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I am thrilled to introduce you to Mollie Blake, a wonderful writer from England’s west country. In this, her first piece for FionaDobson.com she’s going to lead you through a story telling the tantalizing crossdressing story of a date night to remember. You can find more of her stories at MollieBlake.com
The Dating Game – by Mollie Blake
Find all episodes of The Dating Game HERE.
“Professor Forbes, I’ve got a…er…Lucinda de Vilish on the phone for you.”
David glanced up to check his office door was closed. “Thanks, Edwina. Put her through.”
“Professor Forbes. This is Lucinda de Vilish.”
Before responding he waited for the “click” to make sure his inquisitive secretary had put her phone down. “Lucy. You’ve rung me at work! This had better be a matter of life or death.”
“Well, hi, David. How nice to hear from you! And it is a matter of life, and my future happiness.”
“So what’s that then?”
“I’ve set us up on a double date.”
“A double date?” The frown David had been wearing for most of the day so far, slowly morphed into a broad smile. He pressed his hand over the top of his dark grey trousers.
“Oh, come on! You know you want to. It’ll be fun. I met this guy and his friend in the bar last night. I said we’d see them tonight. At Don Antonio’s, your favourite Italian. You can pick me up at 7.30…and David, I’m relying on you. 7.30 okay?”
“What if I’ve got plans—”
The line had gone dead.
Who was he kidding anyway? Lucy knew he didn’t have plans. During semesters, the only thing he had going on was teaching a bunch of students about quantum technology. He focused on the report he had been writing with renewed zest—his day had just got better.
“For fuck’s sake!” Lucy stepped back from the door to her apartment.
David grinned. “What, honey?” He followed her into the small living room and did a three-sixty. “Do you like it?”
“You look bloody gorgeous,” she said, always surprised how David managed to look so feminine. While he was taller than most women, when he put on heels and the right clothes, he managed to exude a feminine mystique she found both tantalising and surprising.
“Ha! It takes balls to look this good,” he said, with a bravado that she knew was all show. He was as nervous as a teen on her first date.
“Very funny.” Lucy remarked, reaching up and slapping her hand across his shoulder before grabbing her coat. “We’re supposed to be finding my forever guy. Now, Diana, you’re going to distract every bloody sod in the restaurant!” She shot him a quick glance. “You’re okay with Diana, right?”
“Of course,” said David. “You look lovely too.”
He stared after her, wondering just where she got the leopard-skin miniskirt from, and why it seemed to be riding further and further towards her backside with every stride.
They arrived at the restaurant fifteen minutes early and sat in a quiet corner.
“You are glad to come, aren’t you?” Lucy asked, sipping her cocktail.
“We’ll see if that happens later, shall we?” He winked. “But, sure, of course I’m glad.” The nervousness in his voice betrayed his true anxiety. With the prospect of meeting a stranger, ‘Diana’ was a nervous little girl.
Lucy was about to tell him she planned to leave with her “date” for the evening, when a guy called out, “Hey, Lucy.”
The man was about five foot eight, with short brown hair and black rimmed glasses. David couldn’t help noticing how ordinary he looked. Even respectable. Not the dreary looking rock hippy she usually fell for. He smirked for a second, knowing how much Lucy hated his name-calling. But it never stopped him. As far as he was concerned all her hippy friends were as thick as pig shit. This guy, however, definitely looked different.
Standing next to Lucy’s date was a taller, blond-haired man, with large blue eyes. And he was staring right at David.
“Hi, Mitch, great to see you again!” said Lucy.
Hearing Lucy’s overly enthusiastic welcome for a guy she had only just met, put a momentary halt to his scrutiny. David watched her bounce up and tilt her cheek for a kiss.
What an odd couple, David thought, as the man’s neat brown hair came into contact with Lucy’s deliciously untameable mane of purple before Lucy’s next words grabbed his attention.
“And Luke, this is Diana.”
The tall man hesitated, his eyes fixed on David. The moment of silence was just long enough for David to thank God.
“Pleased to meet you, Diana.”
David realised Luke was as nervous about this as he was.
“I told you it would be fun,” Lucy whispered. Even though he was a real geek and too intelligent and self-opinionated for his own good, he was still Lucy’s best friend. Tonight he could be the professor of whatever the hell he wanted, but it didn’t change the fact he was a frightened little girl. And wasn’t this just the most divine she had ever seen him look?
Diana stood up just as the waiter came over to say their table was ready. Luke’s eyes roamed all over Diana’s body and he licked his lips in excitement.
“Pleased to meet you too, Luke,” said David, warming to his task.
There was no kiss, but ‘Diana’ didn’t mind. ‘She’ was expecting a lot more before tonight was over. I hope Lucy’s got plans to leave with Mitch tonight, he thought.
With titillating mutual consent, everyone just ate a main course and only drank one alcoholic drink. During the meal the guys announced they were construction workers working away from home.
“So how long are you staying in the area?” Diana asked, gazing at Luke.
“I leave tomorrow.”
Luke’s smouldering eyes were killing him. Together with his husky, deep voice, it was all too much to resist. The fact the guy would be nowhere to be seen tomorrow was just perfect too.
“Right, you two—” Lucy’s words stopped Diana’s lusting. “—we’re heading back to my place. I guess that’s okay with you?” She glanced at Diana before swivelling to get her bag from the back of the chair.
