{"id":154472,"date":"2026-01-10T08:10:37","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T08:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=154472"},"modified":"2026-01-10T08:10:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T08:10:37","slug":"still-kicking-episode-3-the-season-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=154472","title":{"rendered":"Still Kicking &#8212; Episode 3. The Season Opener."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zVQZGCpa-AI?rel=0&#038;cc_load_policy=1&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>Episode Three: First Game. A One, One Win!<br \/>\n\u23f1 Length: 35 Minutes<\/p>\n<p>Episode 3 hits hard from the opening whistle. Burlington City FC launches their season against league leaders Polonia Falcons FC \u2014 a team that\u2019s haunted them for years. But this time, something shifts. Coach Green orders the squad to arrive early for their first-ever unified warm up, sharpening minds and bodies before stepping into a pressure packed battle. <\/p>\n<p>The match is fierce, every moment loaded with intensity, until striker Jason Hunter smashes home a belter. Against one of the toughest sides in the league, Burlington City FC proves they can stand tall.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udf7b What follows is pure Burlington City culture \u2014 beers in the parking lot, laughter and passionate debates about every play. The camaraderie is real, the belief unmistakable. Episode 3 captures the exact moment this team discovers its identity and ignites the unbeaten run that will define their season. Watch the spark of belief catch fire in this episode.<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zVQZGCpa-AI\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Episode Three: First Game. A One, One Win! \u23f1 Length: 35 Minutes Episode 3 hits hard from the opening whistle. Burlington City FC launches their season against league leaders Polonia&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":154473,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[258],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-154472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer-how-to-practices"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=154472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154472\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/154473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=154472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=154472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=154472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}