2008 -

Octoberfest - Milwaukee: Dieter Teuber, a long time Columbus soccer fixture.  Old German guy from Dublin.  He’s organized a trip to the Bavarian Soccer Club of Milwaukee during Oktoberfest, 9/19,20,21  (Sunday, Monday, Tuesday) to play an over 50 tournament.  Apparently he lived in Milwaukee some years ago and has been talking about doing this for years.  We are going to roster about 15-16 players and it promises to be a good time of soccer, drinking and fellowship.   It’s a pretty informal setup, but it sounds like it’s going to be a lot of fun. This is about the camaraderie, fun and good German beer! We are trying to pick up a couple more people, so if you know anyone else let me know.  This is primarily 50+, but we can roster a few guys 48 or 49.Thanks again, Jon  email: baggio@columbus.rr.com  ~---> Jon Weiss: 6400 Chippenhook Court ~ Dublin, OH 43017 ~ 614-596-5904

Dain Yodor Memorial - April 12 & 13 - Gumba Wumba win over FU Too in Final - well done Fishy!

Windsor -  June 7th - 8th - We had a great team, everyone has the usual good time, see report.

Akron GFS - July 5th & 6th - 40+ ~ This one aint happening, too few players available -

The Crew Fantasy Camp - July 17th (Thursday) info below**

Columbus Cup - July 19/20 - FFCCC lost to Fushnikins and they go on to win the Cup! - In a tourney where we had one poor game it cost us dearly. After beating Wall2Wall 2-0, then Tri-State (Maryland, WV and PA) 5-1 we left saturday with pumped up chests and feeling good about our performances, and having learned that Fushnikins had lost a game we were clearly now the favorites ~ But it wasn't to be, despite a great start over Fushnikins we missed three good opportunities early on and then the ref gave them a BS free kick when Russ clearly won the ball without fouling and they toe poked it in off the kick and let the air out of our sails. FFCCC never got it going, despite some good play our couple of mistakes got punished and the refs did the rest with one, or maybe two, more goals being offside...lost 5-0!! - The tourney tie-breaker was "goal diff" so we went into the final game versus Cincy Utd needing 12 goals to secure the Cup...we got 5 I think, so Andy Rosebery & Co get the honors... we get to try again next year - Good time had by all, we had a great squad of players, scored some good goals, played some attractive footy and even tried to set a world record for beer drinking. Thanks to Brewmeister Herr Lewis for his draught homebrew selection and special Thanks from the many who enjoyed Doug & Kathy Hoovers hospitality and pool....same time next year.

PUT-IN-BAY - July 12/13 -   Ryan McKinley at mckinleyr@BATTELLE.ORG - house on island will camp entire team - :""what happens in Put-In-Bay stays in Put-In-Bay""""

Fado Cup -  Atlanta July 26/26/27- Pub is HUGE, check out their website http://www.fadoirishpub.com/atlsplash/gallery.html - Fado Columbus sponsoring us so it's only $300 for travel and hotel!.....with all the free beer and food this is just too good a deal to miss!!! - PLEASE contact Terry @ Flash or Scott or Tommy @ Fado ASAP to get your spot on our team -

Pittsburgh area - maybe, August

IF YOU KNOW OF A GOOD TOURNAMANT, GET IN TOUCH WITH A TEAM MANAGER

**2008 Dain Yoder Soccer Tournament.

A little bit about Dain Yoder from Patty, his wife:

"Dain grew up in Clintonville and was an avid soccer player around Columbus,
from practices at the Park of Roses to select league growing up to hard-core
men's tournaments in his 30s. He considered himself an ambassador of soccer
and even started a team to encourage his wife and friends to learn the game.
Dain died unexpectedly in 2005 at age 37. I think he would love that his
name lives on in Columbus connected to soccer and that the money raised from
the tournament helps more kids learn to love the game as much as he did."

Many of you may have known Dain, like many of us he was the proverbial soccer nut, and most old time Flashsters played against him, and even with him, on many occasions. This tournament is a great way we can help give back to the game we all love, plan on playing next year too!

The Crew Adult Fantasy Camp. To give you some of the highlights of the day: It will give participants (ages 18 and older) an opportunity to see what game day is like for a Professional Soccer player. Designed to give campers a complete game day experience at Crew Stadium, players will not only get a first hand look, but will partake in all activities. The participants' day begins as they arrive in the Players Lot at Crew Stadium, walk through the Players Gate and enter the locker room where they will find their personalized locker and personalized game uniform. Once they settle in the locker room, we will give them a tour of the stadium including all locker rooms and back stage areas. As we complete the tour participants will then head back to the locker room to prepare for the game. A Pre-game pep talk by the crew coaching staff will start the playing experience followed by full warm-up, match, and player introductions on the field. At the conclusion of their game we will have their uniforms signed by The Columbus Crew and returned to take home with them. Once their game day responsibilities are complete they will view the Crew vs. Kansas City game, being televised on ESPN2, from the VIP Deck with a guest, where food and beverages will be provided.

