Thread by @YoudanTrophy

@CityOfWaltham, MA:
Armenia & Foot-Ball
(a short thread)

@BayStateSoccer Div.3 South,
Sat. 11 May
@Homenetmen_BFC .v. @FallRiverFC

Venue: James P. Falzone Field
Loc.: 901 Trapelo Rd, 02452 MA

@Homenetmen_RAC @Homenetmen_News
@WalthamSoccer @smalps
@brandnewwatch
Credit:@_Timo1

A reflection of Armenian diaspora, the Homenetmen organization is a Pan-Armenian Athletics & Scouting society, founded 16 Nov.1918 in Constantinople (mod. Istanbul, Turkey).

Its 1st Executive Committee sat 1 month later.

The global organization celebrated its Centenary in 2018

The badge used by @Homenetmen_BFC is derived from the movement's flag and uses the Armenian characters of "ՀՄԸՄ" (these being the initial letters from the organization's full name), which can be transliterated as 'HMYM' into Roman characters.

@KenDoucette @JohnFrassica @WETV_WHS

The Armenian original,
with <transliterations> & [translations]
can be approximately interpreted as follows:

Հայ <Hay>
[= Armenian]

Մարմնակրթական
<Marmnakrt’akan>
[= body culture/Phys.Ed. or Athletic]

Ընդհանուր
<Yndhanur>
[= General]

Միութիւն <Miut’iwn>
[= Association]

Pictured is the 1st march of Homenetmen Scouts, in Constantinople (Istanbul)

The flag-bearer is Vazken Andréassian, a mere 15 years old at that time, 3 years after the 1915 exile of his family from their home.

He moved into the city after Armistice.
From his personal collection

Under Turkish pressure he was Deported to France, out of the dissolving Othman Empire.

He then set up a Homenetmen Chapter at Marseilles in 1924, aged just 21.

Later, he designed airplane prototypes for French Government-owned "Arsenal de l'Aéronautique"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vazken_An…

@DiscoverWaltham @Thamtastic @WalthamNewsTrib

The Greater Boston Chapter of Homenetmen was founded on 17 Oct.1973, at S.Stepanos (Armenian Apostolic) Church, Watertown MA & sanctioned by @HomenetmenLeb one year later, 11-13 Dec.1974 in Beirut, Lebanon.

Credit : @SoorpStepanos

@Newswatch8

The Foot-Ball division of the organization, @Homenetmen_BFC (Homenetmen Boston Football Club), has competed, on and off, @Mass_Soccer / @MAYouthSoccer / @USAdultSoccer & their predecessors' competitions in @USASARegion1 for almost 50 years.

homenetmenboston.org/page-1783505

HBFC, in @BayStateSoccer Div.3 for 3rd straight year;
Overall League record, to date:

Pld.39, W10 T6 L23
.256 WRate, .154 TRate, .590 LRate
(.310 Unbeaten R.)

GF: 75 GA: 133 (Diff.: -58)
Ave.: Lost, 3.41 to 1.92

Best @UcalBreakaway Mackenzie Cup:
L, R2(2018)

@WCACTV
@WETV_WHS

2017-Div.3n
6th Pos./10

P18 W4 T3 L11
.222 WRate, .167 TRate, .611 LRate
(.389 Unbeaten Rate)

30GF : GA69
GDiff.: -39
Ave.: Lost, 3.83 to 1.67

15Pts
0.833 Pts Per Game

@UcalBreakaway Cup:
R1 HBFC 1-3 @Boston_Rovers

@WalthamNewsTrib @Eli_Sherman @ryangdboston
@MetroWestSports

2018-Div.3s
12th/14

P17 W5 T3 L9
.294 WRate .176 TR .529 LR
(.471 Unb.R)

41GF:GA49
GDiff.:-8
Ave.: Lost, 2.88 to 2.41

10Pts (-8Pts*)
1.059 PPG (achieved in play)
(0.588 PPG awarded after *Ded.)

@UcalBreakaway Cup:
R1 HBFC 1-0 Iraq FC
R2 @WarehouseGunner 6-0 @Homenetmen_BFC

2019-Div.3s
11th Pos./12

P4 W1 L3 D0
.250 WRate, .750 LRate
(.250 Unb. Rate)

4GF : GA15
GDiff.: -11
Ave.: Lost, 3.75 to 1.0

3Pts
0.750 Pts Per Game

@UcalBreakaway Mackenzie Cup
R1, @TauntonEagles 7-0 @Homenetmen_BFC

@MetroWestSports @kstone06 @WalthamNewsTrib
@BrandNewWatch

Oh, and there's also this happening, @CityOfWaltham tonight.
Which is an interesting collision of old & new.

So that's nice.

@Carlos4Waltham @JoVizard @CouncilW9
@JMcLaughlin94 @GDarcy3

@Walthamolian @Thamtastic @MarcnSally
@MarthaCreedon @Walthamama @MKosboth
@WalthamTourism

Saturday's League Fixture is the 1st meeting between the clubs, at the James P. Falzone Field in the south of the eponymous Memorial Park.

Built by 2013, @CityOfWaltham (Parks & Rec)

@RepStanley @BarrettSenate
@billfowlerward2 @WilliamAHanley
@WalthamBGC
Credit : @FootyCarolina

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