by Kurt Heinrich | Feb 24, 2012 | 1000 Community Stories
It was a big night for Octopi Vancouver. After a disappointing tie game the week before, the team was raring to snatch back some momentum. Indeed, Octopi’s Facebook page said it all: attendees were there to win, not tie. With that it mind, it wasn’t...
by Kurt Heinrich | Feb 20, 2012 | 1000 Community Stories
A big soccer game is on the horizon and it isn’t the Vancouver Whitecaps or Octopi Vancouver that are playing. This Friday, the Portland FC and Portland Phoenix, two of Vancouver’s top Street Soccer teams, will be locking horns with the Vancouver police...
by Kurt Heinrich | Feb 17, 2012 | 1000 Community Stories
Fresh off a one-one tie the game before, Octopi came away last Wednesday with yet another draw, despite leading the scoreboard and dominating the field for most of the game. Most commentators and critics agree that Octopi’s control of the ball and superiority in...
by Kurt Heinrich | Feb 3, 2012 | 1000 Community Stories
It was a cool day on Wednesday out at UBC’s Thunderbird Stadium. Octopi was taking on Multiple Sportosis in its third Urban Rec soccer game this season. The stakes were high. The past two games had been crushing defeats. The first game against top-ranked Nomads...
by Kurt Heinrich | Jan 13, 2012 | 1000 Community Stories
Over the next couple months, Kurt and John will be bringing you a series of updates of Octopi Vancouver, Urban Rec’s premier soccer team. No we aren’t a team of Brazilians and no, you shouldn’t expect this segment to be a chronicle of countless...