Club Soccer
BALTIMORE KICKERS SOCCER PROGRAM
From the day of its founding in 1953, soccer has been the heart of the Baltimore Kickers. The mission statement of the club was to promote followship and the German culture through the playing of soccer. Today, the Kickers help support a youth team, an adult team and an over-40 team all male but the hope in the near future is to sponsor a female team.
We are in the process of revamping our youth program. Brian Weeks, our youth coach is changing teams and we will look into possibly sposnor his new team which is also a part of the Charles Village Soccer Program but a year younger than the team from the fall. Once Brain gets the team situated, I will provide more information.
The men’s adult team now plays in the second division of the Maryland Super Soccer League which is very competitive. They play all of their games at Catonsville High School on Sunday nights starting at 8:30 PM. In the last few years, the team has undergone a transformation in that some of our original players have gotten older and some players have left for various reasons and our coach Len Van DeGraff is restocking with younger, more talented and more experienced players. We hope to compete for a first division spot very soon.
The Over-40 team competes in an Anne Arundel County Over-40 league that plays on Tuesday nights. The roster contains a lot of former Kickers adult team players and they hold their own in league play. They are slao coached by our adult team coach Len Van DeGraff.
If anyone is interested in watching our teams play, the schedules and other soccer updates will continue to be posted on this website. If anyone is interested in tryng out or has a question on soccer, please contact the Club Soccer Manager, Fran McGrath, at mcgrath494@aol.com or 410-530-2018.
BALTIMORE KICKERS WEEKLY SOCCER REPORT
April 7th to April 17th
1) The Over-40 team started their spring schedule on Tuesday night with a 4 to 4 tie with the ACC Rowdies. We started off strong with goals by Matt Oberdier and Vieira Souare assisted by Vahid Meimand in the first half and were leading 2 to 1 at intermission. After twenty-five minutes of the second half, we were up 4 to 1 on goals by Vieira Souare (assisted by Vahid Meimand again) and Arnaud Donfack but then the bottom fell out with twenty minutes to go. We had only one sub and they had five. Fatigue caught up with the team and the Rowdies scored three unanswered goals and almost had the winner with a minute to go. Len, our coach, is disappointed but will take the point since he knew we would be missing a lot of players, and the Rowdies are a good team. The team plays again next Tuesday April 16th at 9:10 PM at North County High School. The unlimited team is back in action this coming Sunday night April 14th at 8:30 PM at Catonsville High School against NPC.
2) The next Bundesliga party is this Saturday April 13th at 9:30 AM at the clubhouse when Bayern Munich takes on Koin.
3) UPDATE ON MERCHANDISE: The turnaround time for an order is about two weeks and the minimum order is 12. CISCO, our supplier, can get most items in either white, red, yellow or black so inquire when purchasing an item. By next meeting on May 5th, I should be able to offer the polo shirt in four colors for sale. Cost will probably be $25.