At 8:59 on a Monday night, Bean boots get traded for athletic shoes in the Gray Athletic Building. It’s time for the evening’s intramural soccer games: Page Poopers vs. Ballers FB, and FC Beercelona vs. Beta Cats.
While on this night the scheduled contests morph into one big pickup game, due to a low turnout, fun and exercise is had by all.
Armaan Mecca '21, Anthony Anzora '20, Robyn Moss '20, Weliton Filho '20 and Conor Fay '21 practice foot skills.
Students are seen though glass on a door of the Gray Athletic Building.
Reda attempts to score a goal by kicking the ball into a garbage can.
Eric Viera '20 of Groton, Mass., Fay, Mecca, and Moss switch from court shoes to boots after their game.
Nick Krauthamer '19 of Washington, D.C., controls the ball while being pursued by Fay of Half Moon Bay, Calif.
鈥淚ntramurals have been a large part of my time here at 乐播传媒,鈥� says Avi Brach-Neufeld 鈥�20 of Silver Spring, Md. 鈥淚t鈥檚 a good way to get exercise and meet new people at the same time.鈥�
鈥淚 played sports in high school, and made some of my fondest memories,鈥� says Conor Fay 鈥�21 of Half Moon Bay, Calif. 鈥淲hen I got to 乐播传媒 I didn鈥檛 feel like giving up that part of me entirely, so I got involved at a more relaxed level with intramurals.鈥�
鈥淚t lets me forget about everything else and just have a good time,鈥� says Anas Reda 鈥�20 of Casablanca, Morocco. There’s competition, but even when a teammate falls short, there’s fun to be had, he says. “The best times are when people miss really easy opportunities. Everybody breaks into laughter.”
鈥淣o one lets their passion get in the way of having fun and showing good sportsmanship,”聽says Fay. “That’s a testament to the atmosphere that the guys we play with have created. At the end of the day we鈥檙e all just here to enjoy playing the game we love.”
