27 Jun 03

International doubleheader at Reliant
Tuesday, July 8: MLS's Kansas City Wizards (Tony Meola, Chris Klein and Missouri City's own Eric Quill) play Mexico's Santos Laguna at 7 pm, then El Salvador plays Guatemala at 9:15 pm. Tickets are on sale at Fiesta and Ticketmaster. Tickets are $25, $32 and $40. Groups of 20+ can purchase the $25 tickets for $15 by calling 1-866-GOTEXANS.

WUSA/MLS on TV
3 pm Saturday on PAX
: WUSA-leading Boston Breakers (Kristine Lilly, Kate Sobrero, Maren Meinert) face a hungry Philadelphia Charge (Marinette Pichon, Lorrie Fair) trying to pull themselves up from the bottom of the standings.
3 pm Saturday on ESPN2: The top two teams of MLS' Eastern Conference fight for the lead: NY/NJ MetroStars (Tim Howard, Clint Mathis) and Chicago Fire (DaMarcus Beasley).
6:30 pm on Fox SportsWorld: Colorado Rapids (Pablo Mastroeni, John Spencer) face the New England Revolution (Joe-Max Moore, Taylor Twellman).

Ecuador vs Nigeria at UH
Catch two World Cup 2002 teams on Saturday, July 5 at Robertson Stadium, 7 pm. Tickets are on sale at Fiesta, at the stadium box office, by phone 1-800-506-4429 or at http://www.omega-sports.com/.

Competitive Excellence Goalkeeper Camp for ages 10-18
July 14-16 at Pin Oak Middle School, Bellaire
9 am - 11:30 am, $150 per person

Sessions will be conducted by former professional keeper, national goalkeeper clinician, and owner of Competitive Excellence, Steve Branz. This is a great opportunity for keepers of all levels to continue their overall development at the game's most demanding position. The camp will focus on:

* Dealing with crosses
* Hand and foot distribution
* Proper diving techniques
* Shot handling
* Backpasses

For more info, contact Steve Branz at 713.385.5467 or cegoalie@pdq.net.

Volunteers needed for the US Soccer Festival
If you'd like to be a festival volunteer, either for a few hours or a few days, contact pasc@thekentgroup-usa.com. No experience necessary! We need drivers, ticket takers, security, help on the field during the games. The festival returns to Houston in late July, featuring the country's best youth players, and visiting youth national teams. Stay tuned to http://www.tssas.com for more info.

CBS Sunday morning: the greatest World Cup upset ever
This Sunday at 8 am, the CBS morning show will feature a story about the 1950 US v England World Cup match where the Americans upset the English, 1-0. A movie about this historic game is soon to be filmed. See http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/1998/07/09/sunday/main13562.shtml.

Summer Adult Soccer Clinics
Improve your game or enjoy the fellowship. Current, former and future HWSA, HFA, FBASA & TORSO female & male field players and keepers welcome. Clinics are Thursdays 6:30-8 pm through July 31 at Missouri City Community Park, field L4. Visit http://www.qvsa.com for a map. Cost is $10/person per clinic. Contact Bob Wilde at rjwfish@aol.com.

Soccer Hour with Glenn Davis
Every Sunday at 5 pm 90.1 FM radio's "Soccer Hour with Glenn Davis" will include guests from the world of soccer, updates, coverage of local events, and opinion. Call-ins are welcome: 713-526-5738. Also, check out Glenn's weekly column in the Sports 2 section of the Sunday Chronicle.

Cast your vote
Speak now or forever hold your peace: vote online at http://www.mlsnet.com/ for the MLS All-Star lineup that will face Chivas on August 2, and help choose the 2002 best female soccer player for the ESPY awards at http://www.wusa.com/espy_awards/