Wednesday's Aztex's News & Notes - October 6, 2010

Don't forget this evening's watching event: Austin Aztex at Montreal Impact at Mister Tramps Sports Pub & Cafe at 6:30 p.m. Lance Watson wants you to be there or be square!

Austin American Statesman: With future uncertain, Aztex begin playoffs in Montreal

Montreal Impact: The Impact Faces Austin In Quarterfinals Wednesday At Saputo Stadium

Montreal Gazette: Battle-tested veterans lead Impact

The Aztexan: Away Playoff Game 10/6: Montreal Impact

Chantico's Army: 2010.10.05 :: Futbol en Vivo (English)

AM 1300 The Zone: Ahmad and Rod chat with Austin Aztex coach Phil Rawlins (podcast)

Thursday's Aztex News & Notes - September 30, 2010

Austin Aztex: Aztex Newsletter is Hot Off the Press (Issue 30)

Austin Aztex: Registration for Aztex Satellite Training Available Now

Austin Chronicle: Aztex near first-ever playoff appearance, and more

The Aztexan: “Aztecs” Hall of Shame Returns




That Aztex misspelling says it all.


NASL Fanatic: Friday Night Showdown: Austin Aztex Vs. Carolina RailHawks

The Free Beer Movement: Chicken Soup for the Solo: Support Hope Solo's Recovery




Chantico's Army: 2010.09.28 :: Futbol en Vivo (English)

Special condolences for David Alvarez, who lost his father this week. David, you are in the thoughts and prayers of everyone in Chantico's Army and the Austin Aztex.

Chantico's Army: 2010.09.28 :: In the Mixer :: Episode 7 :: Chris Grayson, Paul Hart and Steve Holler (President-Elect of Ralph's Mob)

NOTE:

Watching Event: Austin Aztex at Carolina RailHawks Watching Party begins on Friday (Tomorrow) at 6 p.m. at Mister Tramps Sports Pub & Cafe. Please get here early because here are some reason why YOU SHOULD BE THERE.

1) We have the big room with the big screen to ourselves that evening.

2) Very soccer friendly atmosphere. Meaning no NFL and MLB games or fans to get distracted from watching soccer.

3) No college throwball games (since UT fans will be traveling to Big D for the weekend).

4) Contest to win some Aztex playoff tickets perhaps?

5) It's FREAKING FRIDAY !!!! What better way to get off from work than to head to Mister Tramps to get a cold beer after a hard days work.

6) You get to hang out with very cool and hip Austin Aztex fans & Chantico's Army members. If that doesn't get you excited, I don't know what does. ;-)

7) You get to see & witness the Aztex (hopefully) clinch the USSF D2 League title with a win at Carolina.

So I hope to see you this Friday evening. GO AZTEX!!!!

Wednesday's Aztex News - August 25, 2010

Austin Aztex: Aztex Take Two-Game West Coast Road Trip

Chantico's Army: 2010.08.24 :: Futbol en Vivo (English) Guest: Jens Busch and Scott Reaves of the Austin Blues

Chantico's Army: 2010 USSF Division II Playoff Tickets Go On Sale Wednesday, August 25th

Dropping Timber: Game Preview: The Last Home Stretch

Soccer By Ives: SBI USSF Division 2 Power Rankings: Week 20

The Aztexan: UT Soccer Season Begins

Thursday's Aztex News, Podcast & Notes - August 19, 2010

Austin Aztex: Rochester Vaults into First Place of the USSF D-2 Pro League After Two Wins in Week 19

Austin Aztex: Aztex Newsletter is Hot Off the Press (Issue 24)

The Aztexan: Please Ignore MLSRumors.com *

Inside Minnesota Soccer: Quelling Rumors – A USSF D2 Update *

* Note from the last 2 links: Please don't even bother reading that "rumor" site. It's a waste of time and not worth of having your brain cells exposed to their content. Having them mentioning that Austin & Rochester is going to division 3 is a total joke to itself. The Aztex are firmly to be in divsion 2 for next season and beyond. So please don't believe the hype.

