Frostbite Cup 2010.
March 10th, 2010Week 17
March 8th, 2010By Jonas Edvinsson.
Week 16
March 3rd, 2010Division B
No excuses here, just facts. Moldova is quite a dirty team. “Nonchalant” as Ian said. Is it a a good quality to have? You know, pushing, shoving, punching, kicking, clipping… and getting away with it. It’s worked for Moldova throughout the season, so why should they change the way they play?
Frostbite Cup was fun, and exhausting, but as it says in the first paragraph, no excuses here just facts.
The RFC hit the pitch with only one thing in mind, to win. Moldova is an organized squad, with tough ball control and gutsy defending. Angelo admits the first goal they scored was his fault, since he left his man unmarked with plenty of time to shoot. Moldova hit a rocket left footed shot past Rodrigo. Until that moment of the first half, the game was even, as both teams had chances to score.
The Ringleaders didn’t give up. As said before kick off, the priority was for the defensive line to support the midfield and close the gap between the center. Dan, Jonas, Patterson and Ian touched many balls, creating opportunities for Danny upfront. Moldova’s defense had their hands full.
Moldova scored a scrappy 2nd goal. Once again, RFC was in trouble, 0-2.
Ian was outstanding today, as he was at Louis-Cyr during yesterday’s Frostbite Cup. Just three minutes before half time, Ian’s hard headed work ethic brought us closer to our objective, as he gracefully beat his defender and nailed the right side of the goal and past the Moldavian Keeper, just outside the box.
We had visions of victory during the half time break. A good speech by our MUCH missed Dr. Football and the plan was clear; let’s win this match.
Oh but wait, there’s a fella with a yellow jersey and a rusted whistle we forgot to mention… Mr. Referee.
Moldova had two major actions without heavy sanctions. During the first half, a player brought down Patterson and also punched him as he fell on top of him. The Moldovan then faked an ankle injury in order to prevent a booking. He only got a yellow, when it was clearly a red card.
Another incident that could of helped the RFC was a hand ball goal scored by Moldova. The player INTENTIONALLY scored with his hand, which was clearly a red card. The referee let it slip again.
Once again TOTAL CAMPO, if you’re reading this, our chances to make the playoffs are getting slimmer by the week. All we ask for is a chance for fair play. That’s all.
With the score line still at 2-1 in favor of Moldova, the RFC kept hitting hard; both Jonas and Danny hit the post. Dan also missed a great opportunity, breaking loose from his marker, as he hit the ball just over the crossbar.
Fatigue showed up however…
The match ended at 4-1. A final score we didn’t deserve, because we played good football. A notable mention here for Arcadio as he fought hard in the back. The squad is glad to see him on the pitch since he returned from a long halt serving a suspension. Laurent as well, he’s been solid for over 3 weeks now. Keep it up boys.
(Rodrigo, Nick, Bobby, Arcadio, Angelo, Laurent, Dan, Jonas, Patterson, Ian and Danny were Ringleaders today)
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By Jeremy Bresnen.
Moldova 4-1 RFC 2 (Ian)
Frostbite Cup 2010 plus Art Show curated by Dr. Football
February 24th, 2010At last, at Parc Louis Cyr on Saturday, March 6th 2010. Kick off at 1pm. Extra love to New Balance, and Jeremy Wirth for the Match Programme.
The Snow Bunting is a little bird of the northern hemisphere, an arctic specialist to be precise. I fell on it during a research. I’ve never seen one since it lives on high mountain tops of the arctic region, including Scotland and Alaska-Yukon.
Being Canadian, this passerine bird is also called “Snowflake”. I found the name quite representative of our logo. My second point, the picture I found was impressive. I felt this bird was humble, yet grumpy, and willing to fight for it’s survival.
If you know me, then you know I have an obsessive and addictive personality. That being said, you’ll be seeing more and more of the “Snowflake”.
Angelo D.
Art Show curated by Dr. Football: a dedication to Vicente Feola @ 8pm Off The Hook Gallery
The Ringleaders are under serious observation by Thanasi Destounis. The so called “Dr. Football” is constantly analyzing both physical and mental progress of the members of our club.
After a long and extensive research, much value was found within the story of Vicente Feola, the head coach of the Brazil 1958 World Cup Champions.
In a few words, Feola was the first to bring dietitians, massage therapists and psychologists to the world of football, before the British or even the Germans ever thought of such a scenario. The Brazilians ran tests on their players, by making them draw out their inner emotions on a piece of paper, while awaiting the grand tournament. Wonder what Pele, at the tender age of 17, might of drawn out? Man!
