GW Newsletter Vol I Issue 7 July

GREEN WHITE S.C. NEWSLETTER© Volume I ● Issue 7 July 2008

GREEN WHITE TOURNAMENT PREVIEW 2008

On July 19-20, 2008, Green White S.C. will host the 26th Annual Green White Soccerfest Tourna- GREEN WHITE SC ment at Majewski Park, Illinois. The tournament SOCCERFEST ‘08 will host an Open Division and an Over 30 Divi- PARTICIPATING CLUBS/TEAMS sion. Returning this year to compete in the men’s

Open Division are Fox Valley Strikers, Chicago BELMONT UTD. Kickers, ELA Elite, Chicago Wind, Highlanders B.H. LILIES of Elgin, Dobbs/ Green White (St. Louis), Crystal CHGO. KICKERS Lake Fire, Connection, Eagles, DuPage F.C., CHICAGO WIND Schwaben, Lions, Wings, International, Sockers CONCORDIA F.C., B.H. Lilies, and United Serbs. The Over 30 CONNECTION Division will see such teams as Belmont United, Concordia, Cracovia, Polonia, Ma- CRACOVIA roons, Schwaben, Vikings, St. Charles Celtics, Fichte Rams, Gato Verde and Flamingo. CRYSTAL LAKE The First Team and Reserve Team will combine to field two teams in the Open Divi- DOBBS ST. LOUIS sion. While the lineups have not been set, players expected to be donning the green and DUPAGE F.C. white include, Jamie Limna, Tom Czop, Matt Connor, Chris Doran, Chris Salatino, EAGLES A.A.C. Colum Donahue, Bunnyray Laramond, Anthony Derose, Eric Spiess, Brandon ELA ELITE Hardy, Andy Pancio, A.J. Nawrocki, Jake Truty, Adam Gee, Kurt Melcher and FICHTE RAMS Jimmy Romano. Green White is also expected to field two teams for the Over 30 Divi- FLAMINGO sion including regulars Todd Schneider, Greg Boltz, Grant Smale, Rob Czop, Der- FOX VALLEY rick Wilkinson, Paul Weaver, Keith Anderson, Jason Thodos, Cliff Sellie, George GATO VERDE Lymperis, Jim Dionne, Rob Stadler, John Parsinen, Russell Rosenberg, Pat Pal- GREEN WHITE SC bicke, John Dunkas, Gabby Sepiashvili, Pat Nash and Mike Grosse. HIGHLANDERS

This year Green White S.C. welcomes new tournament sponsor Warsteiner. The War- INTERNATIONAL steiner Premium Verum, brewed with fresh Arnsberger Forest spring water for a smooth LIONS taste and thick creamy head, will be the perfect compliment to Mrs. Metzinger’s potato MAROONS salad and Mr. Zimmer’s Hungarian sausages. Also rumored are new Warsteiner spon- POLONIA sored uniforms for the club. As always, the club is looking for tournament volunteers as ST. C. CELTICS field marshals, food servers, etc. If interested in helping out, contact Jon Duddles. SCHWABEN A.C. SOCKERS F.C. As a tune-up for the Green White Tournament, the club will also field teams for the UNITED SERBS Schwaben Tournament on July 12-13, hosted by our neighbors to the north in Buffalo VIKINGS Grove, Illinois. Green White returns to the Schwaben Tournament as Open Division Champions and looks to make another good showing this year.

DO YOU RECOGNIZE THE SUBJECT OF THIS MONTH’S GREEN WHITE PLAYER PRO- FILE? HINT: HE WAS BORN IN GELSENKIRCHEN, GERMANY IN 1938. HIS GREEN WHITE PLAYING CAREER SPANNED FIVE DECADES AND HE IS A MEMBER OF ISSA HALL OF FAME. THESE DAYS YOU CAN FIND HIM AT THE CLUBHOUSE ON THURS- DAY NIGHTS AND HE IS A VOCAL REGULAR AT THE CRITIC’S CORNER ON SUNDAY AFTERNOONS. CAN YOU GUESS WHO HE IS? SEE PAGE 2.

GW PLAYER PROFILE FIRST TEAM - JUNE RECAP

On June 1, 2008 the Green White First Team hosted 0-2 the Chicago Sockers at Majewski Park. From the start the young Sockers had the home team on their heels. Ten minutes into the match it took a sliding save from Kurt Melcher to thwart the surging Sockers. The defense, anchored by Bunnyray Larmond, An- thony Derose, Jim Romano, Brandon Hardy and Sean Connor, held strong through the first half to enter the break knotted at zero. The second half saw more of the same and it again took a quick reac- tion from Melcher to parry away a first time strike served in from the KLAUS KILIAN, Defender right and then another to push back a point blank shot from 8 yards Born: Gelsenkirchen, Germany 1938 Nickname: “Killer” - so dubbed by Hans out. In the end, the crossed in ball and tired legs proved to be the Bittenbinder for accidently breaking an op- team’s Achilles heel as Sockers scored two headed goals to close out ponent’s leg in St. Louis. the game. It has been a tough spring for the First Team and with the Occupation: Plumber 46 years (4 of those season winding down, a relegation battle with Schwaben looms large. years in Germany) Union Local 130, retired. Early History: During the bombings of Other Metropolitan League Major Division results from weekend: WWII, his family evacuated to Werl. He Polonia 4 - Maroons 0; Wings 0 - United Serbs 4; Vikings 2 - Connec- started playing soccer at the age of 8 with a tion 0; Schwaben - Eagles (rescheduled). ball made of rags and old socks. He immi- grated to the United States in 1956 and began On June 5, 2008 the Green White First Team made up playing with Fichte Rams, coached by Alois 0-2 its previously rained out game with the Eagles. On a Alt, formerly of German 2nd division team warm, humid and windy night, the two teams played an even first half. Bamberg S.C. With the Fichte Rams, he The pace picked up 10 minutes after the restart as the Pols swept into won the 1956 Illinois State Junior title and placed 2nd at the 1956 Midwest Regionals. the top of the box from the left. With Bunnyray Larmond closing down on him, the Eagles forward was able to unleash a shot that took Green White First Team: He joined Green White in 1957 and played for the First Team a stretch save from Kurt Melcher to push the ball wide where it was coached by Martin Schneider and alongside cleared from danger by Anthony Derose. Ten minutes later, Green the likes of Steve Zimmer, Steve and Joe White was on the offensive as Andy Pancio found space on the right Laxgang, Nick Willer, Rudi Hrubacek and to send in a low cross that Eric Spiess rightly stepped over, allowing Hans Bauer. From 1957 to 1965 he played the ball to find the feet of Arso Mitreski six yards from the goal. more than 200 first team games. With his back to the target, Mitreski turned and fired agonizingly Green White Reserve Team: From 1964 to high. Five minutes later, Pancio went in on goal himself, neatly turn- 1971 he played with the Reserve Team coached by Walter Klaus. Those teams in- ing his defender inside then outside, but his final effort went high as cluded teammates like Hans Bittenbinder, Herbert Fink, Adam Harjung, Karl Beugner, 2007-2008 METRO LEAGUE FIRST TEAM FINAL STANDINGS Alex Gyurko and George Polaretzky. In later years he took over the coaching respon- TEAM GP W D L GF:GA PTS sibilities for the Reserves. 1 United Serbs 18 13 1 4 44:23 40 Green White Alte Herren: He played for 2 Polonia 18 12 2 4 39:17 38 the old timers until the age of 55. In ‘71-’73 he coached the lady’s team to a second place 3 Sockers 18 11 4 3 44:18 37 finish in the IWSL. 4 Eagles 18 11 2 6 39:20 35

