11s Just Around The Bend ...

... or as Tricky says ... Hell is around the Corner.

Yes ... Jan. 13 will see the boys in blue move up to the most competitive LA Municipal Soccer League division, with games now played Wednesday nights.

The current roster sees many returning players and a few new talents joining the midfield and forward line, which has a couple of notable absences this season. David "Puma" Alarcon is still recovering from a knee injury sustained during tourney play last year, and Sevan "L'il Batlar" Hanimyan returned to Australia following the end of last season.

Peter Marlenga and Dave Styles return to mind the nets, fronted by a familiar defensive lineup of Kirby Adams, Leo Wallach, Peter Wasek, Rahoul Ghose and Blake Nickle.

Midfielders David Woirhaye, Brandon Cole, Ben Kull and Russ Muratov are joined by Brad Colwell and new German signing Mike Barthel. And top scorer Ben O'Meara is joined by Marius Sandvik and new acquisition JC Salinaszelaya on the forward line.

The playing squad is bolstered by an equally strong reserves side, including Matt Onheiber, Mike Sharp, Dan Stafford and Luis Deveze.

The over-30s kick off tomorrow night with a friendly against Del Rey City at Griffith Park with an 8 PM kickoff. The winter season starts a week Wednesday with ACFC playing SC United at John Ferraro #5 in the late match (8:55 PM). The entire season's schedule is available on the ACFC fixtures page.

The squad will be playing for a berth in the inter-divisional playoffs. Team and individual awards will be given to the 1st and 2nd place finishers of the 30+ Wednesday league. But the top four finishers in the 30+ Tuesday, 30+ Wednesday and 30+ Thursday leagues will also advance to the 30+ Division Championship playoffs. The 1st and 2nd place finishers in the 30+ Division Championship playoff game will receive a team award.