2003 Women's World Cup
begins this weekend
Join Houston soccer fans this Thursday, September 25 at Brian O'Neill's
in the Village to watch the US v Nigeria match. Game begins at 6:25
pm CT on ESPN2. During the game, you can get a 12" pizza w/one
topping and a pitcher of domestic beer for just $12. For more info,
see http://www.brianoneills.com.
Also, you can enter the HWSA/Brian O'Neill's World Cup raffle to win
authentic World Cup merchandise and Brian O'Neill's gift certificates.
$1 per entry. All proceeds benefit HWSA.
The four top seeds of the tournament -- US, Germany,
Norway and China -- all came away with wins last weekend, as did Brazil,
North Korea, Russia and Japan. The next first-round games are today
and tomorrow. For a full TV schedule, see http://www.keepernotes.com/tvsked.html.
For info about teams and players, see http://www.fifaworldcup.com.
With a win tomorrow night, the US secures a quarterfinal
berth. Sunday they'll face upstart North Korea to finish 1st round play.
Game starts at 2:25 pm CT on ABC.
MLS on TV this
weekend
Saturday, 9 pm CT on Fox Sports World: Kansas City Wizards (featuring
homeboys Eric Quill and Davey Arnaud, plus scoring leader Preki) at
LA Galaxy (Cobi Jones, Carlos Ruiz). With just five games left in the
regular season, both teams are fighting for a Western Conference playoff
berth.
NCAA soccer around town
Friday
Saint Louis at Houston, 7 pm
Hawaii at Rice, 7 pm
Southwest Texa sat SF Austin, 7 pm
Sunday
East Carolina at Houston, 1 pm
Sam Houston State at SF Austin, 2 pm
Washington State at Texas A&M, 7 pm
Glenn Davis' Sunday
Soccer Hour
Every Sunday at 5 pm, 90.1 FM's "Soccer Hour with Glenn Davis"
features live interviews, coverage of local events, and opinions. Call-ins
welcome: 713-526-5738. Missed the show? You can access it at http://www.kpftarchive.org.
HWSA clinic
Women's soccer skills clinic on Saturday, October 18, 9 am at Wilson
Elementary in Montrose. $5 per person. Minimum age 16. All skill levels
welcome. RSVP to the keeper. Details and map link online at http://www.hwsa.org/clinics.htm.