Green White has had many homes over the 5 Maroons 18 7 3 8 25:30 24 years and Klaus has had a hand in renovating 6 Vikings 18 5 4 9 21:40 19 all of them. 7 Wings 18 5 3 10 22:37 18 Klaus lives in Schiller Park, Illinois with his wife Hilde. They have 2 daughters (Heidi 8 Connection 18 5 2 11 19:37 18 and Renee) and four grandchildren, ages 11, 9 Schwaben 18 4 2 12 20:33 14 12, 13 and 18. 10 Green White 18 4 2 12 23:39 14

Volume I ● Issue 7 ● Page 2 GREEN WHITE S.C. NEWSLETTER© well. It looked as though neither team would find the break through, but the referee stepped in late to decide the game. The controversy came off a corner kick played to the back post. As the ball was headed back into the middle of the box to no one in general, the referee adjudge that it was handled by Asher Mendelsohn. From the sidelines, the offense was imperceptible but the reports from the field were that it did in fact graze Mendelsohn’s arm held close by his side. In any case, it was surely a matter of incidental contact with no advantage or disadvantage to either team and was de- served of a non-call. However, the referee nonetheless sought to imprint his authority and changed the outcome of the match. The resultant penalty kick put the Eagles up 1-0. Desperate for points, Green three (3) points ahead of Green White, anything less White threw everything forward in search of the than a victory would almost assuredly send the men in equalizer. It nearly came as Mendelsohn ran green down to the First Division. As the match got un- down a ball in the left corner to loop it across to the derway, the determination of the home team was evident top of the box where Brendan Connor hit it first and not more than five minutes in, a low hard shot from time, but his effort was sprayed high and wide. 28 yards looked destined for the left corner as it hur- With time running out, Jimmy Romano was fortu- riedly skipped across the wet turf. Keeper Kurt Mel- nate to escape a red card for a professional foul as cher had to be quick to his right to get a hand on the he took down an Eagle poised to go in on goal shot and push it wide of the mark. The following corner alone. In the end, a poor clearance led to a second kick also proved nervy as it took a well positioned goal and seal the victory for the visitors. Chris Doran at the far post to turn away a first time

On June 8, 2008, in the penultimate volley. To be certain, the first ten minutes of the match 1-3 game of the season, the Green belonged to Schwaben as Green White saw little posses- White First Team paid a visit to Schwaben for a sion. But 15 minutes into the match, the green team relegation dog fight. With Schwaben positioned found their rhythm. The first opportunity came as Arso Mitreski rushed in on goal desperately trying to get a shot off as he cut back and forth, slipping and shielding all the way until he could slide a pass through to the on-

2007-2008 METRO RESERVE FINAL STANDINGS

TEAM GP W D L GF:GA PTS 1 United Serbs 2 Polonia 3 Sockers 4 Eagles 5 Maroons 6 Vikings 7 Wings 8 Connection 9 Schwaben 10 Green White 14 3 1 10 29:41 10

Volume I ● Issue 7 ● Page 3 GREEN WHITE S.C. NEWSLETTER© rushing Henry Ospina. Ospina’s sliding effort was met by a sprawling keeper and the ball squirted out of play. Meanwhile, Bunnyray Lar- mond was in good voice directing the defense seeing Jimmy Romano and Anthony Derose growing in confidence. The breakthrough came on 25 minutes as Larmond fed a short pass to Jamie Limna, directing traf- fic as always from the middle. Limna found a posting Mitreski who dropped the ball back to Brendan Connor. Connor then beat his man and drove the left end line, crossing the ball to the middle where it sailed over the head of Mitreski, screaming for a push in the back, and landed at the feet of a wide open Eric Spiess. Spiess left no doubt as he ham- mered it home for the 1-0 lead. Thereafter, the pace began to quicken for the visitors. On 40 minutes, Jimmy Romano outlet to Spiess who carried the ball through midfield finally springing Henry Ospina who GREEN WHITE S.C. cradled the ball with his right foot; settled and rushed in to slot it past an SOCCERFEST OPEN alone keeper as the split defense pointed fingers. Not more than a minute CHAMPIONS later, the score line was 3-0. Anthony Derose sent the ball forward as the Schwaben defense again stood idle, perhaps waiting for their keeper 2007 Chicago Sockers F.C. to come claim it. As the ball bounced in front of the Schwaben net 2006 Deportivo Cali minder, Mitreski ran in to lift it up and over, and see the ball roll into the 2005 Jahbat F.C. empty net.