Funny? Yup, homeboy had a beer belly. Rest assured he knew the game of football like the back of his hand. Dude changed the game forever.
Please observe as the Brazil team of 1958 poses with their massage therapist Americo. The look on his face says it all. Homeboy is dead serious. The rest of the team seems so cool about it. Epic revolution.
Week 15
February 23rd, 2010Division B
After a week break, our beloved Ringleaders had a tough match up against Division B 3rd place team Atlas Lions. It’s the second time both clubs face each other this season. It’s always good football.
RFC 2 had good rhythm, executing the ball from the defensive line, all through the midfield. Danny had 2 men on him at all time, so it was difficult to get to him.
We lost focus for half a minute, which gave Atlas Lions the lead of 1-0 at half time.
The Ringleaders came out strong in the 2nd half, but with little luck; Danny hit a post, Jonas as well. Again, by trying to pressure the attack, two deadly mistakes in defense brought us down to 3-0.
A solid ball from Angelo way back targeted to Danny’s foot brought our hopes up, but with little time left, the match ended 3-1 for Atlas Lions.
Division C
Fatigue is a reality, but not in this case. With many RFCers playing both matches today, they gave it all they had, displaying a beautiful effort and a great representation of football.
Naz was definitely on his heels, as he gave good passes to his midfielders, and also scored his very first goal for The Ringleaders.
Nyala had revenge on their mind, since we beat them earlier on this season. They scored 3 straight goals, to make it 3-1 in their favor at half time.
Late comer Bart came out roaring in the 2nd half, helping Max score 2 goals in less than 5 minutes. Dan had assisted on the plays. We had hope of winning this match.
But… wait a minute here. If you remember the disastrous match versus FC Alianza last December, then you remember that awful referee. We had him again. He cost us the match, and maybe our playoff chances as well.
If anyone at Total Campo is reading this, please hear us out. The referee (don’t know his name, and don’t want to either) let ten handballs go loose, which one of them cost us a goal. He also let a ridiculous confusing situation of a throw in end up as Nyala’s 4th goal, which made us lose the game. Even Nyala players couldn’t believe it was a goal. We respect and support your organization, but for the love of the game, please get rid of this awful referee.
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By Angelo. Old video game add from a 1986 El Grafico issue, thanks Pesci. And thanks for the help Vince.
Atlas Lions 3-1 RFC 2 (Danny)
RFC 3-4 Nyala (Naz, Max(2))
The Swedish Model…
February 23rd, 2010Ringleader and powerhouse midfield Jonas Edvisson on the new Bruxe Fall 2010 catalogue. Jonas will also Dj at the Frostbite Cup art show. More info on that real soon… any minute now!
View Bruxe catalogue here.
photo by Vincent Tsang
Stay healthy playing football
February 23rd, 2010Every Wednesday The Ringleaders play 2 hours of football. We burn in between 700 to 900 calories playing matches of 5 on 5.
On Sundays both RFC squads play 1 hour of competitive football, burning in between 700 to 870. These are approximate numbers because many factors influence calorie count.
A true Ringleader’s Meal:
* breakfast: 1 cup of bran cereal with 1% milk+ 1 yogurt+(add 1 tea spoon of flax seed)
* snack: 1 kiwi+ 12 to 15 raisin grapes
Check out this site on cancer prevention. I found it very interesting how basic things make a difference!
http://www.wcrf-uk.org/preventing_cancer/physical_activity/calories_and_physical_activity.php
In summary… to live better:
- Play football 3 to 4 times a week
- Don’t smoke. That goes for you Vince.
- Eat well and reasonably (fruits, vegetables, water, fish etc…)
CTRUS Football by AGENT
February 22nd, 2010A secretive ’strategic intelligence embassy’ by the name of ‘AGENT’ just informed us of a new football they have designed called ‘CTRUS’. Billed as ‘the first soccer ball you can see through’ the design emulates the bounce of an inflated pneumatic soccer ball, but offers the advantage of not loosing air. An inner light also displays if the ball is over the goal line or outside the field of play.
See more on Designboom.
Coming soon.
February 19th, 2010Royal College Of Art X Umbro
February 18th, 2010Royal college of art students recently exhibited their work at umbro’s design studio in manchester’s northern quarter. The works show student’s responses to a brief set by umbro, which asked if the brand needed to re-adjust their vision to come into line with what ‘britishness’ actually means now?
