18 July 03

US men vs Cuba Saturday
The US men face Cuba at 2 pm on Univision in the quarterfinals of the CONCACAF Gold Cup. The US roster includes Landon Donovan, Kasey Keller, DaMarcus Beasley, Brian McBride and Claudio Reyna.

Skills clinic for women Sunday
Sponsored by Fiesta: Sunday, July 20, 9:30 - 11 am, at the GOALS complex in Spring Branch (http://www.hwsa.org/goals.htm). Please RSVP to keeper@rice.edu. Minimum age 16. All skill levels welcome.
$5/person.

The got milk? 3v3 Soccer Shootout National Tour
is coming to Austin August 2nd and 3rd at the Town and Country Sports Complex. The national tour makes 65 stops, including 56 local events and 8 regional qualifiers, leading to the National Finals held at Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Florida. Whether you are 6 or 60, out for fun or to compete with the best, the got milk? 3v3 Soccer Shootout is the place to experience it all. Applications for the Austin tournament must be received by Sunday, July 20. You can email austin@3v3soccer.com for an application or log on to 3v3soccer.com to register your team and learn more about other cities on the 2003 Tour.

International match at UH next week
Monterey (Honduras) faces Olimpia (Mexico) on Thursday, July 24 at 7:30pm in Robertson Stadium. Gates open at 6 pm. Tickets are available at the UH box office and at Fiesta stores.

Women's World Cup update
Japan topped Mexico last weekend 2-0 in Tokyo to claim the final birth in the 2003 competition. The draw was held yesterday, with the US, Norway, Germany and China as the seeded teams. The US first-round games will be:

Sunday, September 21
US v Sweden, RFK in Washington, DC

Thursday, September 25
US v Nigeria, Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia

Sunday, September 28
US v N Korea, ColumbusCrew Stadium


Tickets go on sale to the public beginning Sunday, July 20 at 9 am. At this point, purchases are limited to venue-specific series tickets. A series ticket consists of all matches scheduled at a single venue. Limit 8 series tickets per venue, with the exception of the Home Depot Center, limited to 6 series tickets. All dates are doubleheaders except the final and 3rd place match. For more info, see http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/03/en/.

US Soccer Festival in Houston
The schedule is at http://www.tssas.com/usfest/sched.htm. Tickets are on sale at Fiesta stores. Kids under 10 free. Teams include the u20 men's teams from the US, Canada, El Salvador and Honduras plus the u19 women's teams from Mexico and the US.

WUSA/MLS on TV
3 pm Saturday on PAX: WUSA-leading Atlanta Beat (Briana Scurry, Cindy Parlow) face 2nd place Boston Breakers (Kristine Lilly, Dagny Mellgren)
3 pm Saturday on ESPN2: San Jose Earthquakes (without Landon) at DC United (Marco Etcheverry)
6:30 pm on Fox SportsWorld: Kansas City (Eric Quill from Missouri City, plus Preki) at Columbus Crew. This game will also be on HDTV.

u20 Canada vs South Texas: NEW TIME
On Friday, July 25, the u20 Canada men's national yeam faces the South Texas Select Team at Dow Park in Deer Park at 8 pm. The game is free of charge. Directions: http://www.baysa.org/docs/maps/eastbelt.pdf.

Coed over 30 indoor soccer
West Houston Indoor is starting a coed over 30 league on Saturday evenings beginning August 9.  Call 281-858-8080 for information or check out www.westhoustonindoor.com.