2004 Maroons The second half saw things get a little heated as the tackles came in later 2003 Lightning S.A.C. and the words exchanged grew louder. Mitreski regrettably showed the Schwaben keeper his camel impression and Henry Ospina got tangled 2002 Deportivo Cali with a defender, who then plunked him in the back of the head with the 2001 GREEN WHITE S.C. restart. With the niceties well behind both teams, Green White continued 2000 Maroons to pour on the pressure and should have added several more goals. Per- haps the best opportunity came on a build up that saw Pancio sweep in 1999 Real F.C. from the right to leave a sliding defender in his wake. That allowed Pan- 1998 GREEN WHITE S.C. cio to play the ball across the face of goal to an alone Brendan Connor. 1997 Schwaben A.C. Connor got off a curling, dipping shot off that plunked the far post and 1996 Schwaben A.C. fell to the feet of Eric Spiess, but Spiess’ redirected effort proved unsat- isfactory and was easily scooped up by the keeper. 1995 Milwaukee S.C. Late in the game, a bit of Green White nostalgia surfaced as Schwaben 1994 Pegasus was awarded a penalty kick for a handball in the box. Stepping up to 1993 Pegasus take the spot kick was Schwaben forward, Andreas Laxgang, son of 1992 Wisla long time Green White player

Lyndon B. Johnson was President. The Vietnam war was in full swing. The Super Bowl did not exist, but Vince Lombardi did. Martin Luther King, Jr. marched from Selma to Montgomery. A gallon of gas cost $.31. The average annual income was $6,450. West Germany and Israel established diplomatic relations. Bob Dylan released the hit “Like a Rolling Stone.” Sandy Koufax pitched a perfect game against the Cubs. Werder Bremen, Man. U., Real Ma- drid and Inter Milan all won domestic league titles. Malcolm X was shot and killed in New York. Fritz Becker was the President of Grün Weiss S.C. and Helga Peltzer (now Helga Albrecht) was crowned Miss Grün Weiss for the third year in a row. That was the year 1965. Do you recognize any of these players from the 1965 Green White Reserve Team? The answer is on page 15.

Volume I ● Issue 7 ● Page 4 GREEN WHITE S.C. NEWSLETTER© Marcus Laxgang; grandson of Green White elder Stefan Laxgang and great grandson of founding member, Andreas Laxgang. Opposing Lax- gang in the goal was Kurt Melcher, son of Green White founding member, Horst Melcher. The Laxgang clan won the battle as Andreas converted the penalty, but it was the Melchers who won the war as Green White strolled to a 3-1 victory and the upper hand in the relegation battle.

Other Metropolitan League Major Division results from weekend: Polo- nia 3 - United Serbs 0; Wings - Sockers (rescheduled); Vikings - Eagles (rescheduled); Maroons - Connection (rescheduled).

On June 22, 2008, the Green White First Team hosted Vi- 6-1 kings at Majewski Park. Going into the last game of the season, the Green White-Schwaben relegation battle could not have been any tighter as the teams sat tied on points, but with Schwaben holding the

advantage on goal differential. Still, going into the day the advantage GREEN WHITE S.C. was with the green team as Schwaben lined up against a hungry, third SOCCERFEST place Eagles who had a legitimate shot at the championship; while the OVER 30 CHAMPS Green White opponent sat comfortably in the middle of the pack; clear of 2007 Polonia relegation, but well away from the title race. Awaiting the last place 2006 GREEN WHITE S.C. team was automatic demotion to the First Division. The prize for 9th was a playoff with promotion hopefuls Real F.C. Needless to say, Green 2005 Schwaben A.C. White desperately needed a result for the chance to stay up and sitting in 2004 Schwaben A.C. their way was the Vikings. The pre-game speech must have been a rous- 2003 Palatine Celtics ing one as captain Jamie Limna grabbed the match by the throat before the gathered crowd even had an opportunity to get settled. On 30 sec- 2002 Chicago Kickers S.C. onds Limna unleashed an effort from 25 yards applying a slight bend to 2001 Chicago Kickers S.C. find the upper 90. The start was more than anyone could have hoped for 2000 HNK Prigorac and soon thereafter the lead was doubled as Arso Mitreski was violently 1999 Maroons taken down in the box. Chris Doran stepped up to coolly slot home the spot kick. After the quick start, both teams settled in for an even ex- 1998 Gato Verde change through the remainder of the half. 1997 Fichte Rams Not content with a two goal lead, Green White pressed for more after the 1996 Lightning S.A.C. intermission and it soon came as Eric Spiess fed an onrushing Mitreski 1995 Wisla who struck it first time to ripple the net. After Vikings saw an effort de- 1994 Cracovia nied by the cross-bar, Spiess and Mitreski hooked up again to make it a 4-0 score line. This 1993 Vikings time, Spiess inter- 1992 Danubia In 2006 the Green White Tournament saw an exciting semi-final match in the Over 30 Division that pitted long time rivals and Danubian clubs, Schwaben A.C. and Grün Weiss S.C. The match saw the teams play to a 0-0 draw through regulation forcing the game to be decided on penalty kicks. Shooting in front of the big tent, every kick was greeted with jeers and cheers. Schwaben’s first taker, former Green White player Richard Meschbach, missed high and wide to the right. Thereafter, Green White players Tim McBride, Tom Czop, Greg Boltz, Todd Schneider and Derrick Wilkinson all converted to send Green White through to the final where they handily defeated Bel- monte United by a score of 2-0 for the title.