You know it’s great with me, thought Diana but she said, without conviction, “I thought we were going to hit a club or something.”
“Oh, we’ll be hitting something,” Lucy exclaimed, her eyes shining as she slapped Mitch’s lap, “but it won’t be a club. Let’s get the bill.”
Diana drained the last of the white wine in the glass, eyes fixed on Luke. She’d done this a hundred times in front of a mirror, and knew her rich brown eyes would be temptation personified under her long black lashes. Her velvet red nails strummed the table with seductive impatience before she delivered her piéce de resistance. With a growing confidence, she slipped her foot from her black kitten heel and lifted her long leg to rest on Luke’s lap.
“You wanna come back to my hotel?” Luke gasped, his eyes wide and his hand moving under the table to stroke Diana’s leg.
As soon as the door was closed, Diana began to peel Luke’s shirt off.
“Gotta get you out of this…big boy,” she warned him as her hand squeezed a very solid bicep. Oh, yes. The prospects for an exciting evening had well and truly dispelled all nerves.
Luke was helping her to tear his shirt off, ignoring the ping of a button whizzing across the dressing table. “So you’re a physicist?” Gasp! Pant! The jeans were already half way down to his ankles, and he prayed he wouldn’t fall arse over tit!
“Yeah,” Diana groaned, “You like a smart CD?”
“Fucking love it.” Luke was totally naked now, and hard as steel.
Diana grabbed his shaft. “This for me?”
“Any way you want it, babes.” Luke reached out and stroked her cheek. “Your skin’s so soft.”
“Wax, honey,” Diana moved her hand up and down the velvety shaft. She was hard too and weighing up her options. It was only one night so she wanted to make the most of it. Then she clenched her buttocks. Okay, now she knew what she wanted. “You quick to get it up again?” she asked, giving him a squeeze.
“When you’re this hot—” Luke smoothed his hands down the sides of Diana’s black satin dress. Her torso was slim and Luke’s fingers lingered when they reached the straps to her suspender belt. “—yeah, I’m quick.”
Diana kicked her kitten heels off and began to go down on her knees. But Luke pulled her up.
“Can I see you first?”
She gazed at him from beneath her long lashes and smiled. He was about to help remove her dress, but she wanted to do it alone. She was adept at unzipping, and the feel of the silky black fabric parting down her spine always left Diana feeling empowered. Besides, her fingers would brush over the lace of her cami top and panties, an added bonus. He’d better not be disappointed when I leave these on.
With her dress pooled at her feet, she gracefully stepped to the side and placed her hands on her hips, fingering the suspender belt with a tantalising enjoyment.
Luke stepped forward. His strong arms held Diana’s and he brushed her lips with his.
He tasted masculine and clean. She opened to welcome his tongue, letting it dance inside her mouth. Their bodies aligned perfectly, and the feel of his strong thighs pressing against the silk stockings hugging her skin left Diana heady with pleasure.
Finally, she slid to her knees and the aroma of his sex hit her full on. Her oral skills were on a par with her scientific ones. She knew what a man liked and she knew how to give great head. She was going to rock his universe when she released all his little “particles.” But no swallowing this time. Not a construction worker she would never see again.
After teasing his slit with her well-trained tongue, Diana steadily devoured him, inch by inch, cupping his balls when he groaned in ecstasy. With one last suck, she pulled off and his white stream shot over her chest, catching her bra strap.
“Oh, what a mess,” she scolded, teasing the man who was trying to stay on his feet. She ran her finger over the sticky trail. Then she placed her finger in his mouth and watched with erotic fascination as he licked it clean.
“That’s better,” she breathed, inhaling to accentuate the swelling of her chest.
“Wow,” sighed Luke. “I bet you’re a fucking good teacher.”
“Professor, actually.” She shot him a fervent look. “And I’m good at everything. I’ll just clean up here. Then I hope you’re ready to go again.”
His cry, “Oh, wow,” was only just audible as she made her way to the bathroom.
She studied her reflection for a few minutes while she washed her hands and indulged in coating them in slippery moisturiser. With an air of confidence, she sauntered back into the bedroom.
Luke turned to gaze at the ‘woman’ he had wanted to meet since Lucy had told him and Mitch about her very special friend last night. He never tried to hide his bisexuality and counted himself lucky to have been with a couple of men who cross-dressed. It added a whole different dimension to the bedroom and Luke got a huge kick when he was able to share erotic sex during these encounters. He had to admit, Diana was one of the most beautiful cross-dressers he had met. Her body was toned, not too muscular, and he remembered her soft skin. Her dark hair was short and flicked back, giving her a Kristen Stewart look. And those hypnotic eyes? Hell, he had to concentrate not to melt when they drilled into him.
“You look amazing.”
Diana gazed down and ran her fingers over the dark blue lace of her cami top. “I feel it, honey. Get covered up and come and find out for yourself.”
There was something wonderful about that first breach as the man entered her body. Luke eased her panties to the side to lubricate her sensitive anus, and already ripples of pleasure were running through her. She began to relax, waiting for those skilful fingers to be replaced by that hard, silky cock.
“Yes,” she gasped, as he inched inside her.
