Author: David Sayles

Dear Barbarians; You would have to be there to believe it! The Barbarians entered 9 teams into the competition of the USFF Northeast Mid-Atlantic Region One Tournament. There was only one club who had more teams SMFC (10) from Maryland. When it rolled around to Championship Monday as some refer to it, the Barbarians still had 5 teams of the 9 with a chance to make the semi-final matches. Of those five, three made it[…]

Dear Barbarians: Though the asters, foamflowers, and golden rod all give way to the chill in the night’s air signaling that our indoor season is near, I must bring to your attention in full close of the passing of our most recent year. It is the only appropriate manner for us to begin the coming year with a brief look back without despair. For the first time in our history we have decided to acknowledge[…]

Dear Barbarians: Things happen suddenly no matter how long they take!’ It seems that as always, our indoor season came to an end just when our players and teams were making their greatest strides in their development and understanding of futsal and our style of play. We can ill-afford to continually begin each year anew only to have to begin anew all over again. While our numbers have grown significantly in some areas, our capacity[…]

Dear Barbarians: We are about to undertake our largest showing ever in the Northeast Regional Tournament with 7 teams’ applications having been accepted by the organizing committee. We could have entered a few more teams but things did not work out for them in the way we had hoped. Our criteria for entering a team in a nationally implicated tournament are never based on our concern over winning or losing. We are firm believers that[…]

Dear Barbarians: Perhaps this newsletter will bring relief to some while it may bring heartache to others. One thing for certain is it is long overdue, but many years ago I learned that if you don’t have something good to say to someone, or if you cannot say it in a positive light then why say anything at all. It some times becomes difficult to see the same errant thing over and over, and to[…]

Dear Barbarians: It does not look promising that we will begin training by next weekend. At this point in time we must wait for the East Pittsburgh Gym to finish their remodeling and do not anticipate being in before the first week of November. In the interim I wanted to touch base with you about how we will move forward and iron out potential problem scenarios before they arise. We will not accept players who[…]