BarraBrava99 12 Report Share Posted March 1, 2005 who needs a soccer field? the east river soccer complex in bluefield shouldn't be a rare thing in SWD. soccer has been around long enough and has enough people playing now that this shouldn't be a problem anymore. what do you wish you could change about your soccer pitch, or would you just have a new one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBlue02 11 Report Share Posted March 1, 2005 i like the Richlands Pitch,made an interesting Rugby Pitch when we used to have a club around here. Heard we would mess up the lines for the soccer teams lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefieldRocks 14 Report Share Posted March 1, 2005 Doesnt the East River Soccer Field usually host a tournament with some big name teams, like duke, unc, NC State...Notre Dame and so on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beaverbaseball 10 Report Share Posted March 1, 2005 yea every year I hear about it in the paper and news Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blues_56 23 Report Share Posted March 1, 2005 Yea and Tech is also in it i believe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarraBrava99 12 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2005 does richlands' soccer field have football uprights? i can't remember. it sounds like whoever told you not to play rugby was just scared of your strange oval ball. how could you hurt the lines?! although it is refreshing to hear someone concerned about preserving a soccer field for once! haha! i'd kill for a field that's not in a flood plane, have a swamp/lake at one end or a mountainous hill on the other, nice flat surface with green grass, round goal posts w/ the net actually attached... it's fun to dream. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluekick 11 Report Share Posted March 1, 2005 Yes, the Richlands field has uprights. It's not a too bad playing there. It's just, we have to drive or get a ride up there every day for practice. It's a waste of gas and time. As for the field itself, it isn't bad. No one else uses it but it's so friggin' huge. We do so much running on that field just 'cause of the size of it. But I guess that's good for ya in the long run. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blues_56 23 Report Share Posted March 1, 2005 Soccer team isnt the only one wastin gas up there baseball does too and it sux but like u said the field is great so i guess thats why. The soccer field tho is a nice field and yea its big. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefieldRocks 14 Report Share Posted March 1, 2005 I love rugby, Â I guess the only way you can classify it, would to call it hard-core football..Thats pretty much what it is. I mean those guys dont have helmets,pads,cups or anything. Just go out there and knock the crap out of each other ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beaverbaseball 10 Report Share Posted March 1, 2005 yea i wish we would have rugby around here LOL and lacrosse that would be real fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarraBrava99 12 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2005 the only thing about richlands' field that i can't stand is that big hill where there should be stands or some sort of bleachers. how the heck are people suppose to watch the games? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBlue02 11 Report Share Posted March 1, 2005 We used to have a rugby club around here then its like everyone lost intrest in it. I'm thinking about going down and playing some with Johnson City,Blacksburg is pretty close to ya'll on your end. I would like to get a club started again,but you got to have money to play the Union dues,pay your club dues and to have you CIPP card from USA Rugby. Plus you would have to have a pretty good base of people to play,have to order jerseys and short,along with the balls and such to even get started. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beaverbaseball 10 Report Share Posted March 1, 2005 yea it would be pretty awesome to have a rugby team Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBlue02 11 Report Share Posted March 1, 2005 I played for 2 seasons,I started at prop which is basically a nasty lineman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtrnyGnrl05 11 Report Share Posted March 1, 2005 Anyway, back to East River. Each year the NCAA holds the "Mountain State Invitational". Duke, UNC, UVA, VT, Notre Dame, Michigan, etc come, along with VA teams like the Roanoke Stars and other challenge teams. It's alot of fun to watch, and see what your team needs to do. I heard the story behind Graham's falling out at East River, and yes, they used it last year for the tourney, but they also dominated on that field. 3 goals in the first 5 mins of play against CC, and during reg play at Graham CC put up a fight. It seems that when Graham gets a big space to play in, the can really do some damage, but it all goes back to the numerous JV players that have to move up and whether they can carry on the honor of playing for Graham, and hold onto the dynasty. Â East River is a glorious field, rated one of the best on the east coast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarraBrava99 12 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2005 when do these teams play at east river? that's something i'd love to see! and what exactly caused the "falling out" between graham and the complex? i've heard rumors, but not much else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoffmaster 10 Report Share Posted March 1, 2005 [ QUOTE ] Yea and Tech is also in it i believe  [/ QUOTE ] Yeah last time I went to the MSI (Mountain State Invitational) Virginia Tech dominated Penn State 4-0. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carrollfan 15 Report Share Posted March 1, 2005 i heard they will not have this tournament this year due to losing money every year on the event. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarraBrava99 12 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2005 bummer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beano5 14 Report Share Posted March 1, 2005 yeah it really sucks.....that was one of the only things that brought soccer to this community....other than high school and rec league that is.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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