Volume I ● Issue 7 ● Page 5 GREEN WHITE S.C. NEWSLETTER© cepted an errant pass on the left; drove in on goal and found an alone Mi- treski for the tap in. Still, Green White pressed for more and it came with better than half an hour left in the contest when Chris Doran fed Brandon Hardy to make it 5-0. To cap off the afternoon, Jamie Limna found himself in an advanced position to strip a defender of possession outside the box. From there he took one step and beat the keeper at the near post to match Mitreski with a brace on the day. In the end, Vikings pulled one back to make the final 6-1, but it was little matter as Green White picked up the necessary 3 points and anxiously awaited the results of Schwaben- Eagles match to determine their fate for next season.

Unfortunately, the soccer gods did not cooperate as Eagles played a makeup game against Vikings on Tuesday, June 24, 2008, losing by a shocking score of 3-1. With the title mathematically out of reach, all incentives were lost for the Eagles as they turned around to play Schwaben on Thursday, June 24, 2008, losing that game 2-0. As a result, Schwaben topped Green White in the standings on goal differential relegating Green White to the First Division next season.

RESERVE TEAM - JUNE RECAP

The month of June proved dissatisfying for the Reserve 2-5 Team as several of their matches were rained out without makeup. On June 22, 2008; however, they were able to slip in a match against Vikings. Like the First Team match, the Reserve game produced a cornucopia of goals. It was the Vikings; however, who got on the board first as Viking forward Richie Gilford cracked a blistering shot from 25 yards to beat an outstretched Mike Magner to the right corner. The lead was short lived; however, as Jon Duddles pounced upon a spilled save by the keeper to knot the game at 1-1. In reply, Gilford notched his second after fighting off a strong challenge from Jake Truty before slotting Mag- ner at the five hole. In a developing tit-for-tat, Duddles poached the equalizer before the intermission after the keeper mishandled a shot by Neaman Lewis. Thereafter, it was all Vikings as they scored three unan- swered goals, including a third by Gilford that was nearly thwarted by a

2007-2008 METROPOLITAN LEAGUE OVER 30 FINAL STANDINGS TEAM GP W D L GF:GA PTS 1 Schwaben 16 11 3 2 45:17 36 2 Concordia 16 9 3 4 51:33 30 3 Liths 16 9 2 5 42:33 29 4 Lions 16 8 3 5 45:30 27 5 Polonia 16 8 3 5 45:34 27 6 Vikings 16 8 1 7 32:28 25 7 Croatia 16 5 3 7 27:32 18 8 Calisia 16 5 3 8 31:40 18 9 Green White 16 5 2 9 27:32 17 10 Cracovia 16 3 3 10 32:55 12 11 Lightning 16 2 5 9 28:60 11

Volume I ● Issue 7 ● Page 6 GREEN WHITE S.C. NEWSLETTER© hustling Chris Salatino. In the end, Neaman Lewis narrowly missed pull- ing one back on a pinpoint service from Eric Ferrier, but his header went wide of the target.

OVER 30 TEAM - JUNE RECAP

The Green White Over 30 Team took on Cracovia at Ma- 3-0 jewski Park on June 14, 2008. Cub field reporter Greg Boltz missed the first 20 minutes but otherwise reported that Green White were the better team all around the pitch. Gabby was back between the pipes. Derrick Wilkinson scored on a nice through ball from Keith Anderson at the 35 minute mark. With the Cracovia goalie frozen on his line, Derrick ran from nearly midfield and slotted the ball to the far side to go up 1-0. Green White continued to dominate possession through the first half. Although not very sharp on the final pass, the pace was controlled by Green White. A new backline combination of Grant Smale, John Parsi- nen, Alex Vega and Pat Palbicke was solid and kept Cracovia at bay. Af- ter a nice long throw-in flicked on by Keith Anderson, Wilkinson missed a chance to double the lead as his timing was just off enough to see the ball hit off his plant leg and away from the goal. His luck would change for the better just minutes later. Rob Czop received a ball on the right wing and advanced up the field. When confronted by two defenders Czop chipped the ball in to an onrushing Wilkinson who deftly one-timed the ball past the bewildered Cracovia keeper. A trend was emerging and things continued in Green White's favor as Wilkinson latched onto another ball played across the Cracovia goalmouth, this time by Herb Sherry. Wilkinson once again found the back of the net and earned the hat trick. To honor his accomplishment the club served “Derrick Dogs” at the Green White Fam- ily Day cookout that followed the match. (Greg “Scoop” Boltz reporting).

Other Metropolitan League Over 30 Division results from the weekend: Vikings - Polonia (rescheduled); Liths 3 - Croatia 0; Concordia 9 - Lions 5; 2007-2008 METROPOLITAN LEAGUE OVER 40 FINAL STANDINGS TEAM GP W D L GF:GA PTS 1 Highlander 18 14 1 3 70:24 43 2 United Serbs 18 12 2 4 56:27 38 3 Rams 18 11 3 4 45:36 36 4 Schwaben 18 11 2 5 43:25 35 5 Eagles 18 10 3 5 43:32 33 6 Hrvat 18 8 6 4 35:26 30 7 Wings 18 9 3 6 54:33 30 8 Royal Wawel 18 8 3 7 44:43 27 9 Concordia 18 7 6 5 30:32 27 10 Green White 18 4 8 6 37:35 20 11 Youths 18 4 3 11 34:35 15 12 Cracovia 18 3 4 11 25:37 13 13 Real F.C. 18 2 1 15 22:62 7 14 Falcons 18 1 3 14 28:76 6

