(This is the time of year when the horse racing season for the Ivory Pine Syndicate is winding down, but the soccer season for the Rosevelt Soccer Club is gearing up. Here's a 90-day glimpse of the day in the life of a horse racing managing partner and soccer club administrator.)
Awoke, 6:56a
Let out and fed Jasper, 6:56a-7:15a
Prepared and ate breakfast, 6:56a-7:15a
Morning coffee, a light breakfast, and all the handicapping
Handicapped races, 7:15a-7:30a
The biggest day of racing in the U.S. every week is Saturday, so there are many different tracks and races to handicap. I tend to use the free AI tools offered by the 1/st Bet app, and I occasionally use fee-based AI tools offered by Equinedge. Both tools help me narrow the races I'm interested in wagering on, which help me keep my handicapping time and wagering funds as efficient as possible.
The day's wagers are mostly focused on Aqueduct, Keeneland, and Charles Town, whose card is stocked full of stakes races for West Virginia breds. Most of my wagering is focused on the biggest circuits, but I also try to wager on a number of regional and local tracks.
My bankroll for the day was $22.50, but I struck out on all six Double and Pick 3 tickets I put together at the three tracks.
Handicapped soccer games, 7:30a-7:45a
The biggest day of soccer in the world every week is Saturday, so there are many different competitions and games to handicap. I tend to use the Fotmob app and the web site Football Club Elo Ratings to narrow which games I'm interested in wagering on, which help me keep my handicapping time and wagering funds as efficient as possible. (Notice a pattern?)
The 12-game parlay I put together cost a dime (yes, literally $0.10), featured five international games, six USL Championship and USL League One games, and a women's game. It would've paid out $26.76, but I hit on only 9 out of the 12 games.
Updated Ivory + Rose Diarist, 7:45a-8a
Updated journal, 9a-9:30a
Played chess, 9:30a-9:45a
Cleaned kitchen, 9:45a-10a
Cleaned office, 10:45a-11a
Coached GYSA tournament game, 12:30p-1:15p
There are three big holiday weekend tournaments in Maine this time of year in Falmouth, Gray, and Sanford.
I played in the Sanford tournament growing up, and I've coached Westbrook and Gorham town-based teams in all three events over the last dozen years. All three competitions are organized and well-run, and all my teams have had positive experiences every year.
This year, our U14 Girls team competed in the Crossroads Challenge organized by the Patriot Soccer Club in Gray, and our team is probably the strongest team on paper in our group.
Watched our older daughter referee a U9 Boys game, 2:15p-3p
Our older daughter has been reffing Fall Classic league games and youth tournament games for the last couple years. She's conscientious, and her temperament is a good fit for the role. She's made pretty good money reffing over the last couple years, and the few negative experiences she's had have been mild and isolated.
Our daughter had to borrow my Fitbit because she couldn't find her watch, and she accumulated more than 22,000 steps (or more than 10 miles) over the course of the day as a Center Ref on a 7 v. 7 field.
Coached GYSA tournament game, 3p-5p
It was a pretty cool to be coaching our younger daughter in one game, while our older daughter continued reffing another game within sight of our field.
Watched college football games, 6:15p-9p
I used to be uninterested in college sports, largely because New England doesn't have a strong college sports scene and I didn't like how little the athletes were compensated and empowered for their contributions to a multibillion dollar industry.
We're now living in the early days of the athletes' compensation and empowerment changing in a big way, so college football is probably my third-favorite sport to follow now.
In a lot of ways, college football reminds me of club soccer around the world.
Comprehensive representation of communities of all sizes from coast to coast? Check.
Geography-based derbies and rivalries? Check.
Opportunities for success based on sporting merit for all 100+ programs? Check.
Strong community identities and traditions? Check.
Loud, boisterous, and passionate supporters? Check.
Largely unfettered compensation model? Check.
And on and on.
Watched U.S. Men's National Team Game, 9p-9:39p
The plan was to watch Mauricio Pochettino's debut as the coach of the USMNT, but I ended up falling asleep before the end of the first half. Not an indictment of the on-field product, just tired after a busy day.
Asleep, 9:39p
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