They rocked together, Luke’s hands pulling her hips to reach deep inside. He was big and she luxuriated in the fullness. Then came her scream as he nudged her prostate. Diana leaned back, moved her hand down and shot her seed all over the towel on the bed.
Luke tensed and she knew she had got him. His chest warmed her back and she waited a moment before pulling away. Lucy had been right. It had been fun.
Lucy entered David’s loft-house apartment at midnight.
“What a fab night,” she declared, throwing her jacket over the nearest chair before heading over to the huge sofa.
“Yes, honey, it was great.” David glanced over his shoulder with a girlish smirk and poured neat scotch into two tumblers.
Lucy took the glass and plopped herself down, careful not to spill her drink.
“You got what you wanted?” David asked, noticing there was a trace of lipstick on his glass as he sipped the drink.
“Yep. And I can tell you did.” Lucy’s eyes trailed down from David’s sexy lace top in pale violet, to his soft gray lounge pants. He looked satisfied. She curled her legs under her. “So, you got your man. Did he do manly things to you.”
David sat next to her. They both glanced down to his erection.
“What do you think? Were you happy with your bit of rough?” He reached behind and eased her sweater upward to reveal faint lines criss-crossing her back.
“He gave me just what I needed. He was delectable really.”
“Really? You’re pretty delectable yourself, Lucinda de Vilish.” He leaned in and kissed her.
“Okay. So we both got what we needed.” She twisted the lace of his cami top through her fingers. “How about we go get girly in your room. You can leave this on.”
David grabbed her hand and pulled her off the sofa. “Sounds like another good plan.”
They headed to the bedroom.
“Thanks for setting it up tonight. My turn to pick next time. What do you think about trying to find ourselves a couple of bankers…”
You can read more of Mollies wonderful stories here .Be sure to comment on the story if you enjoyed it! We hope to feature more of her writing in the near future. FD.

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Join the Young Professionals of the Swedish Chamber for a fantastic Midsummer Menu at Café Selma’s in Amsterdam followed by traditional
Midsummer games in the park!
This event is for members only.
White sourdough bread, rye sourdough bread and knäckebröd*
Skagenrröra (mix of shrimp, mayonnaise and dill)
Gravlax (a Nordic dish consisting of raw salmon, cured in salt, sugar, and dill) with sauce
Meatballs with Swedish mustard
Egg with caviar
*offered also as gluten free, but may contain traces of gluten
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It has been a productive start to the campaign for Jack Aitchison, who is featuring regularly while on loan at Sky Bet League Two leaders Forest Green Rovers.
Our Scottish forward has become a key player at the New Lawn in the opening couple of months and is enjoying his football in Gloucestershire, appearing in every game so far this term.
We caught up with him, to check on his progress and see how he is finding life in Nailsworth.
“It’s been good just playing games again and getting a run of games,” insisted Aitchison. “Last season, it was tough, obviously being away from home and living in a hotel and not playing as much as I wanted to.
“But I had a good pre-season – I was due to start the first game but got injured the week before; I did my back and had to come back to Barnsley to get scanned, but luckily it was all good.
“The team was doing well and it took me a couple of games to get back in, but I’ve been back in since and hopefully it continues.”
It didn’t take long for the 21-year-old to get off the mark for FGR in his second loan stint with the club, netting the opening goal in a 3-1 defeat against Brentford in the EFL Cup second round.
Aitchison has also turned provider on a couple of occasions, too, claiming assists for Jamille Matt in the EFL Cup against Bristol City and Jake Young as Rovers thrashed Crawley Town 6-3.
“Just getting on the scoresheet again was good and especially against Brentford, a Premier League team, and at their stadium with quite a lot of fans,” he continued. “It was a good night and we were actually unlucky not to get a result, but it was a positive performance.
“I feel like, if we can keep playing the way we want to play – keep the ball on the ground and play through teams then I feel that we can take on a lot of teams.
“But when it starts going in the air it gets a little bit more difficult for us, but the way we’ve been playing the manager has been brilliant – as has his assistant and the whole team and coaching staff.
“It’s been brilliant and it has a real family feel to it at the training ground and stadium, so hopefully it continues.”
The fourth tier’s early pacesetters, Forest Green will be hoping to win promotion to League One for the first time in their history having reached the play-offs in two of the last three seasons.
Aitchison feels there is a belief within the squad that they can achieve something great this campaign if they continue their current form and build that all-important momentum.
“The thoughts on our mind at the moment is promotion; to win the league,” insisted the former Celtic forward. “I think everyone has the same kind of idea at training – we work hard every week and the results have been showing that.
“It’s only early in the season but hopefully we can carry on and keep having that mindset to win each game so it becomes a habit and, hopefully, by the end of the season, we can achieve something.”
At the helm for FGR is former Barnsley defender Rob Edwards, who has enjoyed a decent coaching education prior to landing his first job in the Football League at the New Lawn.
His previous roles have seen him guide Wolverhampton Wanderers to promotion to Premier League 2 Division 1, while also coaching in the England youth set-up at U20 and U16 level.
“He’s come in and he’s still quite a young manager with fresh ideas, but I feel like he really knows his stuff and it’s shown on the training ground and we’ve taken that into games,” discussed Aitchison.
“Richie [Kyle], his assistant, helps a lot as well with small touches on the training ground that sometimes the manager needs, which is good that they’ve got a good combination and I feel like it’s a strong partnership.”