Austin Chronicle: Soccer Watch - Aztex look to start another win streak and more

Chantico's Army: 2010.08.17 :: Futbol en Vivo (English) (Podcast)

Chantico's Army: 2010.08.16 :: In the Mixer :: Episode 2 :: Arch Bell and James Clay (Yes, that's me) Guests (Podcast)

Note: Please listen to the In The Mixer Podcast as I was their guest on the show as well as Arch Bell from Futbol en Vivo to talk about the Aztex's season so far and what's going on in the current state of USSF D2. My apologies if my microphone was awful from the show and being a nervous "newbie" really showed it but had a good time. Many thanks to Matthew & Eric for having me & Arch on the show and I'm looking forward to many more to come (rather it's listening to the show or being back on it).

Monday's Aztex's News & Notes - August 9, 2010

2010 USSF D2 PRO LEAGUE STANDINGS (AS OF AUGUST 9, 2010)

Top eight teams qualify for the USSF D-2 Pro League Playoffs, with the top two seeds going to conference winners

Y- Denotes Conference Leader (USL Conference, NASL Conference)

TEAM	GAMES PLAYED	PTS
Y-Austin Aztex	19	41
Y-Vancouver Whiteaps FC	22	35
Rochester Rhinos	21	36
Carolina RailHawks	18	28
Portland Timbers	20	27
NSC Minnesota Stars	22	27
Montreal Impact	21	24
FC Tampa Bay Rowdies	20	24
Puerto Rico Islanders	19	24
AC St Louis	21	21
Crystal Palace Baltimore	20	20
Miami FC	21	19

NASL: Explaining the USSF D-2 Playoff Format

USSF D2 Pro League: Week 18 of the USSF D-2 Pro League Concludes the First Full Week in August

Inside Minnesota Soccer: US Soccer Starts D2 Meeting with Tough Standards

The Aztexan: USA-Brazil Watch Party

The Aztex Blog: Apologies!

Note: We will get more information from the meeting as it goes. Austin Aztex owner Phil Rawlins is present at the USSF D2 meeting in New York. Attendance is strictly for owners.

Don't forget to listen to Futbol en Vivo tomorrow at 1pm CST with Arch Bell & guest host Mariano Conde de Frankenburg (in place of out of town David Alvarez). MLS Manager of Communications Stephen Rodriguez will be this week's guest as he will be able to provide some good insight on the current state of MLS and its future.

Addition to that, Arch Bell was at Pizza Hut Park in Frisco last week for the FC Dallas-Inter Milan match. You can listen to his audio interview with Inter coach Rafael Benitez here from Chantico's Army website.

Also tomorrow, The Austin chapter of American Outlaws will be at Mister Tramps Sports Pub & Cafe for the USA vs Brazil match at 7 p.m. CST (Details on the Watch Party). The match will be broadcast live on ESPN2, Univision and ESPN Deportes Radio if you are able to be at the pub. You can get more twitter info and updates from twitter.com/ussoccer and twitter.com/AOAustin.

Wednesday's Aztex's News & Notes - August 4, 2010

If you haven't listen to the latest edition of Futbol en Vivo podcast yesterday, you can listen to them here: (listen, download in Spanish); (listen, download in English). Austin Aztex's midfielder Yordany Alvarez was their guest on the Spanish version of the show to talk about his experiences playing soccer in Cuba and how he is adjusting like in the U.S. So have a listen to the interview as well as other topics such as the Aztex's win over Miami FC, Copa Libertadores, the MLS All-Star game last week in Houston and others. Also don't forget that tomorrow, Futbol en Vivo will be at Pizza Hut Park in Frisco, TX to attend the FC Dallas vs Inter Milan friendly. You can follow live tweets on their twitter here (@futbolaustin) for live match commentary and post-match audio.

In addition to that, you can also listen to this evening Austin Aztex's Coach's Show (listen, download) on AM 1300 The Zone as well as the first episode of In The Mixer (listen, download).

In other news, Chantico's Army member Dan Wiersema of the Free Beer Movement is mentioned in Austin360.com's article "Make a soccer convert, buy them a beer". Check out Dan's photo trip to Houston for the MLS All-Star match in which he brought along newbies to the beautiful game. To which is very helpful of getting new and converted soccer fans at the Tavern (Pre-Game) or at Cuatros (Post-Game).

