WUSA in
Houston on October 19
Mia Hamm & the Washington Freedom take on
Briana Scurry & Atlanta Beat Saturday, October 19 at
Rice University Track/Soccer Stadium. Pregame fan fest
begins at 3 pm, kickoff at 5 pm.
Tickets are on sale now at the Rice ticket office, online
at http://www.hwsa.org/, at all Soccer 4 All locations, at
Fiesta on I-10 west at Blalock, Fiesta on Bellaire at
Hillcroft, and at Soccer Time in Pasadena.
$14 per individual ticket
$50 for family 4-pack
$240 for team pack of 20 tickets
The Rice soccer venue is fairly cozy (5000), so there's a
good chance the game will sell out. Get your tickets now.
If your soccer club would like purchase a large block of
tickets, let me know -- I can bring them to your next
meeting or event.
Volunteers are also needed to work the game -- sell
Tshirts and programs, help with security, etc. Email
keeper@rice.edu.
Also on sale are WUSA soccer clinic packages for girls
& women. More info at the link above.
Soccer in the Chronicle
Every Sunday the Houston Chronicle features a
soccer column by Houston's own Glenn Davis, the broadcast
commentator for the Dallas Burn as well as several 2002
World Cup games for ESPN. The column is online at http://www.chron.com/content/chronicle/sports/soccer/index.html. Let the Chronicle know that you like
regular soccer coverage: sptletters@chron.com.
US women's team on TV
The American women face Australia on Wednesday,
Oct. 2 (6:30 pm, espn2) and Italy on Sunday, Oct. 6 (1
pm, espn2) in the 2002 Nike US Women's Cup. They downed
Russia 5-1 on Sunday to start the tourney.
U.S. Soccer Coaching Symposium in Houston
U.S. Soccer is offering a unique two-day
coaching symposium in Houston on October 18-19 that will
include lecture presentations from U.S. Soccer's National
Staff Coaches and field sessions covering a wide range of
topics specific to the women's game.
The symposium includes classroom sessions on October 18
and field sessions followed by the WUSA Freedom-Beat
exhibition match on October 19. In the classroom
sessions, U.S. Women's National Staff Coach Dave Simeone
will review and discuss the recent FIFA Under-19 Women's
World Championship. Simeone's presentation will include
video highlights of the group games to analyze systems,
styles and trends from the world championship. The field
sessions that will take place the following day will
reflect the evolving needs of player development in the
women's game.
Registration is open to all coaches, and "A"
license coaches attending the symposium will earn two
units toward the renewal of their license. Cost to
pre-register (prior to October 16) for the symposium is
$60 for U.S. Soccer Coaching Organization Members and $70
for non-members. Walk-up registration is $70 for members
and $80 for non-members. The cost of the symposium
includes one ticket to the Freedom-Beat game.
For more info:
http://www.ussoccer.com/coaches/fullstory.sps?iNewsid=22447&iCategoryID=82
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