Volume I ● Issue 7 ● Page 7 GREEN WHITE S.C. NEWSLETTER© Lightning 3 - Calisia 2. slotting the keeper at the near post. His effort car- On June 19, 2008 the Over 30 Team omed off the post back into play where it bounced 2-3 made up its previously scheduled game around until Wilkinson finally pushed it wide in dis- with the Lions. Green White nearly got on the board appointment. Green White had one last effort go for within minutes of the opening whistle as John naught as John Christopher found Grant Smale in Dunkas missed just wide right on a cross from John the box, but the header from that Smales kid was just Christopher. Eight minutes later, Chris Doran, playoff the mark. In the end, Green White gave up the ing in an age appropriate group, made no mistake as winner as they played the off sides trap only to see a he struck from the top of the box on a cross in from fleet footed Lions midfielder who also captains the Axel Vega. The lead was short lived; however, as the Connection First Team, rush in from an on-sides po- Green White defense was caught napping to allow a sition to slot home the winner. Despite the loss, it Lions forward to go in on goal alone and beat a was a good showing against one of the top teams in stranded Gabby Sepiashvili at the five hole. Almost the league. immediately, John Christopher nearly recaptured the lead but his effort agonizingly struck the cross bar. Other Metropolitan League Over 30 Division results Into the second half, with the match tied at one, a pen- from that scheduled game week: Calisia 1 - Concor- alty kick allowed the opposition to take the lead. The dia 2; Cracovia 3 - Liths 8; Polonia 1 - Schwaben 1; Croatia - Vikings (rescheduled). Lions could have extended the lead even more but for two separate clearances off the line from the hustling On June 21, 2008, a depleted Over 30 Axel Vega and ever present Pat Palbicke. Green 4-3 Team had a pathetic showing against White finally found the equalizer on a delightful series cellar-dwelling Lightning in Libertyville, IL. Due to that found John Parsinen holding the ball in the right untimely injuries, prior commitments and general corner until he could heel the ball to Derrick Wilkin- apathy that will be addressed in due course, Green son. From there Wilkinson played the ball low to the White was forced to start the game with 8 players, near post finding Rob Czop. As the keeper and de- which included an injured Greg Boltz. Reinforce- fense collapsed to Czop, he continued the ball across ments arrived soon after the start, bringing the team the face of the goal to an alone John Dunkas who total to 10. Still at a deficit, the impact of the addi- made no doubt about the equalizer. Green White con- tional players paid dividends as Green White was tinued to press the play and nearly went ahead as first to get on the board. The build-up saw some nice Parsinen chased the ball into the left corner, skipped combination passes up the right wing through Der- around one defender and danced past another before rick Wilkinson and John Christopher with Wilkin-

Volume I ● Issue 7 ● Page 8 GREEN WHITE S.C. NEWSLETTER© the net after a great pass from John Christopher storming down the right wing. With exhaustion setting in, Green White was unfortunate to give up a fourth goal and despite nearly leveling on a couple occasions, the final whistle blew to end a trying game. Gabby Sepiashvili, Axel Vega, Chris Chre- tien, Derrick Wilkinson, Rob Czop, John Parsi- nen, Chris Wixon, John Christopher, Chris Wellman and Greg Boltz should be commended for giving everything they had for the club. (Greg “Scoop” Boltz reporting).

Other Metropolitan League Over 30 Division results from the weekend: Calisia 3 - Liths 0; Lions 0 - Vi- son ultimately finding John Parsinen open in the pen- kings 1; Schwaben - Cracovia (rescheduled). alty area. Parsinen beat his marker; engaged the goalie and dished to a wide open Boltz who guided the OVER 40 TEAM - JUNE RECAP ball into the empty net. The lead was short lived as On June 7, 2008 the Green White alte Lighting equalized on a penalty kick. Undaunted, 2-3 herren hosted Wings at Majewski Park. Green White stormed back and had a few just missed The host team started strong and was the first to get chances through Wilkinson and Parsinen. Minutes on the board as Serhat Calbay was dragged down in later, Green White started losing players. The first was the box. Mike “Manatee” Grosse, taking time to Chris Wixon with a pulled groin. The loss was huge tighten his laces, stepped up and left no doubt with because Wixon had already unleashed a couple of the resultant spot kick. Green White controlled the trademark cannons from outside the penalty area and it first half but was unfortunate to go into the break tied was only a matter of time until he would have found at one all. It certainly could have been more as John the target. Although his range was greatly diminished, Dunkas saw his effort from 28 yards hit the left post Wixon stayed in the game and fought on showing and in the dying seconds of the half, Slobodan heart and dedication for his club. Nonetheless, Light- “Bobo” Gracanin found the head of Mark Stein at ning took a 2-1 advantage into the half. the back post, but Stein’s effort hit the crossbar and To begin the second half, the Green White resolve was out of play as the whistle blew. In the second half, evident. An early opportunity saw outside back Chris the visitors had their share of hit posts and John Chretien make a nice overlapping run into the box Dunkas had the rare distinction of striking the post picking up a pass squeezed through the defense by for both teams on the day. Midway through the sec- Greg Boltz, but his shot went just wide of the far ond half, with Green White down by a goal, Todd post. Green White finally found the equalizer as Schneider found a burst of energy as he forced a Parsinen took a through pass, turned the corner and back pass to the goalie; pressured the keeper into a headed toward goal. With defenders in front of him, Parsinen unselfishly turned provider for an onrushing Rob Czop who fired it passed the hapless Lightning net minder, 2-2. Unfortunately, injuries continued to mount for Green White and Parsinen had to leave the game with a painful rib injury. Lightning took the lead a few minutes later after Parsinen retired. Still, Green White would not give in as they sol- diered on with only 9 tired players, 3 of whom were limited by injury. Green White again equalized, this time through Wilkinson who found the back of

Volume I ● Issue 7 ● Page 9 GREEN WHITE S.C. NEWSLETTER© poor clearance that deflected off his shoulder; chased down the deflection; nut-megged the recovering defender; turned and slotted Roni Arusi for the equalizer. Unfortunately, the home team gave up another poor goal to fall behind 3-2. Green White was denied the equalizer and a share of the spoils late as Russell Rosenberg sent in a hard low shot that the keeper spilled at the right post. A tape-free Pat Nash was there to poke in the ball for the apparent equalizer, but the referee, positioned 30 yards from the

action, denied the goal claiming that the keeper had knocked the ball over the end line for the corner.

