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Beaver Soccer

Five a side at Reedbank Pitch, mown out of the reed meadow on the far bank of the pond. One big button, log boards all the way around, and no headers: beavers use their tails.

Beaver Soccer at Reedbank Pitch from the touchline: the Logrollers in blue and the Chompers in red, five a side inside the log boards, with willow goals at each end.
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Coming soon to iPhone and iPad. Beaver Soccer is still being built. The early version plays free in your browser right now, and the app is on its way.

Tell me when it's out

Get one email when Beaver Soccer reaches the App Store. The list is for grown-ups.

A shot on a phone: a Logroller winds up in front of the Chompers' goal while the shot meter fills toward the green band.
Hold to shoot, let go in the green.

One big button

Steer with the thumb stick and the big button does the rest:

  • With the ball, tap to pass where the yellow arrow on the grass points, or hold to shoot and let go in the green.
  • Without it, tap to tackle, or hold to Belly Slide into the passing lane.
  • Keep running and your beaver Boosts on their own.
  • Tap any beaver to pass to them, or to play as them.

Skill moves happen on their own when a defender closes in, so the fun starts on the first kick. It plays with touch, a keyboard or a game controller.

Kickoff on a phone from the touchline camera: five Logrollers and five Chompers on the striped pitch, the log boards behind them and Gert on the touchline.
Kickoff at Reedbank Pitch.

Five a side, off the boards

Pond Fives is small-sided soccer, the kind kids really play first: a keeper, a Back, two Wings and a Pivot.

  • The log boards keep the ball in, so the game keeps flowing. Play a pass off them like a pro.
  • Corners, kick-ins and goal kicks, team fouls and the second spot from the sixth.
  • Two halves with the ends swapped: a Quick Game is two 2-minute halves, a Full Game two 4-minute halves.
  • The Tail Flick. Beavers don't head the ball. A high ball gets swatted down with the flat of the tail.

Gavel Gert referees with a willow whistle, and Peg and Stu call every play from the press box.

The Clinic on a phone: three levels of short lessons with Peg and Stu, from Meet the Ball to Corner Kicks.
The Clinic: 24 short lessons in three levels.

Learn soccer as you play

Never played? The tutorial waits for you at every step: run with the ball, pass, shoot, tackle, Belly Slide and score.

Then the Clinic has 24 short lessons with Peg and Stu over three levels, from Meet the Ball to Corner Kicks. Nobody fails a lesson: a miss just shows the tip again. In a game, the booth explains things as they happen: pass and move, switch the play when one side is crowded, slide at the ball and never the beaver.

Easy is the default: a wide green to shoot in, passes that always reach your teammate, a slower other side and no fouls called. Medium and Hard are there when you want a real match.

The Chalkboard camera on a phone: the pitch seen from straight above, like a coach's board, with every beaver's spot easy to read.
The Chalkboard: the whole pitch from above.

Three cameras

Watch from the touchline like on TV (Broadcast), from Behind your attack, or straight down on the Chalkboard, the way a coach draws it. Press C to switch.

The Team Builder on a phone: team photos of the preset clubs on a log, each with a Start from it button.
Twelve clubs, or six of your own.

Your team, your shin pads

Pick your club and who you play from the Logrollers, the Chompers and ten more. The same Team Builder and Player Editor as Beaver Ball keep up to six teams of your own: name, colors, uniform, who keeps goal and who sits on the bench.

Dress every player in the Player Editor, right down to the shin pads and keeper gloves (bark, lily pads, pinecones, or pads three sizes too big).

Beaver Soccer in pictures

Beaver Soccer: one big button. Hold it, let it fly. Beaver Soccer: five a side, off the log boards. Beaver Soccer: no headers. Tail Flick!

Questions

Is it free?

Yes. The early version plays free in your browser, with no sign-up.

When is the app coming?

Soon. It's still being built and tested. Beaver Ball is on the App Store now.

Is it OK for kids?

Yes. Nobody gets hurt, there's no chat, no ads and no sign-in, and every line in the booth is family friendly.

Is this the same Beaver Ball team?

Yes: same beavers, same booth, same look. Beaver Ball is softball at Lodgepole Park; Beaver Soccer is across the pond at Reedbank Pitch.

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