13 November 03

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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.