Jose coming to the US?

Maybe someday ….

Spring Registration for both AMSA and ACSA is now open

Online registration opened for both the Austin Men’s Soccer Association and the Austin Coed Soccer Association for the Spring 2009 Season. The deadline to register is January 15. Be sure to register your team soon to ensure placement in the Spring season.

If you have any questions about the registration process, fees, etc, please visit the league website for more information:

Austin Coed Soccer Association – http://www.acsasoccer.com

Austin Men’s Soccer Association – http://www.austinmenssoccer.com

Sargas Project

So the new software should be complete and in Beta soon.  It has been a long and very laborious process with several contributers pitching in over the last several years.  Thank you to everyone who has participated.  We think that this new software will assist teams and leagues in managing their affairs, members, events and more like never before.

I will be setting up a new blog soon that will be devoted solely to the sargas project.  Stay tuned.

Texas Pro Soccer Festival in two weeks

The Texas Pro Soccer Festival, benefiting the San Antonio Metropolitan Youth Soccer Institute (SAMYS), runs from March 3 – March 9. The inagural Texas Pro Festival brings four MLS Clubs to Cibolo, TX outside of San Antonio.

DC United

Houston Dynamo

Chivas USA

Toronto FC

You can read all about the festival by visiting their website, http://www.texasprosoccerfest.com.

Stay tuned for more developments.

Funny soccer video

Someone sent me this video…i don’t usually find these too interesting and certainly don’t post them on my blog but this one was too funny.

http://www.stupidvideos.com/video/sports/Binoculars_Soccer 

Austin Fall Cup a success!

The Inaugural Austin Fall Cup Men’s Soccer Tournament, hosted by the Austin Men’s Soccer Association (AMSA), was a tremendous success. With a field of 28 teams from across Texas there was a great mix of teams. The semi-finals and finals were held on Sunday with the following teams taking home the hardware:

Premier Division

Champion – Team Tecate (Austin, TX)
Runners Up – Austin Thunder (Austin, TX)

Division 2

Champion – Saturday United (San Antonio, TX)
Runners Up – Austin Blues FC (Austin, TX)

Over 30/40

Champion – Xterminators
Runners Up – Eliminators

Recreational

Champion – Barnstoneworth UFC (Houston, TX)
Runners Up – GoodFellas (Fort Worth, TX)

Greg Ryan will not return as coach of the US Women’s National Team

Sunil Gulati has announced that the coach of the US Women’s National Soccer team will not return as head coach. An exploratory committee has been formed and will identify new candidates ASAP.

US Soccer to decide Greg Ryan’s fate today

Sunil Gulati, the President of US Soccer, is holding a conference call today to discuss the future of US Womens National Team Coach, Greg Ryan.  Check back here for an update later today.

United wins the title

Manchester United has claimed the Premiership this season after holding off Chelsea.  They are looking to clear 90 points with their last game of the season vs. West Ham United.

What a season Ronaldo and Rooney had.  Personally, after watching antics of the Portuguese this summer in Germany Ronaldo was one of my least favorite players.  Anyone who has watched him this season has to admit that he is one of the top footballers in the world.  His pace, quickness and control are unmatched in my opinion.  Plus, he’s still only 22.  What a career this guy has.

The only real disappointment this season for United was their embarrassing showing versus AC Milan last week.  With no defense to speak up they were thrashed by Kaka and the rest of the Italian squad.

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I enjoyed watching the Premier League this season.  It is still the best league in the world.

Now we need to focus on the MLS season.  Beckham is coming soon!

Kaka betters Ronaldo

What a showing AC Milan put on Wednesday!  3-0 win at home versus Manchester United.  United defense looked totally helpless against the attack from Milan.

AC Milan will now face Liverpool in the final.  I anticipate that the final will be great.  It will be a rematch of the spectacular game a few years back that saw Liverpool come back from a huge deficit.   We’ll need to get together somewhere to watch the game.  I can’t think of a better excuse to miss work 😉