of a teammate