Other Metropolitan League Over 40 Division results from the weekend: United Serbs 9 - Falcons 2; Schwaben 0 - Highlander 3; Hrvat 4 - Concor- dia 1; Eagles 6 - Real F.C. 1; Youths 2 - Rams 0; Royal Wawel 0 - Cra- covia 0.

On June 14, 2008 the Over 40s hosted Hrvat on Green 1-2 White Family Day at Majewski Park. From the outset, the home team was licking their chops at the sight of their considerably older opponent. And in fact, Green White was able to move the ball around the field on the slowed and aged visitors, but the final result was testament to the adage that you can’t win if you can’t finish. The first blown opportunity saw Todd Schneider do well to go in on goal alone, but he hesitated from 5 yards and put the ball of the keeper’s shin. His header from the resulting corner kick was no closer to the mark either. The game saw other near misses too. Notably, George Lymperis tried to play a cross off his knee/shin that missed. Pat Nash received a nice pass from Dan Ro- gan, but his header skipped wide. Mark Stein gave a go with a free kick from the top of the box, but it was collected by the keeper. Of course, it was not as though the defense was setting the world on fire either. In the first half, the back line seemed tentative and hesitant in reacting to the ball. A little half time kick in the rear from John Dunkas eliminated that prob- lem in the second half. Also of note, Bob Hynes filled in between the pipes and faired well, particularly on a shot from beyond the midline that he strategically allowed to hit the cross bar and carom off the back of his head before collecting. The evening was not all bad. Green White was able to get on the board as Todd Schneider played Mark Stein through for what was at the time the tying goal. Unfortunately, Green White gave up a second with 20 minutes to play and could not find the equalizer. To sum up the game, 11 year old Maddie Nash commented, “There was a lot less swearing on Family Day.” And that was a good thing.

Other Metropolitan League Over 40 Division results from the weekend: Falcons 2 - Cracovia 2; United Serbs 3 - Schwaben 0; Concordia 3 - High- lander 3; Real F.C. 2 - Royal Wawel 4; Eagles 0 - Youths 0; Wings 4 - Rams 5.

On June 21, 2008 the Green White Over 40 Team made the 3-3 long trek to Lockport, Illinois to take on the Youths. The Youths were first to get on the board but not long thereafter Green White equalized on a free kick taken by Slobodan “Bobo” Gracanin. Bobo’s

Volume I ● Issue 7 ● Page 10 GREEN WHITE S.C. NEWSLETTER© effort was blocked by the keeper, but an aware Paul Weaver lapped up the spilt milk to tie the game. Green White took the lead in the second half as Roni Arusi picked out Mark Stein out wide on the left where Stein was able to beat his man and send the ball into the far side netting. The green gang extended their lead to 3-1 when Mike Grosse took advantage of a defense that continued to back away from him. Grosse accepted the gratuity by waltzing in with the ball and picking out the left corner. Un- fortunately, Green White was unable to hold the lead, giving back two un- answered. In the end, controversy reigned as the referee awarded Green White a penalty kick for a foul on Todd Schneider. After setting down the ball for the spot kick, the referee was either lobbied or threatened by the sideline; changed his mind and moved the ball out to the edge of the box for a free kick. As contentious and antagonistic as the home team was

GO GW GO during the game, they were equally gracious and welcoming hosts after the game, serving an out of this world lamb and pork dish that hit the spot before the long drive back to civilization.

Other Metropolitan League Over 40 Division results from the weekend: Highlander 1 - United Serbs 3; Hrvat 1 - Schwaben 2; Cracovia 0 - Con- cordia 4; Rams 2 - Eagles 2; Royal Wawel 1 - Wings 6; Real 1 - Falcons 3.

ILLINOIS STATE CUP (OVER 30)

On June 10, 2008, Green White played Palatine Celtics in 3-1 the quarterfinals of the Illinois Over 30 State Cup. Start- ing for Green White from back to front were Kurt Melcher, Chris Wellman, Keith Anderson, Nick Paul, Colum Donahue, Rob Czop, Jamie Limna, Tim McBride, Chris Salatino, John Parsinen and Jake Truty. With John Dunkas and an injured Greg Boltz directing the troops from the sidelines, the first 20 minutes of the match proved a tentative feeling out period. Celtics had the first real opportunity of the match as John Tovar got inside his defender to unleash a shot that forced Kurt Mel- cher to sprawl and smother. Indeed, the always dangerous Tovar proved to be a handful all night but Keith Anderson and Nick Paul were well up to the task in the middle defense. On 25 minutes, Green White began to click as Rob Czop whipped in one of his signature pinpoint crosses to pick out John Parsinen whose diving effort went narrowly wide. Undeterred, Parsinen would be heard from again. Shortly before the half, the sideline brain trust introduced Mike Pelegrino and Chris Doran to the game. The strategic substitution proved dividends immediately as Pelegrino launched a throw-in to the far stick where it was met by a rising Parsinen who whipped it down with his head into the corner for the goal as Dunkas and Boltz marveled at their own genius. Pelegrino and Parsinen nearly doubled the lead before the half on a set piece from the corner, but the near post effort was snuffed out on the goal line. Nevertheless, Green White found their second on a sublime strike from Chris Doran a minute after the second half restart. The build-up commenced as Jamie Limna, con- trolling the game from his perch in midfield, found Doran in space on the