You can keep up to date with Jack’s progress in our loan round-up features.

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Rowland’s quartet is a new dynamic group of highly respected musicians merging to create something transcendental, colourful, expansive, otherworldly and deep. Music that is both driven and inventive with the occasional subterraneous excursion.
Evocative, worldly explorations of free improvisation, jazz and groove sounds with added inspirations from the Caribbean and India. Ethereal themes converge with hypnotic rhythms, celestial textures, raw shifting ostinatos, psychedelic dub waves, colliding counterpoints and layers of sostenuto. A rich blend of elements from this vibrant quartet that promises music-making that challenges as well as soothes the listener.
Tonight’s performance will mark the quartet’s debut concert.
Rowland Sutherland is widely regarded as being one of the most versatile flautists in the UK. He can regularly be seen performing with some of the finest jazz bands, improvised music groups, new music ensembles, symphony orchestras, non-Western groups, pop outfits, and as a soloist, throughout Europe and further afield. He has performed at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Centre, the North Sea Jazz Festival, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Chatelet Les Halles and Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall. Sutherland is also active as a composer and his recent composition Enlightenment (In the Spirit of A Love Supreme) has received a lot of praise following sold out performances of the work at James Lavelle’s Meltdown 2014 at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, where it received standing ovations.
Ansuman Biswas has worked as a composer, percussionist and creative artist in a wide range of contexts from jazz to Indian Classical music, pop songs to industrial noise. He has been commissioned by the Sonic Arts Network, the National Theatre, the Royal Ballet, the English National Opera and Guangdong Modern Dance Company in China as well as numerous other ensembles, film makers, theatre and dance companies. He has worked with the BBC, Channel Four, MTV, the Royal Opera House, the National Theatre and with Bjork, Courtney Pine, The Specials, Talvin Singh, Nitin Sawhney, Oasis and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.
The piano and electronics artist Pat Thomas is one half of Black Top with Orphy Robinson. He has performed with Derek Bailey, was a member of the Tony Oxley Quartet, played in Oxley’s Angular Apron along with Larry Stabbins, Manfred Schoof and Sirone and played with Lol Coxhill. He plays with Mike Cooper’s Continental Drift, a duo with percussionist Mark Sanders and a trio with Steve Beresford and Francine Luce. In 1992 Pat Thomas formed the quartet Scatter with Phil Minton, Roger Turner and Dave Tucker. Pat Thomas has performed with Jim O’Rourke, Mats Gustafsson and Alexander Frangenheim in The Hague, Fred Frith, Shelly Hirsch, Carlos Zingaro in Stuttgart and Evan Parker, Phil Minton, John Russell and Roger Turner in Budapest.
Guillaume Viltard has performed on bass with a wide host of notable improvised music soloists including Sharon Gall, Moshi Honen, Gail Brand, Ute Kanngiesser, Paul Abbott, Tony Marsh, Shabaka Hutchings, John Russell, Phil Minton, Soizic Lebrat, John Butcher, Eddie Prevost and Isabelle Duthoit among many others.


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Team Chicago Academy-Cruzeiro U15 continued its IYSA State Cup round-robin play with another convincing win. Cruzeiro faced FC-1 Elite on Sunday night and came away with a 5-0 victory.
Alyssa Bombacino led the way with 4 goals in the opening 20 minutes and an assist on the 5th and final goal in the 2nd half. GK Bailee Witt and her defense earned the 7th straight shutout.
Cruzeiro opened the scoring in the 8th minute when Jamie Goralski’s ball found Sarah Avery on the end-line, and she dribbled around a defender and squared it for Alyssa Bombacino to slot home. The 2nd goal came six minutes later when Kerry Abello found Jamie Goralski on the left wing, and she dribbled past 2 defenders and delivered a perfect, driven cross into Alyssa’s run in front of the goal. Two minutes later Jamie Goralski and Alyssa Bombacino linked up again in a carbon-copy of the second goal. And to close out the 1st half scoring Kerry Abello’s throw-in found Alyssa Bombacino on the edge of the 18-yard box where she turned her defender and walked in to calmly slot the ball home.
With 8 minutes left in the game Alyssa Bombacino played a ball into forward Madison Zaleski’s feet, and Madison made a great lay-off pass to Francesca Marconi who took a decisive touch inside and blew past her defender to score the 5th and final goal of the game.
With the win Cruzeiro just needs a tie in tonight’s 7:30pm home game against Crystal Lake to win its group, and advance to the IYSA State Cup Semi-final for the third year running.
Team Chicago Academy-Cruzeiro U15 opened its IYSA State Cup championship defense with an impressive 7-0 win over Rockford Raptors.
The game was a re-match of their Spring U14 IYSA State Cup Round-Robin contest, which ended with a tight 2-0 win for Cruzeiro, but this time around Cruzeiro quickly took care of business jumping out to a 3-0 lead in the first six minutes of play. Kerry Abello opened the show when she got on the end of Riley O’Brien’s cross from a great Sarah Avery run up the right flank. Less than a minute later Jamie Goralski found Kerry Abello on the left-wing and she played a perfect ball into Alyssa Bombacino’s run down the middle. Alyssa calmly found the foot of the far post. And two minutes later Alyssa got her second of the game when she met at perfect Jamie Goralski cross at the near post and flicked it over the GK.