Quick info below:

What:Columbus Crew Adult fantasy Camp

When: July 17
Who: 18+ (2:00pm - 10:00pm) (Registration limited to first 30 participants)
Where: Crew Stadium
Cost: $400 through June 20, $500 thereafter.

email Terry for the brochure: - tquested@flashfc.org

2008 ~ Tournaments are the most fun you'll have playing amateur soccer, especially the out of town ones...we always need PLAYERS and you should help the Managers who help make these event s possible

Windsor June 7/8 - Took great team this year with 4 Dayton boys helping out - Tie opening game 1-1 with Tourney favorites and eventual winners Windsor Teutonia, should have won it but ONE mistake cost us the equalizer - then despite dominating over London and Brantford, both from Ontario, we only scored one off a PK and somehow failed to win...Sunday we took on Toledo, who'd beat both the teams we couldn't and easily ran them off the park 3-1 - good time had by all, same time next year!

Dain Yodor Indoor at All-Stars~ Dain Yoder Tourney Won by Chumba Wumba over FU Too

2007  ~ here's last years with tourney reports below - 2007

• Windsor - 35 , June 9 & 10 - Finished 2nd behind Teutonia...it was a great trip!
• FADO's National - Easton Fields 7 v 7 Open June 23/24 - Flash Win! - A Great Tournament 
• Meindl Eisner - The Akron German Family Society in Kent July 7/8 - 40 lost in semi final
• Put-in-Bay - 6 v 6 July 28/29 - not going, didn't get accomodation.
• Columbus Cup - July 21 & 22 - 30   Won It!! - Are we good or what??

 CCF Utd win Columbus Cup 2007!!!  - Club Columbus and Flash merged for the 30 Division and go 4 games without loss! - After a strong opening performance that lacked goals despite numerous close calls the lads continued to play smart, attractive football and won their 2nd game rather comfortably over a strong looking Soccer Unlimited. Then on Sunday tied again v Ohio United who led by Mario Cautela gave us his usual passionate display of shouting at refs, but the 1-1 tie was enough to make the Final where we discovered Soccer Unlimited means they have a good supply of talented just 30 something subs to bolster their roster...didn't matter, in what must be the quickest goal in Columbus Cup history Sergio Ibenez hustled them from the kick-off forcing a bad pass that he stole, slipped around their last defender and stormed into the box with a thundering shot, it's one nil to CCFU in under 10 seconds!! - Final ends 2-1 with Eric Vought slotting home a handball PK capping 4 well played games where an almost complete absense of mistakes proves the old adage that mistakes are what kill you... Congratulations to Hans and Terry for capturing a terrific squad...we should do this again!! - CCFU was: Carlos and Eduardo Del Rio, Ryan P, Ryan McK., Doug S, Doug H, Jeff S, Jeff L. Jeff I, Todd H, Aaron H, Chad H, James C, Eric , Jason, Greg C, Greg A, Sergio, Jon2, Russ, Daniel P, Andy H, Rusty, Dave G and Mike M.

40 Flash team bow out in semi's to the German Family Society host team at the Meindal Leisner Memorial Tournament -  Flash represented Columbus in this 7 team 40 event at GFS in Kent, Ohio, the tournament has been played around July 4th for nearly 4 decades. We lost opening game to eventual tournament winners Arsenal but we made the semi finals with two other wins.... everyone had a good time, saw some great footie and no-one got too hurt... Luis Orozco played sweeper for the winners, Arsenal, so give him a back slap when you see him......... same time next year! - Flash squad was Drew Burgess - GK, Mark Bachmann, Spermie, BBarr, Bob Piatka, Dougie Hoover, Doug Dosky, Luis Banderas, Mark Massey, Bucket, Joseph Hayes, Joe and Ed Bonvillian, Diego, Russ Howard, Matt Burger, Jalal, Ward and Terry -- perhaps 19 isn't enough for 11-a-side!

Flash win Fado's Soccer Tournament! - Fado put on a great 7-a-side tournament at Easton complete with freebies, food and beer for players.... teams from DC, Philly, Stamford, Chicago, Atlanta plus Flash and Wolves from Columbus and a Misfits team played Saturday with the two Columbus teams making semi finals on Sunday, Flash win Final 2-1 over Atlanta. Terrific play both days from Carlos in goal helped secure our win but 12 goals from Simon Davis gave him the "golden boot" ($50 bar tab!) and he proved to be the stand-out player over two days. Big thanks to everyone who played, we used 20 players over two days which was a little tough to manage but everyone got playing time and on Sunday when Billy Thompson and his brother Tyler joined us with Bill Gross we fielded a very dominant looking squad.... we won a HUGE trophy which we will leave at Fado in Easton, check it out...pictures will be posted. - Flash squad was Carlos, Jeff Smith, Ryan McK., Sergio, Greg C., Todd H., Mike Manivilovski, Daniel P., Daniel S., three sets of brothers in JB and Charlie Barleycorn, Billy and Tyler Thompson, Simon and Jamie Davis, then Mike and Chris from our premier team with Bill Gross, Eric Vought and Terry ... do you really need that many for 7 v 7??... Check the result, I think so!

Windsor Teutonia Tournament : Results

• Sat: Win 3-1 over Cleveland Magyars; Win 2-0 over Toledo Bavarians; Win 1-0 over London Germans - Can.
• Sun: Lose 3-0 to Teutonia; Tie 1-1 v SSM Rheintal to secure 2nd place with host Teutonia taking the Prize. - Everyone had a great time, played well and drank loads of beer...ergo, A Success!