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I'm going to be utterly ignorant and foolish here by putting a hypothesis out there that ACL injuries are caused by being over weight and out of shape. Of course I have never had such an injury (knock on wood) and realize this is a ballsy, perhaps stupid blog post but I wanted to get your opinion on the subject.
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At this point in the game, I've seen a lot of soccer fields across the US, up and down the East coast. And by a lot, I mean a lot. Few however compare to the fields I visited last night at John B Lewis Soccer fields in Asheville NC.
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It funny, if you look at the statistics on Spoccer activity over the years, you see the patterns that emerge. Spring and Summer shows bulges in the numbers of people ready to pull their cleats on. We get our greatest percentage of soccer newbies through the warm months (which of course is awesome) and then the fewest numbers in the winter. Only the die hard players can be found in miserable ice and cold still stubbornly trying to mash the ball through snow and slush towards the goal.

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Creating a pickup soccer group sucks ... if you do it wrong. Plain and simple.

At Spoccer.com we put our best foot forward to try and help you create your own pickup group. We provide a cool How-to guide that outlines what we suggest you do to get numbers for your new group. However it is important to understand that simply joining Spoccer and creating a group isn't enough.

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So I just wanted to mention the 3 v 3 World Tour that is creeping up on us guys. To me it is perfect for Spoccer members as you can get a team put together relatively easy for this (just post a couple comments on the city wall etc). Roster size can be 3 to 6 players ... adult divisions and kids
divisions. In a sense Spoccer players are training for this kind of
thing every day at pickup. :)



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