Speaking of which, make sure you get to House Park this Saturday night as we take on Tampa Bay Rowdies. The game starts at 7:30pm In both matches so far this season, both of them have been draws/ties (2-2 at Tampa and a thrilling 3-3 at House Park). So be there at the Tavern for pre-match gathering along with Chantico's Army at 5:30pm and post match gathering at Cuatros. Hopefully we can finally get a win against the Rowdies whom their record doesn't reflect on how they played this season. Also the Crocketteers (San Antonio Soccer Supporters Group) will be making their IH-35 trip to House Park (on a Lion and Rose Double Decker Bus) to see the match. So we need every support we can get to support our beloved Austin Aztex to maintain our top of the USSF D2 table status.

Monday's Aztex's News & Notes - August 2, 2010

Austin Aztex: Aztex Acquire Goal Scoring Patterson

Austin Aztex: USSF D-2 Pro League Enters Final Third of the Season with Eight Matches in Week 17

The Aztexan: Aztex Defeat Miami, 3-1

Soccer By Ives: USSF D-2: A Look Back at Week 17

Don't forget this evening (Monday) there will be open lines from 7:30 - 8:00 p.m. CDT for the new Austin Aztex and Chanticos Army podcast show called In the Mixer. Call in on Skype (mgrayscale) with thoughts on the Austin Aztex win over Miami FC and well as USSF D2 teams' news and league game results.



Also Futbol en Vivo will be on tomorrow afternoon from 1pm to 2pm with the first half hour in Spanish and the second half hour in English. You can catch the show on KOOP 91.7 FM, community radio for Austin, Texas.

Aztex News & Notes: Waiting For The 2010 Season To Begin

There's been news on when the 2010 USSF Division II soccer season is going to start. Reports are there's going to be a schedule coming out soon. I'm looking forward to it after the USL-1 and NASL settle their differences and work towards a more effective and organized second division in the U.S. and Canada. For more details on the settlement, check out the USL-NASL conference call transcript from the U.S.Soccer..

* USL Conference
* Rochester Rhinos
* Portland Timbers
* Puerto Rico Islanders
* Minnesota (new team; name yet to determine)
* Austin Aztex
* Tampa Bay Rowdies

NASL Conference
* Montreal Impact
* Vancouver Whitecaps
* Crystal Palace Baltimore
* AC St. Louis
* Carolina RailHawks
* Miami FC

Also, the new NASL website was launched this year in which they had an open letter to soccer supporters on what their goals are and beyond. Plus they had their 1st annual general meeting in Tampa, Florida.


One of the big news coming form the Austin Aztex is that they signed Yordany Alvarez to new three year contract. We fans are delighted to have him on the team for the upcoming 2010 season. In addition to Alvarez, the Aztex sign all-league & former Minnesota Thunder midfielder Lawrence Olum So far we added CEO Djorn Buchholz, Camp & Clinics Director Brian Pederson, and now Lawrence Olum. I wonder who's next that we can get from the Minnesota Thunder? Melvin Tarley? ;-)

Finally congrats to former Austin Aztex U-23 player Austin da Luz for being drafted by the New York Red Bulls in the 2010 MLS Draft.



This Saturday the U.S. Men's National Team will take on Honduras at the Home Depot Center. The match will start at 8:00pm CST. There's a Chantico's Army watching event at Cuatros. So please joins us as we unveil & sample the latest & greatest Chantico's creation of all mankind:

Aztex Amber Ale!


Sadly our friend and Chantico member Dan from the Free Beer Movement won't be able to be at the watching event. In fact, he will be in Carson for the USA match itself. I should say barely since he had a drama issue with his flight out to L.A. Nevertheless he will get his beers in California chanting with his fellow U.S. supporters.

And let's hope that our fellow Texan Clint Dempsey gets a speedy recovery in time for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

Don't forget, there's a Austin Aztex tryout coming up on February 13th and 14th. For more detail on the tryouts, click here for the information.

Next week Phil Rawlins will be on The Wake Up Call on AM 1300 "The Zone" this Thursday at 6 a.m. to talk about the upcoming season for the Austin Aztex. And perhaps Phil will teach Ahmad Brooks how to talk with a better English accent. ;-)

Also check out Futbol En Vivo on KOOP as our Chantico's Army's president Matthew Gray was the guest on the show. You can listen to the show here on what's going on for the upcoming season as well other soccer topics this past week.