Last Fall Game - McGilvra Blue Angels

It was a great end to a great season! All nine Pirate Pixies were present, and all of them played wonderfully! It's been a pleasure to be a part of the team this season. I hope everyone had as much fun as we did.
I'm already looking forward to spring soccer - I hope that everyone can join us again. Hopefully the spring games won't be so far north next year.

Stay tuned for details on the Pirate Pixies Fall Slideshow Party coming soon!

Ben

Saturday

From: Karin Hirschfeld
Date: Oct 25, 2007 8:28 PM
Subject: [Pirate Pixies] Saturday

Hi friends –

Our last game is this Saturday at 10:45 (Garfield West). Please be
there by 10:30 for warm-ups. Right after the game is our end of the
season party at Piecora's New York Pizza (1401 E. Madison). We have
the back room booked for the Pixies from 12 – 1:30. This will be our
time to eat pizza, salad and celebrate our gals. I have ordered pizza
& salad for the 34 (!) people who have said they are coming – that
will run about $8-9 a person.

PLEASE BRING SHOES FOR ANY PERSON WHO IS WEARING CLEATS – they have a
no-cleat policy.

Thanks – see you Saturday!
Karin

Game Seven - Capitol Hill Magic

The Pixies had their "argh factor" back on Saturday for a very good game against a very good team. It was cold, wet, and muddy, but the girls played hard!

UW Husky women's soccer October 28

Hi Pirate Pixie Parents,
We've been able to get free tickets for the girls to see the
Husky women's team play at 'WSYSA Day at Husky Soccer' on Sunday
October 28th at 12PM, and we would like to be able to take the team to
see the big girls play. If your pirate pixie can make it, please let
me know. If parents and siblings can come too that is great. We can
get $3 tickets in advance for adults and siblings.
If you can let me know by the game on Saturday if your pixie can
go and if anyone else from your family can, I will get the additional
tickets for parents/siblings on Saturday afternoon. Mari's family has
confirmed and if another parent or two can go, we can probably have a
nice carpool..

See you at practice today! Pirates love stormy weather!

Ben

Game Six - Badgers

A tough game for the Pixies , against our field mates the Badgers. Nevertheless, there were some excellent plays made by all the girls.

Game Five - Capitol Hill Panthers

The Pirate Pixies played excellently today!! All the girls did very well against another good team.

Game four - McGilvra Panthers

It was another great game for the Pirate Pixies against the talented McGilvra Panthers. Our girls played wonderfully. There was more passing than ever before, and some true heroics on the part of our keepers. Not to mention several goals.

Here's the link to the article on girls' knee injuries that Karin mentioned last week.

See you all at practice this week!

Ben

game 9/29

Hi there –

The Pixies continue to play well together and improve their skills. They are such a pleasure to watch now – lots of passing and artful ball maneuvering. Wow!
Our game this Saturday is at Garfield (East) at 1 pm. Please be there at 12:40. Thank you to Mackenzie’s family for bringing snacks. I’ll have oranges for half-time.

October

Anne Gienapp (Mari’s mom) has been taping the US team in the World Cup and has invited interested Pixies to come over to their house after the game on 10/6 for a bite to eat and a chance to watch some extraordinary Women’s soccer. Their house is very close to Dearborn. Details later.

Our last game is 10/27 and we have reserved a backroom at Piecora’s pizza for our end of season goodbye. Our game that day is at 10:45 at Garfield. Our reservation is for 12 noon. We’ll need to collect money for food and trophies in a few weeks.

Injury Prevention

Finally, you may have seen the article in last Sunday’s paper about girls and soccer injuries. There has been quite a bit of research of late focused on why girls are tearing up their knees at a younger age and higher rate than boys. This is particularly true of ACL tears. At least two of the Pixies’ moms tore up their knees early in their careers (I was 13) and I am conscious about developing good habits with the Pixies. What this means is becoming conscious about not locking or hyper-extending their knees when they run, stop and turn and building up their quads and hamstring muscles. (This is why we are frequently running backwards!) Lunges, squats, jumproping are all great at building the muscles around the knee to help prevent injuries.
Thanks for all your work getting kids to practice and games. I know it is a juggling act. Thank you for your Pixie and contribution to our wonderful crew of girls.
See you Saturday,
Karin

Game 3

After photos at Lakewood, the Pirate Pixies had a great game playing against the Kick'n KitKats from Beacon Hill on Saturday. All the girls are really doing great!

Photo forms at practice today

Hi Pirate Pixie Parents,
    I was very proud of our girls and how well they played on Saturday. As Karin mentioned, our game this Saturday is at 2:30PM at Dearborn Park, and our photo appointment is at 1:30PM at Lakewood Playfield (just north of PCC on 50th) We hope that everyone will be able to make it for the photo. Let Karin or I know if you need help getting your pirate pixie to the photos or to the game afterwards - we can help.

I have photo order forms and will try to give them to everyone tonight at practice.

regards,
Ben

Team Photos 22 Sept at Lakewood field

The Pixies played another great game on Saturday against a strong team. We’re seeing a lot more passing and working together.

We have pictures this Saturday an hour before our game. Their pictures will be taken at Lakewood field (not the community center like last year) at 1:30 pm. Please be there on time so that we can get to our game (2:30) at Dearborn Park. Ben will have the forms at practice this week. Let us know if you have any questions. If you need help getting your Pixies to pictures and/or the game let us know. We can help.

Thanks for all your support!

Karin

Dolphins - Game 2

The Pirate Pixies played a great game today against the McGilvra Dolphins, who we recalled from last fall, are a very intense team! A lot of us on the sidelines certainly felt the intensity! All the girls played great, with many goals, fast setups and some great saves. See you all at practice this week!