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An Important Message from FC77 Rangers

Some of you--and by some of you, I mean the four of you who actually check this website on a semi-regular basis--may have noticed that the usually timely, snarky, and generally all-around awesome updates for "The Greatest O-30 Recreational Football Club in the Greater Portland, Oregon Area" were a little nonexistent last fall. While that was in part due to a disproportionately high number of losses and a disproportionately low number of regular players, that is not an excuse for keeping our loyal handful of followers up to date on the latest and the greatest about the Yellow and Black. A lack of updates is inexcusable and not in keeping with one of the many unofficial Ranger mottos, particularly "Never Give Up." As such, swift and ruthless administrative action has been taken to ensure that sure a lapse in reporting never happens again. As of this morning, the squad issued the following statement:

"Due to a lack of the usual high quality--or, well, almost ANY posts--for the previous fall 2010 campaign, FC77 Rangers has announced that effective immediately, Sean Ingersoll has been sacked as manager. We thank Sean for his four years of faithful service, which saw the team go from 0-10 prior to his arrival to winning one division championship in 2008, two runners-up (also in 2008 and 2009), and getting royally shafted by finishing tied for top points in spring 2010 but not being allowed to play in the championship. However, an 0-8-2 season is not acceptable to a recreational football team of Rangers' stature and so a change must be made. I mean, we're not like Arsenal that keeps their manager on forever without ever winning anything!

"However, a change must be made and so it is with a heavy heart that we have released Sean from his contract. We realize that with the Winter season approaching February 13th, a quick replacement must be made in order to ensure a smooth transition and to keep Sven Goran Eriksson from getting too interested in the position. As such, after an exhaustive search process, we are proud to announce that a worthy successor has been tapped and has taken over the squad effective immediately. He is familiar with the squad's proud history and will help us move forward in a positive, ass-kicking direction. Please help us welcome our new manager to FC77 Rangers...

"Seanny 2.0: Same snarky bald guy, just more awesomer."

Seriously, people. Did you really think you were going to get rid of me that easily?

I'm back and my head is fully in the game. We had some struggles in the fall, but if you spend all of your time looking back, you get smacked in the head by what is coming up. Which is cool if you are into that kind of thing, but I'm not. Look for regular updates on this site regarding match results, new personnel, merchandise that we may or may not ever produce, etc. I'm even toying with the idea of introducing some fun new features to the site like "Know Your Rangers" and "The Full 95". "Know Your Rangers" will include random questions about the team, our history, and our general awesomeness. "The Full 95" is a total copy of the Portland Timbers segment where they take a player and ask a series of random rapid-fire questions while a stopwatch ticks in the background, only instead of 90 seconds we'll go for 95 because ladies, FC77 Rangers can go just a little longer than everybody else. Hubba hubba!

Stay tuned for more updates here at http://fc77rangers.blogspot.com, your one-stop source for all things FC77 Rangers on the internets!