US women v
Mexico this Sunday in Dallas
North Texas State Soccer and the Dallas Burn
present US vs Mexico this Sunday, November 2 at the
Cotton Bowl. Tickets are $35 and $25. Over 20,000
tickets have already been sold! To order, call the Dallas
Burn at (214) 979-0303. When ordering, please
mention "Houston Women's Soccer Association"
and $5 per ticket purchased will go back to HWSA.
Ordering direct from the Burn avoids Ticketmaster fees.
For info, see http://www.ussoccer.com/news/fullstory.sps?inewsid=44094. The game will air live on ESPN2, with
coverage beginning at 2:55 pm CT. And, yes, Mia will play
in this game.
MLS playoffs begin Saturday
The revised playoff format features
home-and-home series to determine the semifinalists.
Three of the Game 1s are Saturday, the other is Tuesday.
The next games will be played next weekend. For more
info, see http://www.mlsnet.com/special/mlscup/2003/index.html.
Saturday
(E2) New England @ (E3) MetroStars, 4 pm CT, MSG
(E1) Chicago @ (E4) D.C. United, 6:30 pm CT, Fox Sports
World/Fox Sports Espanol
(W1) San Jose @ (W4) Los Angeles, 9 pm CT, Fox Sports
World/Fox Sports Espanol
Tuesday
(W2) Kansas City @ (W3) Colorado, 8:30 pm CT
Honduras v Finland at Robertson Stadium
On Sunday, November 16, Honduras, coached by
former US National Team coach Bora Milutinovic, faces a
Finland team of many players from the Premier League,
Bundesliga & Dutch 1st Division. Game is scheduled
for 1 pm, ticket information to come. Honduras will be
one of the US's main opponents when qualifying begins
next year for the 2006 World Cup.
Show your support for a WUSA revival
A committee has been formed to analyze how the
WUSA can be reinstated for a 2004 season, and soccer fans
have started an online petition to show their support --
results will be sent to potential corporate sponsors.
Please take a moment to go to http://www.petitiononline.com/WUSA/petition.html.
The committee is also creating an initiative called
"Keep the WUSA Dream Alive" to bring all the
grassroots initiatives across the country together into
one campaign. The goal is to get 2500 soccer clubs to
donate an average of $1000 per club per year for 3 years.
Details will be posted soon on http://www.wusa.com.
Give a shout out to Houston soccer stores &
pubs
Nominate your favorite soccer bar & store
for US Soccer's 2nd Annual "Best of" series.
Submit nominations at http://www.ussoccer.com/news/fullstory.sps?inewsid=44182. The Keeper 's suggestions: Brian
O'Neill's and Soccer 4 All!
NCAA soccer around town
Friday
Southwest Texas State at Sam Houston, 7 pm
Texas A&M at Texas (Austin), 7 pm
Saturday
Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Prairie View A&M, 1 pm
Sunday
Alabama State at Prairie View A&M, noon
Wednesday
TSU at Prairie View A&M, 7 pm
South Texas coaching courses
South Texas Youth Soccer Association (STYSA) and
the Houston Youth Soccer Association (HYSA) will co-host
a National Youth License Coaching course January 2-7,
2004 in Sugar Land (southwest Houston). The course
will be limited to 30 candidates and will be filled on a
first-come, first-served basis. For more info, see http://www.stxsoccer.org/Primary/National%20Youth%20License.htm.
STYSA will also host a one-day Goalkeeping Level I
Diploma course on February 29, 2004 in Austin. It's
a six-hour course designed to give coaches of all levels
an opportunity to receive certification in coaching
goalkeepers. The course includes both lecture and field
sessions. For more info, see http://www.stxsoccer.org/coaching%20ed/GKCourses/GKI_Course_Feb_29th_2004.htm.
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