The 2nd half started much like the 1st as Cruzeiro grabbed a couple of quick goals. Kerry Abello played a perfect ball over the top into Emma Rydholm’s overlapping run, and Emma whipped in a cross that Riley O’Brien met at the back post. Less than a minute later GK Bailee Witt drove a great 50 yard ball into Riley O’Brien’s run down the right flank, and she squared it to Jamie Goralski who took a perfect first touch and then slotted it home for the 5-0 lead.
Jordan King made it 6-0 after a short corner, and Kerry Abello made it 7-0 final after a mazy run and driven shot to the far post. Bailee Witt got the shutout in goal. Up next for Cruzeiro is its 2nd State Cup round-robin game on Sunday night against FC-1 Elite.
Team Chicago Academy-Brasilia continued its U16 MRL Premier I Division play this past weekend with two impressive victories in Grand Rapids, MI. Entering the weekend both opponents were undefeated and positioned at the top of the group.
On Saturday Brasilia faced TNT Dynamite and started off on a great note when Jasmine Ruiz nearly scored right off the kick-off. The GK was positioned well off her line and Jasmine took full advantage of her ability to strike a ball, just missing the upper 90. As the match continued Brasilia was in great form controlling the match and creating opportunities that finally paid off when Jasmine Ruiz played a great ball into Safia Hannin on the left side. Safia drove past two defenders going across the top of the box before slotting her ball to the lower left corner for a perfect finish. The second goal which proved to be the game winner started with Abby Severson playing a quick throw-in to Dominique Martinez. Dominique continued to switch the point of attack and found Abby Grzetic about 25 yards from goal. Abby made a great fist touch setting herself up before unleashing a perfect strike that found the upper 90. TNT scored against the run of play, but Brasilia was too strong and secured a deserved 2-1 win.
In Sunday’s game, Brasilia faced Alliance Academy who advanced to Nationals as the Region II champions this past summer. The game started off with possession primarily in the middle third of the field with each team searching for opportunities. Alliance opened the scoring in the first half to go up 1-0, but from there Brasilia turned it up a notch to go into the half up 3-1. The first goal came off a corner taken by Jasmine Ruiz that was driven near post. MaKenna Schoolman’s run to the near post opened up space, and she dummied the ball through for Emmerson Fuller to beat the keeper.
The game continued to be a great match going back and forth, but the second Brasilia goal proved to be a turning point in the match. The play started with a ball being played out wide on the left side to Jade Eriksen-Russo. Jade played a long diagonal ball into MaKenna Schoolman who was able to flick the ball into the run of a wide open Veda Tappin. Veda timed her run perfectly to stay onside and drove toward the goal to place her shot calmly past a keeper to the lower left corner. The final goal of the half came from Jasmine Ruiz winning the ball in the midfield and directing it to Alyssa Bombacino (Cruzeiro) who took care of the rest in providing the game-winner. Alyssa drove forward into space beating the back-line before placing her shot past the keeper.
Brasilia began the second half where it left off and continued to find openings in the opponents defensive third of the field. The final goal came when Maddie Lambert got the ball deep on the right flank. She cut inside and passed it to Alyssa Bombacino who found Jordan King (Cruzeiro) on top of the 18. Jordan was very composed on the ball and cut two players on the top of the box before beating the keeper to go up 4-1. However, the game was far from over with such a great opponent and they continued to fight back, but could only secure one more goal for the final 4-2 result. What a great way to end the weekend beating the Region II Champions. We would like to recognize the efforts of Madison Lockard, Nicole Mondi, Jade Eriksen-Russo, Emmerson Fuller, and Callie Vitro for defending as a unit against some very talented teams. Great job girls!
Team Chicago Academy-Internacional continued its impressive run of form with three more convincing MRL victories in Rockford this past weekend. Heading into the weekend with a 3-0-0 record Internacional faced Shattuck-St. Mary’s – an elite soccer boarding school in Minnesota in the Saturday morning game. While Shattuck was a very good soccer-playing side, it was not a match for Internacional and Quincy Kellett in particular. Quincy recorded a hat-trick in the opening 10 minutes of the contest to effectively secure the win for Internacional.
Inter opened with a spirited pressing game that Shattuck’s defenders really struggled with. Two of Quincy’s goals were almost carbon copies as Maddie Pokora found a streaking Keely Theobald in behind the Shattuck back-line, and she delivered a perfect pass for Quincy to find the back of the net. The third goal was all Quincy as she opportunistically chased down a soft back-pass and out-tackled the keeper followed by an easy tap-in. Inter created 3-4 other 100% chance before the interval, but could not convert.
The 2nd half was a lot more even, but with 12 minutes left Anna Tørsløv hit a shot from 25 yards out that beat the Shattuck keeper for the final score 4-0. Hannah Parrish got the shutout in goal.
In the 2nd game of the day Inter defeated previously undefeated Michigan Jaguars 5-1. Miranda Lambert opened the scoring 15 minutes in from Alena Sidwell and Maddie Pokora, and she doubled her tally 5 minutes later after a perfect give-and-go with Quincy Kellett at the top of the penalty box. MI Jags halved the Inter lead two minutes into the 2nd half, but then Kiley Czerwinski took over the game. First she scored off a corner combination with Anna Tørslev, then she beat 3 players before finding Grace Anderson who in turn found Alena Sidwell for the tap-in. And in the very last play of the game Kiley beat two defenders in driving to the goal, and finished perfectly with a hard, driven shot to the foot of the far post.
