The BA Soccer League: recreational, non-profit, volunteer-run… and tons of fun
The BASL provides adult men with the opportunity to play indoor and outdoor soccer in a safe, pleasant and respectful environment, on quality pitches and under stable, transparent, consultative management.
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BA Update: Summer Wrap, Bring on Winter
Dear friends, With Halloween in the literal and proverbial bag, the hardware stores and shopping malls furiously decking the halls with boughs of holly, it's time for the BA to turn to one of our favourite annual traditions: 7-on-7 indoor soccer starts this Thursday! We have a lot of stuff we want you to know, so before you get too deep into your favourite Christmas movies, whether that includes Detective John McClane or Jack Skellington the Pumpkin King, please take a few minutes to have a read of this important communication. All These Things That You've Done Before we get into the...
Winter Registration is Open
Winter: Nov 7th – May 8th Garneau Dome 7v7 Format 3x 8:30pm / 2x 9:30pm $440 outfielders, $220 Keepers, $30 spares 10 teams 100 outfielders, 10 keepers
BA Update – Indoor Registration
Dearest BA friends, After thinking long and hard about messing with you all, starting this email under the pretense that you had missed the registration for our upcoming indoor season, after considering all the pain and anguish and possibly even heart complications that could have accompanied such a dastardly deed, we decided to take the high road, and only lied about it to Maroun, just to see what would happen. Don't worry! Registration hasn't opened yet, but it is right around the corner! And at last check, Maroun is ok too. Please read on!New Dome... who dis? As you and any residents of...
BA Update: Summer 2024
Dear friends, Look around your neighbourhood, what do you see? Everything is turning green, including the white soles of your fresh new sneakers. The air is full of birdsong... and tree pollen. If you listen really closely, someone off in the distance is cursing their lawnmower that won't start. Spring has arrived, and summer is around the corner! A fair warning, this email is long. Longer than the piece of paper Colin Raines keeps in his glove box listing all the players he has nutmegged over the years. Unlike that, this is (mostly) important information you (mostly) need to know. Welcome!...
BA Update: Winter Playoffs, Summer Registration
Good folks of the BA, No one could blame you for losing track of what time of year we're currently experiencing. Snowfall feels like something that used to happen in a past life. Grass and trees don't know if they are supposed to get on with the growing. Children come home from school in T-shirts, backpacks exploding with all the winter gear they needed that very morning. Believe it or not, it is April, and we are approaching a very exciting time in the BA calendar, as winter season enters the playoffs, and we look forward to the kickoff of our two summer leagues. Please give us a few...
Winter 2024 – Registration
The winter 2024 season is just around the corner, and we are thrilled to announce that registration is now officially open! Secure your spot by following this link: https://go.teamsnap.com/forms/394837. UPDATE Registration filled up extremely fast this year, 25 minutes from open for 80 outfield players and 8 keepers. At this time we have spare positions available which also serves as waitlist. Sorry to all those that missed out.
Winter 2024 Registration
Dear BA Friends, Mark your calendars! Registration for winter 2024 will officially be available from the basoccer.ca website on Monday (this Monday) September 11th at 8:30pm sharp. Costs have remained the same as last year: $360 outfield player, $180 keeper, $25 spare + $15 per game. There are limited spots, and it will be on a first come first serve basis for all returning players (winter 2023/summer 2023) who are now receiving this heads up. If you have any questions direct them to info@basoccer.ca May your gamedays be warm and your drinks cold! Your BA Executive Team
BA Update: Summer of Soccer, Golf, and Soccer!
Dear BA Friends, What an unbelievable summer so far! If anyone had "wildfire smoke cancellations", "tornados", and "air-quality index" on their Bingo cards, congratulations! This is 2023, when people still carry their N95 masks, but put them on when they get outside, and remove them upon walking into a public place! A side note, for those of you still playing along at home, "LRT shutdown" is the free square on the Bingo card. It's been a couple of months since our last Update, so as you can imagine there's a bunch of important stuff we'd like you know. Please have a read; it will still take...
Congratulations to Bloody HammeRED
Like some of our favourite pairs of sunglasses in various lakes across the country, this has somehow, but not purposely, slipped all the way to the bottom of a lengthy email. Congratulations to Bloody HammeRED for achieving the rare indoor season double, winning a tight match against a resolute Suns of Pitches team, despite keeper Bodo's incredible heroics. It was a thoroughly entertaining match to watch, certainly worthy of a final. In other indoor wrap-up news, the Team Spirit of the League was co-awarded to Suns of Pitches and Man Shitty for picking up ZERO cards over the whole season and...
Bloody HammerRED take regular-season title in photo-finish final night
The ladies men in red captured top honours on the final night of the indoor regular season with a 4-1 gallop over TeamSnap(ed), and after Suns of Pitches lost their 8 p.m. must-win fixture 5-2 to spoilers par excellence Our Preferred Pronoun Is Green (they wear dark blue jerseys... go figure). A hearty BA “Well done!” to Yanic Giroux and his crimson comrades, and a special “Are you human?” salute to Yan himself, who scored all four goals in the title triumph. Of note: At one point this indoor season (not that far back, in fact), five or six teams were within four points and a half-pint of...