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New soccer/futbol season Posted by Spencer for Agape on September 23, 2023, 11:58 am Hello! Agape has been working with many young people in La Manzanilla and now has 5 soccer teams practicing for the next season. They are 7&8 years old, 9&10 years, 11&12 years, 13&14 years and 15&16 years. Below is a link to some photos and videos of their hard work. The older boys had great success this year, winning many games and tournaments in Jalisco. This is a great activity for the children and teenagers in La Manzanilla and we are looking for support to buy uniforms for all 5 teams. There are 90 kids in total and the uniforms will cost $250p each for a total of $22,500 pesos. This is a large expense but it will help build the pride and team spirit. Donations can be given directly to Agape at 3 Hermanas Tacos. If you want to donate from the US or Canada , please email me at scmbcolby@gmail.com and we can possibly do something with PayPal or Venmo. Thank-you all! https://share.icloud.com/photos/0bevlT4bon2aQhn4lQZYVEtqQ

Re: New soccer/futbol season Posted by Ronald Goodspeed on September 23, 2023, 11:00 pm, in reply to "New soccer/futbol season" Hello friends and fans of youth futbol. It is that time of year to support our youth futbol teams with a contribution, no matter how small, to purchase uniforms for all the teams. Coach Agape works hard and gives his time to bring our teams to success. The kids, ninety and counting, are ready for practice and will be proud of their new uniforms. Over the years several local business have given major support to the teams and we thank them! The bookstore, Otro Vez, our deceased friend Valerie, and a number of locals and foreigners have been most generous. Five hundred pesos will buy two uniforms for our local kids. Come on, we can do it!! Thanks very much for supporting our youth teams. You can find Coach Agape at Taqueria Tres Hermanas, corner of Maria Asuncion and Concha Molida.

Re: New soccer/futbol season Posted by Clayton Michael Roney on September 24, 2023, 8:15 am, in reply to "Re: New soccer/futbol season" Nimp

Re: New soccer/futbol season Posted by M Morgan on September 24, 2023, 10:09 am, in reply to "New soccer/futbol season" Are there girl's soccer teams?

Re: New soccer/futbol season Posted by Spencer on September 24, 2023, 10:53 am, in reply to "Re: New soccer/futbol season" I don’t think there is a specific girls team (I don’t believe there is a girls league with the other towns) but there are girls playing on the La Manzanilla teams, particularly in the younger age groups.

Interims Posted by Clayton Michael on September 25, 2023, 2:31 am, in reply to "Re: New soccer/futbol season" There was a girls team, a few i believe? Not sure the age brackets. Same as my erstwhile bracket of 40 and up. Plus 30 and up too? Mens leagues....they were in the circuit , but fizzled out.... They come and go. It takes numbers (headcount) Commitment, human harmony, time and oh, yeab, good ole money too. I am sure it will happen again. There is a just the Matter of Inertia, of (excusing pun) getting the ball rolling. Making a success of training - joy; education; inspiration Will bridge into town and life culture, and foster an ethic of teamwork and support, belief amd action. Good Will. Many are the benefits The World Ballet Balon y Baile Dance of the Unscripted Dreamers Game of Peace

Re: New soccer/futbol season Posted by Spencer on September 26, 2023, 10:28 am, in reply to "New soccer/futbol season" Bumping this post to the top. If you’re able to donate to the La Manzanilla soccer teams, please contact Agape at +52 315 168 2374 or you can find him at Tres Hermanas tacos. If you would like to donate from the US or Canada, please contact me at scmbcolby@gmail.com. We are supporting 90 boys and girls through this effort which has a ripple effect through the town. So far, we haven’t received any donations towards the goal, please help if you can. Gracias!

Re: New soccer/futbol season Posted by Pablo on September 27, 2023, 6:23 am, in reply to "Re: New soccer/futbol season" Ronald, I assume that you've received my email. I sent you the XOOM receipt for 2,000 pesos for Agape to pick up at Electra. We're happy to help the local soccer teams out again this year. Hopefully this will start more donations flowing Spencer.

Re: New soccer/futbol season Posted by Spencer on September 27, 2023, 8:30 am, in reply to "Re: New soccer/futbol season" Thanks for “getting the ball rolling” Pablo!

Futbol donations needed Posted by Spencer on September 29, 2023, 1:29 pm, in reply to "New soccer/futbol season" Bump! If you’re able to donate to the La Manzanilla soccer teams, please contact Agape at +52 315 168 2374 or you can find him at Tres Hermanas tacos. If you would like to donate from the US or Canada, please contact me at scmbcolby@gmail.com. We are supporting 90 boys and girls with this effort which has a ripple effect through the town. The total needed to outfit the 5 teams is $22,500p. A large effort, but well worth the self esteem and confidence being built. Please consider sponsoring one player at $250p or 2 for $500p. Any amount helps! Gracias! PS, the La Manzanilla team won again this week, 13 to 3!!

Soccer Posted by Clayton R on October 19, 2023, 9:44 am, in reply to "Futbol donations needed" Always a growing hope. The dance is only just beginning.... In case some are unawares, there is a bit of "futbol fiebre" coursing through the village. Oh, the romance, the romance, the romance! The under 18 youth team have begun their Title Defense. After a convincing, sweepaway season where - i believe - they went 13 - 0 - 1 (13 wins no ties one loss) they proceeded to waltz, strut, skip, swirl, ticky-tack and sachay their way through the post-season to a most jubilant of victories in the final a few months past. Now, rain allowing, the game goes on. Next season. This. Our adventure continues. **** Inter-city and Inter-league rivalries aside, the true fever of the game finds traction in our very own 8 by 8 League which plays out here, in town. Internacine, intergenerational, it is a league composed of 6 teams of 14 registered players each. This 8 on 8 game is played sideways, across the width, with 25 minute halves and smaller nets. Here one finds the village spirit in full expression. Food and drink, fun and frolic; dogs, dogs, dogs. Its a blast. More than joy, investiture, loss and madness, it is education. Sport: the great Educator. This I truly believe and stand by, stand in and do by. I play in this Village 8s league and I love it. I am not sure who I would be without the allure and attraction and challenge of sport. I know that as a 44 year adult it is a most (re)invigorating reality. When in play: there is no yesterday, there is no tomorrow. Like music, theatre, the performance arts, when engaged, one is fully engaged, hence present and , well, I say: free. The way of sport (soccer), physical, interactive and interjective, (sometimes) competitive, demanding and taxing too, on mind, body, emotion and spirit, creates balance of character, focus of mind, and belief in self. It literally is: Poetry in Motion; a kind of ... Cosmic Ballet, dare I say. The efforts to generate funding for uniform, equipment, shoe, ball and travel costs (?), is an effort to give children and youth a healthier more hopeful way, a way forward, into active, living breathing balance. A way into confrontation that is (ostensibly) non-violent and yet always resolves itself. Hence: the victor, the vanquished. Future hopes involve: Children's Teams Youth Girls Team If you put the word ' soccer' in the search bar here, a few threads will appear (once you set it to show "by date") Tres Hermanas Tacos is Soccer Central. Please feel free to approach and ask any who are working there about how to get involved and/or donate. Clayton Michael

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