On Sunday Internacional had its best performance of the year in beating Missouri State Cup Champions Lou Fusz-Wipke 5-0. A very close 1st half ended on a positive note for Inter as Alena Sidwell notched the eventual game-winner with three minutes left in the half after Sarah Laws and Mallory Mollenhauer’s great work.
However, the 2nd half was a totally different story, as Inter finished off Lou Fusz with three goals in the opening 10 minutes. First Kiley Czerwinski drove towards the goal and was felled inside the box. Jori Romano stepped up and doubled the lead. The next goal was an absolute perfect “training ground” exercise come to fruition. Alena Sidwell played Kiley in behind on the wing, and Kiley took one big touch out in front, before she drove across the defender along the end-line and delivered a perfect ball to the top of the 6 for Alena to smash home. Kudos to Quincy Kellett and Miranda Lambert, too, as they made strong runs to the near and far posts to occupy the Lou Fusz defenders and keeper. Miranda Lambert then made it 4-0 and 5-0. First from Alena Sidwell and then on a header off a perfect, driven Kiley Czerwinski corner. Hannah Parrish got the shutout in goal and the back-line of Maddie Pokora, Jori Romano, Emily Dickens, and Tori Christiansen was stellar, too.
Internacional now needs two wins in its remaining three games to clinch the MRL Premier title. Up next are two games in Muscatine, Iowa on September 27th and 28th.
Team Chicago Academy-Cruzeiro also continued its winning ways in MRL Premier play with a 3-0 over Michigan Rush in Rockford. The goals took awhile to come, but when they did they came in quick succession in the final 18 minutes of the game. First Kerry Abello hammered the ball into the top-corner from 22 yards out, and then Jordan King drove a ball across the MI Rush goal for Kerry to finish at the back post. Finally, Jamie Goralski struck another perfect shot to the upper-90 for the final 3-0 score. Bailee Witt got the shutout in goal.
Next up for Cruzeiro is a State Cup game v. Rockford this Saturday at 1pm at PlayUSA, and the next MRL games are October 4th and 5th in Overland Park, Kansas.
Team Chicago Academy-Bahia continued its U14 MRL Premier II Division play. In their first match against Lou Fusz M. Elam (MO) on Saturday afternoon the game ended in a tie at 2-2. Early on in the first half Bahia scored a goal against the run of play to take a 1-0 lead going into the half. The play started with Natalie Massa collecting the ball in the midfield. Driving forward she played a ball into Emma Crosswait who played it back to Natalie who then played a great ball over the top for Emma to run on to and calmly finish. The second half was a different story, Bahia opened up with a great 20 minutes that resulted in the second goal but should have been four. The second goal looked just like the training ground and started with Jeff (Jennifer) Pochyly playing a ball into Emma Crosswait. Emma drove end-line to serve a perfect ball onto the running path of Sophia Majher who buried her chance past the keeper. Unfortunately Bahia could not hold on to their lead and gave up two late goals to earn a tie.
In Sunday’s game, Bahia faced J.B. Marine Rasch (MO) which was a rematch from the Spring when the teams played to a 1-1 draw. This time Bahia played well in all phases and came away with a convincing 5-0 win. The game winner came off a great ball played out of the back by Carolena Lund that sprung Emma Crosswait in behind the opponents defense. Emma collected the ball on the right side and drove to goal releasing a fantastic shot to the upper left corner where the GK had no chance. Emma continued to have an impact and played a ball back to Zaira Solis who collected the ball and buried her shot past the keeper for the second goal. The next two goals were credited to Paige Miller who scored by driving in from the right side. The first started with Allison Anderson switching the point of attack and finding Paige in the offensive third where she beat three players before unleashing her shot hitting the inside of the far post. The second was a defensive mishap that Paige opportunistically took advantage of by driving inside before placing her shot over the keeper. The final goal was scored with a nicely weighted ball played into Molly Grant from Zaira Solis. Molly finished her chance to round out the scoring and solidified a great match for Bahia.
Four Team Chicago Academy teams went to Rockford last weekend to begin their MRL journeys and finished with a combined 6-2-1 record.
Team Chicago Academy-Internacional finished the weekend with a perfect 3-0-0 record in the U18 MRL Premier II Division after beating Lou Fusz 4-1, Sporting Iowa 4-1, and Michigan Fire Jrs 3-1.
In the opening game on an extremely poor field, Internacional found itself down by 1-0 after 8 minutes, but the early goal proved to be the perfect wake-up call. For the remaining 82 minutes Inter controlled the proceedings in one of its best performances ever.
Jori Romano got subbed into the game in the 19th minute, and her very first action was to hammer home a perfectly struck free-kick from 25 yards into the upper-90 to tie the game. A few minutes later Miranda Lambert attacked the end-line and drove-in a great cross, which Keely Theobald dummied with perfection at the near-post and Alena Sidwell ran onto and finished for the eventual game-winner. With 12 minutes left in the first half Miranda stole the ball from a Lou Fusz defender, beat the last defender, and calmly slotted the ball home at the foot of the far post. Five minutes into the 2nd half Miranda got her second goal to finish off the game after Erin Johnston’s great through-ball found left back Tati Espinoza’s perfect run, and Tati squared it unselfishly to Miranda for the easy tap-in.
