NCAA women's
tourney at A&M
The 64-team single-elimination tournament kicks
off this weekend. Texas A&M hosts four teams in the
first two rounds:
Friday
Stephen F. Austin v Duke, 5 pm
SMU v Texas A&M, 7:30 pm
Sunday
Friday winners, 1:30 pm
For ticket info,
contact the Texas A&M Athletic Ticket Office at (888)
99-AGGIE or (979) 845-2311. More info at
http://www.aggieathletics.com/index.php?SID=WSO. The
tournament's final four reach the College Cup, held
December 5/7 in Cary, NC. The College Cup will be shown
on ESPN2.
More info:
NCAA Division I pairings:
http://www.socceramerica.com/article.asp?Art_ID=562134008
D1 Conference Tournament scores:
http://www.socceramerica.com/article.asp?Art_ID=562133999
Honduras v Finland at Robertson Stadium Sunday
Honduras, coached by former US National Team
coach Bora Milutinovic, faces a Finland team of players
from the Premier League, Bundesliga & Dutch 1st
Division. Tickets are on sale at Soccer 4 All, Fiesta,
Soccer Centre and Soccer Time. Tickets are $20. Gametime
is 1 pm.
Houston crowd nominated in Best of US Soccer
series
Cast your vote online for the 2nd annual Best of
US Soccer series at http://www.ussoccer.com in 11 categories, including "Best
US Soccer Crowd." Of course, the historic US v
Mexico match at Reliant Stadium last May is one of the
nominees... so go online and vote for Houston!
Categories
Best US Soccer Story - Best Soccer Bar
Best Soccer Store - Best US Crowd
Best Soccer Stadium - Best Soccer Fans
Best Soccer Promotion
Best Game Performance/Player - Best Game Performance/Team
Best US Goal/Youth National Team - Best US Goal/Full
National Team
MLS playoffs this weekend
Everything you need to know about the playoffs
is online at http://www.mlsnet.com/special/mlscup/2003/index.html. This weekend's conference championships
feature:
New England at Chicago
Friday, 7:30 pm on Fox Sports World
Kansas City at San Jose
Saturday, 8 pm on Fox Sports World
The winners meet the following weekend at the MLS Cup in
LA. That game will be televised on ABC at 2:30 pm CT.
Balboa/Davis Christmas Clinic
December 19-21 at Pin Oak Fields in Bellaire
Ages: 8-18 male & female
$125 includes Tshirt
Call 713-523-6215 or email gdavis98@swbell.net
Marcelo
Balboa
* 5-time MLS All-Star
* Over 125 appearances for US National Team, including
three World Cups
* Current broadcaster for HDnet
Glenn Davis
* Former captain and All-Star, Houston Dynamos
* USSF "A" coaching license
* Current broadcaster for HDnet, Houston Chronicle
columnist, host of the "Soccer Hour"on KPFT
December skills clinic
Women's soccer clinic on Saturday, December 13, 9 am at
Wilson Elementary in Montrose. $5 per person, FREE for
those 30 or older. Minimum age 16. All skill levels
welcome. RSVP to the keeper.
Map link online at http://www.hwsa.org/clinics.htm.
Also on TV
The Missouri Valley Conference men's tournament final
will air on Fox Sports Southwest. If SMU beats Western
Kentucky Friday, they'll play in that final at 11 am
Sunday.
Soccer for real soccer moms
Over 30?
HWSA will offer a short over 30 women's season in
January/early February. Teams will be forming in
December. To sign up a team or find a team, contact Nancy
Gold at nancymgold@yahoo.com. Cost is $25 per person, not
including referee fees.
Over 40?
Last year HWSA sent an over 40 women's team to Hawaii for
Veterans Cup, the national championship tournament for
over 40, over 50 & over 50. The tourney will be in
Hawaii again in June 2004. If you want to join the
Houston over 40 team, contact Susan Kelly-Zapata at
SEK118@aol.com.
Over 55?
There may be an over 55 women's team for Hawaii 2004 as
well. If interested, contact Patty Abshire at
pgabshire@earthlink.net.
South Texas coaching course in Sugar Land
South Texas Youth Soccer Association (STYSA) and
Houston Youth Soccer Association (HYSA) will co-host a
National Youth License Coaching course January 2-7 in
Sugar Land. The course is limited to 30. See http://www.stxsoccer.org/Primary/National%20Youth%20License.htm.
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