NCAA
conference tourneys in Texas
Most teams for the 2003 women's NCAA tourney
will be decided this weekend in conference tourneys
across the country. Texas is hosting two of them:
Big 12
tourney in San Antonio
Thursday
Game 1: #1 Colorado v #8 Missouri, 11 am
Game 2: #5 Texas A&M v #4 Nebraska, 1:30 pm
Game 3: #2 Texas v #7 Oklahoma State, 5 pm
Game 4: #3 Kansas v #6 Oklahoma, 7:30 pm
Friday (highest seed plays later match)
Winner Match 1 v Winner Match 2
Winner Match 3 v Winner Match 4
Games at 5 & 7:30 pm
Sunday
Semifinal winners, 1 pm
broadcast live on Fox Sports Southwest, with coverage
beginning at 12:30 pm
Ticket info, map & live audio link for the A&M
game are online at http://www.aggieathletics.com/index_full.php?pageID=760&SID=WSO.
WAC tourney
in Dallas
Thursday
Fresno State v Rice, 5 pm
UTEP v Boise State, 7:30 pm
Friday
Rice/Fresno State winner v Hawaii, 5 pm
Boise State/UTEP winner v SMU, 7:30 pm
Saturday
Semfinal winners, 7:30 pm
All games at Westcott Field at SMU. For ticket info, see http://www.smumustangs.com/soccerw/specialsites/2003_WAC/.
MLS playoffs continue
The second games of the revised playoff format will be
played this weekend. Winners will be determined on
aggregate goals. For more info, see
http://www.mlsnet.com/special/mlscup/2003/index.html.
Saturday
(W2) Colorado at (W3) Kansas City, Fox Sports World/Fox
Sports Espanol
Sunday
(E4) DC United at (E1) Chicago, noon, ESPN2
(E3) MetroStars at (E2) New England, 3 pm, Fox Sports
World/Fox Sports Espanol
(W4) Los Angeles at (W1) San Jose, 8 pm
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 players from the Premier League, Bundesliga &
Dutch 1st Division. Game is 1 pm. Tickets are on sale at
Soccer 4 All, Fiesta, Soccer Centre and Soccer Time.
Robert Kettle Soccer School: Weekend Camp Program
December 19-22, 2003 (Winter Holiday)
January 16-19, 2004 (Martin Luther King Day)
February 13-16, 2004 (President's Day)
March 12-15, 2004 (Spring Break)
March 18-21, 2004 (Spring Break)
All camps will be held at the Texas Sports Ranch, Crosby,
40 minutes east of downtown Houston. For more information
visit our website: www.robertkettlesoccer.com.
Support a WUSA revival
A WUSA committee is working to revamp the league for a
2004 season, and soccer fans can 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
grassroots initiatives across the country together into
one campaign. The goal is to get 2500 youth clubs to
donate an average of $1000 per club per year for 3 years.
Details will be posted soon on www.wusa.com.
South Texas coaching courses
South Texas Youth Soccer Association (STYSA) and Houston
Youth Soccer Association (HYSA) will co-host a National
Youth License Coaching course January 2-7, 2004 in Sugar
Land. The course is limited to 30, and will be
filled on a first-come, first-served basis. For
info, see http://www.stxsoccer.org/Primary/National%20Youth%20License.htm.
STYSA will also host a one-day Goalkeeping Level I 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 info, see http://www.stxsoccer.org/coaching%20ed/GKCourses/GKI_Course_Feb_29th_2004.htm.
Sunday Soccer Hour on KPFT
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. Check out Glenn's soccer notebook every
week in the Sunday Chronicle.
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 now at http://www.ussoccer.com/news/fullstory.sps?inewsid=44182.
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