In the 2nd game Inter went down 1-0 against the run-of-play again, but Jori Romano quickly evened the score-line on a PK against Maddy Pokora, and Keely Theobald got the game-winner before the half. In the 2nd half Keely made it 3-1 before Quincy Kellett made it 4-1 final score.
The final Inter game was won pretty easily by a 3-1 score-line. Miranda Lambert scored first off Erin Johnston’s assist, and Keely Theobald and Quincy Kellett got the other two goals to cap off the perfect MRL weekend for Inter.
An injury-riddled Team Chicago Academy-Brasilia started its U16 MRL Premier I Division play this past weekend in Rockford with three games. Saturday’s competition proved to be very challenging for Brasilia and started off with Futura Academy Forte Premier out of Missouri. The game ended in a 3-0 loss with Brasilia creating a few opportunities, but unfortunately did not find the net. In the afternoon game Brasilia faced WAZA FC East 99 Juniors from Michigan. Completely different style of play was shown by the Michigan team which chose to sit in and counter with long balls. As a result Brasilia had much more possession, but were denied on several opportunities and the match ended 3-1. Brasilia’s only goal came when Callie Vitro served an excellent ball from the left side of the box where Jasmine Ruiz scored a fantastic header that beat the fully-extended WAZA keeper.
In Sunday’s game Brasilia faced another tough challenge with Lou Fusz – Wipke (MO) who was a Region II Championship semi-finalist. The game proved to be very physical with end-to-end excitement. The opening goal was a result of great build-up coming out of the back with Callie Vitro playing a ball into the final third to Safia Hannin. Safia drove toward goal beating her opponent inside prior to releasing a shot toward goal that was slightly deflected prior to reaching the back of the net. Brasilia’s second goal came off some hard work with Makenna Schoolman sending a ball toward the back post which Rachel White finished. Lou Fusz countered each goal with one of its own until the final minutes. Play started in the midfield where Maddie Lambert collected a ball and beat her opponent inside to allow time for her perfectly weighted pass into Safia Hannin. Safia drove toward the right side of the box beat two players to go one on one with the keeper and she placed a great ball into the far side netting for the game-winner. Great way to end the weekend against some great competition.
Team Chicago Academy-Cruzeiro began its quest for an MRL Premier I Division championship repeat with a convincing 3-0 win against Alliance SC from Michigan. The game-winner came half-way through the first half when GK Bailee Witt served a perfect 50-yard outlet pass to Jamie Goralski, who beat two opponents down the left flank before delivering an inch-perfect cross into the path of Alyssa Bombacino in front of the Alliance goal. Alyssa did not disappoint and gave Cruzeiro the lead for good.
About 10 minutes later Alyssa beat her defender 1v1 in the Alliance penalty box before getting taken down for an obvious penalty kick. Jordan King stepped up to hammer it home for the 2-0 lead. And in the 2nd half Jordan King’s corner found Alyssa Bombacino at the top of the penalty box, and her shot was parried by the Alliance GK into the path of Sarah Avery who slotted it home for the 3-0 win. Bailee Witt got the shutout in goal for Cruzeiro.
Team Chicago Academy-Bahia kicked off its U14 MRL Premier II Division play with a 3-1 victory against KC Select Spirit USA (MO) on Saturday morning. The early-morning game was played on a very slick field, which made it difficult to play good possession-soccer, but the Bahia players handled the conditions well. Paige Miller scored the first goal of the match created by a great run down the left side by Molly Grant who served an excellent ball toward the back post. Paige made a great first touch to then set herself up for a fantastic finish over the goal keeper. Bahia continued to dominate possession especially in the middle of the park with Natalie Massa, Sophia Majher, and Megan Olah controlling the tempo. Through their efforts the next goal was a result of great build-up that ended with Paige Miller driving end-line and serving an excellent ball across the goal-mouth where Sophia Majher buried her shot first-time. Against the run-of-play Bahia gave up a goal on a restart to make the score 2-1. Bahia kept its poise and through its pressure they created the final goal. Paige Miller came back into the midfield and overturned the ball to feed Emma Crosswaite inside the penalty box. Emma beat the defender going to her left and drilled a shot to the opposite corner for an excellent finish.
In Sunday’s game, Bahia faced Lou Fusz Walsh Red (MO) which proved to be more physical. The game ended with a 1-1 tie in a game that lacked rhythm for long periods of the game. Bahia didn’t give up many scoring opportunities and only through a defensive mishap did the opponent have an opportunity to score. Bahia’s goal came off some hard work on the left side that eventually ended with Paige Miller sending a ball toward the back post and Abby Ford calmly finished her chance to tie the game up. Bahia had chances in the last ten minutes to secure the win but just couldn’t find the back of the net.
Great start to the MRL season for Bahia.
All four teams are back in Rockford this weekend for another round of MRL games.

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In mid-April, the pitcher plants of Santa Rosa County are at their peak of bloom. During the 2013 Panhandle Trace Hike, we went in search of them and here’s what we found.
