Mission
accomplished!
Despite the weather, last weekend's WUSA
exhibition game at Rice University was a smashing
success. Attendance topped 5,000, which means Houston set
a record for attendance at a stand-alone WUSA exhibition
in a non-franchise city. Both teams were very impressed
with the fans and the Houston hospitality, and said they
would love to return. If you bought tickets, thank you.
If you didn't, I hope you'll come next year!
I usually don't condone advertising in Keeper Notes, but
I would like to thank the sponsors who made Saturday's
event possible:
Houston Hilton Plaza • Soccer 4 All • Fiesta
• Minuteman Press Post Oak • Dell Computers
• Churrasco's • Brian O'Neill's • Ruggles
Cafe Bakery • Montalbano Tire • El Meson •
Sondico/Competitive Excellence Goalkeeping • TORSO
• HFA • STYSA • Today's Vision • NCAA
College Cup • TSSAS
I also want to thank all the volunteers who worked on
gameday, passed out flyers in the weeks before the game,
or helped in any way. We couldn't have done it without
you!
US Open Cup
New MLS Cup champion LA Galaxy take on the
Columbus Crew at the Crew's home field this Thursday in
the championship game of the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup. The
game will air live on Fox Sports World and Fox Sports en
Espanol at 6 pm. For more info, see http://www.ussoccer.com/news/fullstory.sps?iNewsid=23311&itype=
2002 Women's Gold Cup
The CONCACAF qualifying tournament for the 2003
Women's World Cup begins this Sunday on the west coast.
For more info, see http://www.usssoccer.com. The top two teams automatcically
qualify for the 2003 WWC; the 3rd place team will later
face a South American team to secure a bid. All games
will be broadcast on Fox Sports World & Fox Sports en
Espanol, including:
Sun Oct 27, 5 PM
United States vs Mexico
Tue Oct 29, 9 PM
United States vs Trinidad and Tobago
Tue Oct 29, 11 PM
Mexico vs Panama
Sat Nov 2, 7 PM
Mexico vs Trinidad and Tobago
Sat Nov 2, 9:30 PM
United States vs Panama
Wed Nov 6, 7 PM/9:30 PM
Semifinals
Sat Nov 9, 9 PM
Final
MLS Cup champions in Houston!
TSSAS is pleased to announce the following
international doubleheader:
Wednesday, November 6 at UH's Robertson Stadium
7 pm L.A. Galaxy (MLS) vs. Santos (Mexico)
9 pm Olimpia (Honduras) vs. Aguilas (El Salvador)
Tickets will go on sale this week at Fiesta Supermarkets,
Taqueria Arandas and the UH ticket office. Advance
tickets are $23 for general admission and $33 for
reserved seats. Game day ticket prices will be $28
for general admission and $38 for reserved seating.
Collegiate soccer
Rice plays its last home game this Sunday at 1
pm against defending WAC champion SMU. The Longhorns (#3
nationally this week) face the Aggies (#8) in College
Station on Friday evening, November 1 at 7 pm.
Big 12 Soccer Championship
The San Antonio Sports Foundation and the University of
Texas co-host the 2002 Big 12 Soccer Championship Nov. 7,
8 and 10 at Blossom Soccer Stadium in San Antonio.
Tickets are $5 per day, and can be purchased through
Ticketmaster outlets or online at
http://www.ticketmaster.com. Tickets will also be
available at the door. For more info, see http://big12.netfire.com/new/soccer/sport_champions/?sport=soccer.
WAC women's soccer championship
Rice University hosts the 2002 WAC tourney Nov. 7-9,
featuring the top six teams from the conference in a
single-elimination format. Session tickets will be
available for $20 (backed seats) -- call the Rice Ticket
Office at 713-348-4068.
NCAA Women's College Cup
UT hosts the final four of women's soccer December 6
& 8 at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin. Last year's
final four included Portland, Florida, North Carolina and
champion Santa Clara. Session tickets are now available,
as are discount hotel rates. Details at http://www.texassports.com/mainpages/sc_pages/2002_03/02cup/.
NCAA Men's College Cup
SMU hosts the final four for men's soccer December 13
& 15 in Dallas. Details at http://www.smumustangs.com/soccerm/collegecup/.
YMCA soccer for high school students
Do you know a high school student who still
likes to play soccer? Who doesn't want to deal with
trying out for the team and all that competition? Who
wants to get back to how fun soccer was when he or she
first started playing?
Join the High School Soccer Programs at the Southwest
Family Family YMCA or the YMCA serving Katy! You'll meet
new people (boys and girls), have fun, play soccer in a
relaxed, low-key environment and eat too!
Call Josephine at the YMCA serving Katy at (281) 392-5055
or Arnold at the Southwest YMCA at (713) 664-9622 for
more information. Or email Arnold at
arnoldc@ymcahouston.org.
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