Volume I ● Issue 7 ● Page 11 GREEN WHITE S.C. NEWSLETTER© kept him out of the first two cup matches, settled the ball with his back to goal, dropping it to Jamie Limna who found a streaking Chris Salatino in the left corner. The buildup was promising but Salatino, never quite able to catch up to the ball, could only send his cross into the side netting. Through 20 minutes Green White had the better of play on both ends as Chris Wellman and Keith Anderson continued to sniff out and cut off all offensive forays. Midway through the first half, Brandon Hardy played Limna bearing down on goal. Limna cut back to shake off the closing defender, but with the ball on his weaker foot, his shot was easily gathered by the keeper. The few opportunities presented by the opposition were all quickly fisted away by a confident Kurt Melcher, right. With the Celtic defense anticipating a cross to with the exception of one cross that he literally picked the crowd of Tim McBride, Parsinen and Pelegrino off an opponent’s head. Still, despite the exchange of flooding into the box, Doran caught the Celtic keeper play, it was tentative officiating that proved to be the cheating off his line with a punishing laser from the talking point of the match. It started with John Parsi- right corner of the box. The beaten keeper could only nen bearing down on goal at the half hour mark. As he hang his head as Green White took a commanding 2- separated from the flat footed defender, who was the 0 lead. Still, Celtic would not give up the fight. A only remaining obstacle to the goal, the defender hard tackle on 55 minutes forced Colum Donahue to reached out and pulled Parsinen down by the shoul- leave the game with an ankle injury and thereafter der. Whether the offense occurred in the box was de- Green White had several missed opportunities to batable, but there was no doubt that it was committed close out the game. The match was finally done and by the last man and the text book called for a red card. dusted in the 65th minute when Limna unlocked the Yet, the referee was reluctant to even show a yellow. defense again, this time finding Chris Salatino on Setting aside the disappointment at the call, Tim the left side of the pitch. Salatino lost his defender McBride’s curling free kick from the right side of the as he cut inside to set up a thunderous right foot to box could not get down in time. Ten minutes later, the far side of the goal. In the end, Celtic pulled one the officials were at it again. This time the linesman back to make the final score 3-1. While the team was failed to call an off sides as the opposition swung in a disappointed to give up the clean sheet, all were pleased to see Todd Schneider keep his feet this time through his 3 minutes of action. With the victory, Green White advanced to the semi-finals against Concordia.

On June 18, 2008, Green White and 1-4 Concordia faced off at Benedictine University in the semi-finals of the Illinois Over 30 State Cup. Starting for Green White were Kurt Mel- cher, Chris Wellman, Keith Anderson, Nick Paul, Brandon Hardy, Chris Doran, Tim McBride, Ja- mie Limna, Chris Salatino, John Parsinen and Tom Czop. The match started on a brisk pace. The first Green White opportunity came on 12 minutes as Tom Czop, finally shaking the injury bug that had

Volume I ● Issue 7 ● Page 12 GREEN WHITE S.C. NEWSLETTER© forthcoming. In the end, with Green White pushed forward, Concordia added a fourth in injury time. While disappointed with the loss, the editorial board could not let pass comment on the comical turn of the match which came shortly into the second half as Sean Con- nor was struck with a hip pointer. There was certainly nothing funny about the foul or the injury, but the resulting sequelae from Connor as he tried to walk off the pain, resembled something of a cross between a duck walk and an audition for the role of The Penguin in the next Batman movie. It was indeed quite humor- ous and it was reported that Connor is currently seek- ing an agent. free kick from the left side. Brandon Hardy pulled PALATINE 6v6 SUMMER LEAGUE (OVER 40) out before the kick was taken, leaving a forward standing on the goal line with only the company of The 12th Annual Palatine 6v6 Summer League hosted Kurt Melcher. Unfortunately, the timid linesman by Wings and held at the Ukrainian Cultural Center in was confused by the action in the goal mouth, allow- Palatine, Illinois kicked off in early June. The league ing the off-sides player to receive the ball from where has transformed over the years with changes to age it was ping-ponged into the net. With the goal, Con- limits, field sizes and number of players, but in its cur- cordia snuck into the intermission with a 1-0 lead. rent format, players must be over 40 with each team allowed two over 35 players. The league includes such The second half saw the introduction of Mike Pele- familiar teams as Wings, Kryla, Royal Wawel, Terno- grino, Sean Connor, Pat Palbicke and Jake Truty. pil and North Siders. Green White has been the runner But it was Concordia who were quicker on the restart, -up for the last 3 years in a row and looks to bring extending their advantage to 3-0 within the first 10 home the big trophy this year. While the soccer is minutes on a quick counter and an unfortunate own competitive to be sure, the real lure of this league is the goal. With the whole of the second half remaining to Uki-beer and camaraderie in the clubhouse after a full make up the deficit, Green White pushed forward as slate of Tuesday night matches. Playing this season Concordia pulled back into a defensive shell. The for the green team are George Lymperis, Cliff Sellie, green team saw several well taken strikes go just Todd Schneider, Russell Rosenberg, Scott Walz, wide, including efforts from Chris Salatino and Jake Roni Arusi, Greg Boltz, Derrick Wilkinson, Doug Truty. The Green White pressure finally cracked the Adams, Grant Smale, Jason Thodos, Neil Kaiser, Concordia defense at the 65 minute mark as Brandon John Dunkas, Dan Rogan and Armando Carlo. At Hardy scooped up a lazy pass in the offensive zone. the end of June, Green White stood in 3rd place, with While his shot was deflected wide, Hardy made no a record of 3-0-2 (WDL). The team had 13 goals for; mistake from the resulting corner kick which he re- 11 goals against and the largest bar tab of any team in ceived at the far side of goal, skipped around his the league. marker and uncorked a laser to the back corner of the net. Green White was smelling the comeback and continued to press for more. However, with Concor- dia maintaining nine men behind the ball at all times, the space was crowded and additional goals were not

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Green White Marauders GU09DE • June 15, 2008 v. Lake Forest Scouts. 2-1 Win. Coach Joe Moran; Asst. Coach Doug Galloway The Green White Strykers finished the season with a record of 3-3-3 (WLD), with 11 goals for and 10 • June 1, 2008 v. Libertyville Grey. 2-1 Win. goals against. • June 7, 2008 v. Wilmette Wings Grey. 2-3 Loss. • June 8, 2008 v. Team Evanston Blue. 3-5 Loss. Green White Power GU12BC Coach Mike Grivas The Green White Marauders finished the season with a record of 3-6-0 (WLD), with 17 goals for and 27 • June 1, 2008 v. Fox Valley Strikers. 2-0 Win. goals against. • June 8, 2008 v. EGSC Strikers. 1-1 Tie.

