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| Welcome to Darby F.C. page modified June 28th, 2010: 
Marta Vieira da Silva - 3 time FIFA Women's World Player of the Year (06, 07, 08) | |  6/26/2010: After running tryouts, the 2010 Fall Darby GU13 team still has 3 roster spots available (including goalkeeper). An additional tryout will be conducted Tuesday, June 29th at 6:30 pm at the Remington Middle, School 628 Washington St. Franklin, MA. Call 508-520-3035 or email prior to attending. 6/28/2010: Coincidentally, the 2010 Fall Darby GU12 team also still has 3 roster spots available (including goalkeeper). An additional tryout will be conducted Wednesday, June 30th at 6:30 pm at the Remington Middle, School 628 Washington St. Franklin, MA. Call 508-520-3035 or email prior to attending. 2010-2011 tryout dates at the bottom of the page
Where Have All The Smaller Clubs Gone? | Why are so many clubs merging these days? The answer’s simple. They’d rather achieve overnight success by combining teams than developing players for the long haul. Think about it. When clubs combine, the middle tier players get relegated to a lower team and the lower tier players get cut. Darby FC is proud not to be one of those clubs. If you’re affiliated with one of these “merging” or “ever expanding” clubs, and could possibly find yourself displaced -- come to our tryouts! Although we’re small, Darby FC is competing at the highest level of competition. In 2010 Spring MAPLE, the GU11 team is playing Green (D2 equivalent) and the GU12 team is playing Blue (D1 equivalent). While the “bigger” clubs are looking to replace players [regardless of how the team is doing], Darby FC is looking to add players in the Fall. 3 or 4 players to be exact. 3 or 4 on the GU11 team and 3 or 4 on the GU12 team. Will there be cuts? Possibly, but it’s not our primary means of improving upon our already successful teams. |
Darby FC GU12 Paul Irwin Cup StandingsWith a full roster on Saturday, Darby wins their first 3 games (2-0 vs Scorpions, 1-0 vs Crusaders). With only 12 players on Sunday, Darby continues their winning steak beating FC United 4-1. Unfortunately, their fairy tale story ends there with an injury to the goalkeeper in the final seconds of the 3rd game preventing her from playing any further. So, now down to 11 players, they lose their 4th and final 1-0 vs SS Select. Congratulations, SS Select for making D1. The best of luck to you going forward. The good news is that Darby's still in the hunt for a D1 spot by moving to the round-robin stage of the tournament where they'll face the Scorpions, Nor'easter & Stars of MA. Darby FC GU12 team earns D2 spot for the 2010 GU13 Fall season (their standings in the Paul Irwin Cup in June 2010 could still place them in D1). Darby GU12 Goes Undefeated at the 2010 Needham Memorial Day tournament! | Their first game was a hard fought 1-0 victory over SS Select (MA). Their second game was a 3-0 domination over Northeast United (CT). Their third and final game was extremely competitive against neighboring NEFC Dynamite (MA). Darby held a 1-0 lead at the half. NEFC gained momentum in the 50th minute and scored 2 goals within 5 minutes. Darby fought back to score the equalizer with only 30 seconds left in the game. NEFC moved on. Darby went home. |
What More Could I Ask Of The GU12 Team? | Just in advance of the 2010 Spring MAPLE season, 2 players quit. On top of that, 1 got hurt the week before the season started and was out for the entire season. What started as a roster of 16 was now down to 13 before the season had even started. If that wasn’t bad enough, due to illness there’s been only 1 game where all 13 players were present and that was week 6 against the Stars of MA [Star of MA 1 vs Darby FC 0]. This is the most dedicated, “extremely” conditioned and impressive group of players there is! Amazingly, we won the 2010 Scorpion Bowl with only 10 players! With 3 or 4 solid players added to the roster, this will be a competitive D1 team in the 2011 Spring MAPLE Season. |
The GU11 team finishes their 2010 Spring season 3-3-1 | 3 consecutive losses in their final 3 games brings the 2010 Spring MAPLE season to a close with a record of 3-3-1. This GU11 team is well on their way to being one of the more dominant teams in their age bracket. Like the GU12 team, they're also 3 or 4 players shy of rounding out an extremely competitive team. |
Even though Darby was created to develop Franklin residents and positively influence soccer specifically within that town, more and more players from surrounding towns are being added to our rosters because of our growing, positive reputation. Not only are our teams having great success in MAPLE but the kids are also developing beautifully and showing signs of becoming great skill players. Our philosophy is simple. We believe a child should be able to go down to the local field and play. That way, all of his or her time is spent touching the ball and very little of your time & money is spent driving. As one might imagine, there are very few players that develop the foot skills necessary to take their game to the next level while traveling in a car, to and from practice. We train twice per week and each training session will be focused, dynamic, challenging and fun. We play once per week on Sunday and each game will be focused on your childs development. Take a look at either the training or game schedule. Our goal is to make your child confident and prepared to take players on. Once your child has achieved a certain level of skill you'll begin to see the game for what it really is -- magnificent. We hope that when the time comes, you can sit and enjoy a great game of high school soccer. Don't wait another minute. Come check us out. We're right down the street. | |
Darby FC is holding tryouts for the following age groups for the Fall 2010 season [updated May 22nd, 2010]: Team | Born on or after | League | Tryout Date | Tryout Time | Tryout Location | Girls U12 | August 1st 1998 | MAPLE [11v11] or MASC [8v8] | Wednesday, June 23rd 2010 | 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM | Remington Middle School,
Franklin MA | Girls U12 | | | Thursday, June 24th 2010 | 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM | Remington Middle School,
Franklin MA | Girls U12 | | | Friday, June 25th 2010 | 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM | Remington Middle School,
Franklin MA | | Girls U12 | | | Wednesday, June 30rd 2010 | 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM | Remington Middle School,
Franklin MA | Girls U13 | August 1st 1997 | MAPLE [11v11] | Wednesday, June 23rd 2010 | 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM | Remington Middle School,
Franklin MA | Girls U13 | | | Thursday, June 24th 2010 | 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM | Remington Middle School,
Franklin MA | Girls U13 | | | Friday, June 25th 2010 | 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM | Remington Middle School,
Franklin MA | Girls U13 | | | Tuesday, June 29th 2010 | 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM | Remington Middle School,
Franklin MA |
Directions to Remington Middle School, Franklin MA: From I-495 Northbound (from I-95): Take Exit 16 King St. Turn left go approx. 1 mile, turning left into Remington Middle School.
From I-495 Southbound (from I-90/Mass Pike): Take Exit 16 King St. Turn right go approx. 1 mile, turning left into Remington Middle School. | |
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