Articles about places to explore near Navarre Beach, Florida
Encompassing the sweep of Florida west of the Suwannee River, the Florida Trail through Northwest Florida offers some of the most dramatic panoramas and rugged terrain you’ll find while hiking in Florida.
14.3 miles. Bordered by the tangled floodplain forests of the Yellow River to the north, the Weaver Creek section of the Florida Trail traverses the western side of Eglin Air Force Base on high, dry sandhills topped with longleaf pine forest and planted pine.
One of the largest and oldest communities in Okaloosa County, Fort Walton Beach sits between Choctawhatchee Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, with Eglin Air Force Base to the north.
On a peninsula separating Blackwater Bay and East Bay, Garcon Point Preserve presents an open landscape of wind-swept prairies punctuated by oak hammocks and tall longleaf pines
Stretching across three Gulf Coast states, Gulf Islands National Seashore protects portions of the barrier islands between Navarre Beach, Florida and Gulfport, Mississippi.
Known as Florida’s Canoe Capital thanks to the rivers and creeks of Blackwater River State Forest, Milton is a major destination for outdoor recreation.
Naval Live Oaks Preserve outside Pensacola was our nation’s first tree farm, established in 1828 by President John Quincy Adams to protect a significant coastal stand of live oaks for military use
The northern terminus of the Florida Trail is at Pensacola Beach, but the wonders of this region extend far inland to the vast Blackwater River State Forest.
East of Pensacola, Yellow River Marsh Preserve State Park is a sweeping panorama of wet prairies, home to the largest concentration of pitcher plants in Florida.

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The White House unveiled its latest health reform scheme Monday, but the materials make no mention of whether it would cover or bar illegal aliens under various health programs or require enrollees' eligibility verification based on citizenship or immigrant status.
Silence on the administration's part could mean it intends to include some type of verification requirements, based on post-Joe Wilson assurances. Or it could mean the White House intends not to verify eligibility for anyone being enrolled in expanded Medicaid or CHIP, or receiving taxpayer subsidy to pay health insurance premiums. The safe bet is silence should be interpreted as bad news. If there's nothing explicit here – and there isn't – that illegal aliens don't qualify for public health programs or the subsidy, then, by default, illegal aliens will benefit in each of these ways.
If it's true that Obamacare extends taxpayer-funded health coverage to illegal aliens, and there's no reason to think it isn't, then the price tag to pay for their health care alone will mount to the tens of billions or more. This was the case before, and it remains the case. After all, immigrants are disproportionately uninsured.
The exact cost of the latest version of Obamacare can't be known. The Congressional Budget Office has told several lawmakers' offices: "[P]reparing a cost estimate requires very detailed specifications of numerous provisions, and the materials that were released this morning [by the White House] do not provide sufficient detail on all of the provisions. Therefore, CBO cannot provide a cost estimate for the proposal without additional detail. . ."
Well, let's do the math this way. Some 14.5 million immigrants and their U.S.-born children lack health insurance. Nearly 7 million illegal aliens earning less than 400 percent of the official poverty level are uninsured. Letting even a modest proportion of the foreign-born and their households into widened Medicaid (one of the three massive entitlement programs that's causing federal debt to expand and state spending to grow ever-higher on autopilot) and looser CHIP, as well as collection of a taxpayer subsidy, that'll cost at least tens of billions per year. The bribe of bigger federal payment for a time in this proposal, expanding the Cornhusker Kickback to all states, still won't cover the additional costs of signing up otherwise unqualified aliens – and this at a time when most states seek to pare back Medicaid and other welfare programs. As wise elders used to say, if a deal sounds too good to be true, then it probably is.
If the administration and Congress don't get serious and definitely require that we screen out aliens illegally here or who should rely on their visa sponsors, their profligate spending is only going to add to the flood of red ink that's sinking the nation’s economy. The only way to effectively verify eligibility on immigration status is to use the SAVE system for every health program: Medicaid, CHIP, and premium subsidies. Otherwise, as a million legal immigrants alone get visas each year, our current immigration policies and increasingly relaxed enforcement compound the problem and increase health reform's price tag.
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Luis Suarez's Champions League goal drought away from home stretches to over 1,300 DAYS after UEFA decide Luke Shaw scored own goal against Barcelona
- Luis Suarez headed the ball towards goal but Luke Shaw was given the own goal
- The goal at Old Trafford was initially ruled out for offside but VAR overturned it
- Suarez last scored a goal away from home in the Champions League in 2015
The Barcelona star headed the ball towards goal at Old Trafford but Shaw diverted the ball past David de Gea.
As his header was not on target, UEFA insisted the Manchester United defender scored an own goal.
Luis Suarez's goal drought in Champions League away games has stretched over 1,300 days
Suarez's header brushed off Luke Shaw and into the United net giving the visitors an early lead
The goal was initially ruled out for offside but VAR overturned it as it showed Suarez was onside from Lionel Messi's cross.
His last goal outside of the Nou Camp in the Champions League came against Roma in September 2015.
Suarez has 23 goals and 12 assists in all competitions for Ernesto Valverde's side this campaign.
Shaw's own goal was enough to give Barcelona the victory on the night with a second leg at the Nou Camp to come.
The winner of this tie will face either Liverpool or Porto in the Champions League semi-finals.
His last goal outside of the Nou Camp in the Champions League came against Roma in 2015
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