Green White Fire GU09DW • June 15, 2008 v. OPRF Strikers Orange. 1-2 Loss. Coach Randy Thiel; Asst. Coach Mark Walker The Green White Power finished the season with a record of 6-1-2 (WLD), with 16 goals for and 4 goals • June 1, 2008 v. HSC Lightning. 2-6 Loss. against. • June 8, 2008 v. BTSC Hawks White. 5-5 Tie. • June 15, 2008 v. Lombard Firebirds. 5-1 Win. Green White Wildcats GU12DE Coach Eric Eakin; Asst. Coach Peter Gilbertson The Green White Fire finished the season with a record of 7-1-1 (WLD), with 38 goals for and 12 goals • June 1, 2008 v. Edison Park Celtics. 3-1 Win. against. • June 8, 2008 v. Northstars S.C. 1-0 Win (FF).

Green White Heat GU10CN • June 15, 2008 v. Libertyville White. 2-0 Loss. Coach Mike Szukalla The Green White Knights finished the season with a record of 4-1-4 (WLD), with 10 goals for and 7 goals • June 1, 2008 v. Alithsa Arsenal Red. 3-0 Loss. against. • June 8, 2008 v. LASC Thunder. (not reported). • June 15, 2008 v. CL Force Premier. 2-0 Win. Green White Force GU14BN Coach Greg Lacost The Green White Heat finished the season with a record of 2-4-2 (WLD), with 11 goals for and 16 goals • June 1, 2008 v. Schaumburg. 6-1 Win. against. • June 15, 2008 v. Palatine Celtic. 4-3 Win.

Green White Knights GU11BC • June 15, 2008 v. Libertyville. 4-1 Win. Coach Ron Andracki; Asst. Coach Tim D’Anza The Green White Force finished the season with a record of 8-1-0 (WLD), with 32 goals for and 11 goals • June 1, 2008 v. BTSC Hawks. 9-1 Loss. against. • June 8, 2008 v. LTSC U11 Premier. 5-1 Loss. • June 15, 2008 v. Cary Defenders. (not reported). Green White Flames GU14BS Coach Craig MacNab; Asst. Frederick Mueller The Green White Knights finished the season with a record of 0-8-0 (WLD), with 7 goals for and 39 goals • June 1, 2008 v. TCSA Twisters. 5-0 Loss. against. • June 8, 2008 v. Team Elmhurst Premier. 1-0 Win.

Green White Strykers GU11CE • June 15, 2008 v. EGSC Thunder. 1-0 Win. Coach Kim Cichon; Asst. Coach Kathy Fox The Green White Flames finished the season with a record of 3-5-1 (WLD), with 7 goals for and 16 goals • June 1, 2008 v. LASC Flames. 3-3 Tie. against. • June 7, 2008 v. Glenview Blue. 3-0 Win.

Green White S.C. proudly celebrates the 25th anniversary of its partnership with the Mt. Prospect Park District. It all started with a donation and a handshake between Green White benefactor Everett “Tuck” Weaver and Wally Cook, now the Park District’s CEO. In the last 25 years our partnership has flourished and continued to grow. Thanks to all who have made it possible over the years and here is looking forward to another successful 25 years.

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OTHER NEWS

Green White Family Day on June 14, 2008 was a great success. The Over 30s won handily; the Over 40s did not; the weather was ideal, and the clubhouse was overflowing with kids and families, great food and thirst quenching spirits. Thanks to Hans Metzinger, Steve Pastorelli, Cindy Kaempfer, Adam Harjung, Rolf Albrecht, Klaus Kilian, John Dunkas and Todd Schneider for all their preparation and hard work to make the evening so enjoyable. UPCOMING EVENTS:

• JULY 3, 2008 @ 7:00 P.M. On June 20, 2008 at 7:59 a.m. Over 30 Team Co-Manager Jim Dionne, THURSDAY NIGHT CLUB his wife Julie and daughter Daley welcomed the birth of Donovan Mi- AT GREEN WHITE CLUBHOUSE chael Dionne. Donovan weighed in at 8 lbs., 14 ounces and 21 inches. • JULY 10, 2008 @ 7:00 P.M. Mom, Dad, baby and older sister are all doing well. THURSDAY NIGHT CLUB AT GREEN WHITE CLUBHOUSE

• JULY 11, 2008 @ 8:00 P.M. MONTHLY BOARD MEETING

AT GREEN WHITE CLUBHOUSE

• JULY 12-13, 2008 SCHWABEN TOURNAMENT AT SCHWABEN CENTER

• JULY 17, 2008 @ 7:00 P.M. THURSDAY NIGHT CLUB AT GREEN WHITE CLUBHOUSE

• JULY 19-20, 2008 GREEN WHITE TOURNAMENT AT MAJEWSKI PARK

• JULY 24, 2008 @ 7:00 P.M. THURSDAY NIGHT CLUB AT GREEN WHITE CLUBHOUSE

• JULY 31, 2008 @ 7:00 P.M. THURSDAY NIGHT CLUB AT GREEN WHITE CLUBHOUSE

Answer from Page 4: Standing left to right: Klaus Kilian, Harry Bayer, Nick Wirs, Hans Bitten- binder, Georg Polaretzki. Kneel- ing left to right: Walter Mel- cher, Fritz Ott, Alex Gyurko, Herb Fink. Not shown: Jorgen Bo-Hansen, Joe Schlenhardt, Karl Buegner, Toni Rauscher, Stefan Zimmer and Stefan Strumberger.

The Green White S.C. Newsletter is edited by Todd “Fritz” Schneider with contributions from Green White club members. If you have comments or information that you’d like to see in future Green White S.C. Newsletters, or want to review past newsletters, feel free to contact or visit us at: www.greenwhitesoccer.org ● [email protected] ● Hotline Phone: 630-415-1509 ● 745 Wille Road, Des Plaines, Illinois 60018

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