Monday, July 27, 2009
Saturday, July 25, 2009
My Thoughts On The Mariah Carey's Glitter Isn't Gold Cup
Yep. Much like how lame the movie is itself, this is how the tournament is as well. This "All That Mariah Carey's Glitter Isn't Gold" Cup competition HAS ABSOLUTELY NO MEANING WHATSOEVER !!!!! This to me, as good as the usual USA-Mexico Final is set up to be, is just a B-C team rated tournament all in thanks to CONCACRAP for running this lame ass tournament with their lame ass referees (again), lame ass rules changes (why the USA's roster increase and not the other teams), lame ass venues (Mexico playing in Phoenix, Houston & Dallas? Shocking!!!) and lame ass schedules (Playing during the MLS, USL-1 **, the underrated & ignored U.S. Open Cup, & SUM's Euro Clubs Circus). To me the tournament should be held every four years instead of two AND have the tournament hosted by either Mexico Canada or the United States (rotating the hosts every 4 years) instead of always having the U.S. hosting it. But much like the other Heads of CONCACRAP, lead by Jack "My votes goes to England hosting the World Cup over U.S.A. but would love some of U.S.A.'s money" Warner, they would go out get all of the money from the fans and put it into their own corrupt pockets and make the Gold Cup competition looked foolishly incompetent in comparison to the other confederations' cup competitions like the Euro Cup, Copa America and even the Asian Cup. And I won't feel that the CONCACRAP officials won't get things right functionally in the future.
** Side Note: I even watched the Minnesota Thunder-Austin Aztex USL-1 match over the USA's match last week. That to me is sad from a die hard soccer fan. But other die hard soccer fans should not have to deal with either choosing club or country to watch or attend to when both are playing at the same time. It really diverges any growth of soccer in this country and continues to divides any progress made from it.
My Quote of the Day
"Soccer: A simple game ruined by complex people who run it."
And who are these complex people that I'm speaking of?
A) Heads of U.S. Soccer?
B) Heads of Major League Soccer?
C) Heads of United Soccer Leagues?
D) Heads of Soccer United Marketing?
E) Heads of CONCACAF?
F) Heads of FIFA?
G) All of Above
Answer: Nothing but a G thing.
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Phil Rawlins On The Wake Up Call
Aztex president Phil Rawlins will be on AM1300 tomorrow AM @ 7:15 talking about the upcoming Copa Aztex match featuring Cruz Azul and Tigres. In fact Tigres last night defeated Santos Laguna 3-2 in the SuperLiga Semifinals. They will now advanced to the SuperLiga Final to faced the Chicago Fire. So stay turned to AM1300 for more information about the game.
In addition to that, Tigres will hold open practices to the public at 8:30 a.m. & Cruz Azul will hold theirs at 10:00 a.m. at Meyers Stadium.
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Aztex News & Notes
Aztex Coach's Show airs on AM1300-The Zone tonight at 6:30pm!
Please don't forget to listen to it. I absent-minded forgot to listen to it last week. :-(
Taylor overcomes injury, heads to England
Very classy player. We will miss him here and wish him the best of luck in England. we will be following his progress at Forest Green Rovers FC.
Harwell shining with pros after injury
To me Harwell has been one of the bright spots on the Aztex team. Very good harding working flank midfielder.
Aztex Make More Roster Moves; Copa Aztex is Saturday
Very much needed player additions to the roster. Especially with all of the injuries and loan players that we've been dealing with all season. And I bet you that Kevin Sakuda is glad not to be on the Montreal Impact train wreak. ;-)
And here's a link to what I'm talking about:
Another Montreal Meltdown
Follow Up to Montreal Meltdown
Ouch!! That's a Caption Contest waiting to happen.
Don't forget that Copa Aztex between Cruz Azul & Tigres is this Saturday at 7 pm.
Petition To Get Mexico-U.S.A. Game On Major English Language Broadcast
There is news that there won't be any major English language TV broadcast of the Mexico-U.S.A. World Cup qualifiers on August 12 is downright insulting. Especially after the U.S.A. best performance in this year's Confederations Cup, you would think that any network (especially ESPN) would be able to get it. But no. The rights to the English based coverage is hold by Telemundo in which will show on their low market English language channel mun2.
There's a petition on the website for this situation.
The petition
This petition is an effort to impress upon Telemundo and its parent company, NBC Universal, the need to move the USA-Mexico World Cup qualifier on August 12th to one of their more widely-available TV outlets.
With ESPN passing on the English-language broadcast rights in the United States, Telemundo has decided to show the game on a little-known channel called "mun2". Millions of Americans are unable to get mun2, and many more would be forced to incur additional charges on the television bill to receive it.
For soccer fans who wish to watch a highly-anticipated match involving the regions two powers, this is unacceptable. Therefore, we the undersigned, respectfully, yet strongly, request that NBC move the English-language broadcast to the USA Network (or another network with equivalent availability).
Please do your duty to sign this petition on the link below:
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/usamexicotv
Please let you vote and voice count in U.S. Soccer.
Brandi Chastain on The Wake Up Call
The Wake Up Call with Jon and Rod Babers spoke to Brandi Chastain this morning. In case you missed the interview, you can listen to it here:
Listen (popup). Or Podcast.
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
3 vs 3 Aztex Challenge Tournament
The first annual 3v3 Live Aztex Challenge, brought to you locally by your own Austin Aztex FC, is going to be held this Saturday. The tournament starts at 9 a.m. in East Metro Park in Manor.
* 3v3 is the fastest growing soccer format in America!!
* Players love it because:
* It's a non-stop shooting and scoring party - no goalkeepers
* It's easy to understand - no offside rule
* It's easy to play - small playing field
* Everybody gets plenty of time on the ball - lots of touches
This deadline for this tournament is today. So hurry up if you want to participate in this fun tournament.
BONUS: All registered players will receive ONE FREE TICKET to the Aztex vs Timbers game THAT NIGHT.
Website: http://www.3v3live.com
Friday, July 3, 2009
Is It Time to Care About Soccer?
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