A Farewell To Eddie Johnson And Other Aztex News & Notes

NEWS:

Austin Aztex: League’s Leading Goal Scorer Eddie Johnson Transferred to Portland

The Aztexan: Timbers Sign Eddie Johnson to 2011 MLS Team

NewsOK.com: Timbers sign 3 of their own for 1st MLS season

SB Nation: Major League Soccer Expansion: Portland Timbers Sign Four Players

Sports Network: Portland signs first four players

KGW.com: MLS Timbers sign Dike, Cronin, Pore and former Aztex Johnson

World Soccer Reader: Portland Timbers Announce Four MLS Signings

Soccer By Ives: Timbers look to build after adding first four players

OregonLive: Timbers announce first signed players for MLS

KPTV.Com: Portland Timbers Name 4 Players To MLS Squad



NOTES:

One thing that took me by surprised is that the Timbers signed Eddie Johnson during the season and then loaned him back to Austin for the rest of the season. You wondered why the Montreal Impact announcers mentioned Eddie's signing during the Impact-Aztex playoff broadcast and Miguel Gallardo mentioning about Johnson's departure on last week's Futbol En Vivo. To me, its all about both the Portland Timbers and the Vancouver Whitecaps using all of their means (and loopholes) to sign players before entering MLS and their strict rules and regulations of getting players. I would not be surprise if the Montreal Impact will do the same for next season in preparation for 2012.

For those who want to reminisce about Eddie Johnson, you can listen to him along with Djorn Buchholz on Episode 5 of In The Mixer podcast. Also you can listen to last week's Episode 8 of In The Mixer podcast recapping the Austin Aztex's 2010 season and what to look forward towards next season. It's best to listen to Episode 5 while drinking an Aztex Amber Ale (whom his picture is on the bottle) in his honor. We wish him to best of luck (expect playing them in the U.S. Open Cup ;-) ) with the Portland Timbers next season in MLS.



The other news is that Austin Aztex midfielder Yordany Alvarez is on trial with the Houston Dynamo. We now know why Dominic Kinnear was scouting at House Park during the Aztex-Impact 2nd leg game. I know that it's only a trial, but the FC Dallas fan in me doesn't want him to go to Houston as he's along with Lawrence Olum a stable Aztex force pair in central midfield. Plus the fact he's looks better in Aztex red and white instead of Dynamo orange. ;-) So we will see how that one plays out and what Kinnear's judgment is on Alvarez.

Sunday's Aztex News & Hightlights - October 10, 2010

Post-Game 2nd Leg News:

USSF D2: Offical Match Information - Austin Aztex 2:3 Montreal Impact

Austin Aztex: Aztex Record-Setting Season Comes to an End

Austin American Statesman: Austin Aztex end season with loss

News 8 Austin: Aztex season ends against Montreal

The Aztexan: Aztex End Season with Loss to Montreal, 3-2

NASL Fanatic: Montreal Defeat Austin, Head to Next Round of Playoffs





Thanks for a wonderful 2010 season Austin Aztex. Your heart, courage and effort is more bigger than last night's result. Us Austin Aztex fans as well as Chantico's Army members really appreciate your hard work and dedication on the field. We will get bigger and stronger for 2011. Looking forward to see you next season.

Friday's Aztex News & Notes - October 8, 2010

Post-Game 1st Leg News:

USSF D2: Offical Match Information - Montreal Impact 2:0 Austin Aztex

Austin Aztex: Impact Repeat 2-0 Performance in Quarterfinal First Leg

Austin American Statesman: Impact tops Aztex in first playoff game

NASL Fanatic: Montreal Defeats Austin, Carolina and NSC Minnesota Draw in Wednesday Night Playoff Action

KVUE: Aztex lose playoff game in Montreal

The Aztexan: Aztex Fall in Away Leg, 0-2; Home Leg 10/9

The Examiner: Montreal Impact beats Austin Aztex 2-0 in first leg

Pre-Game 2nd Leg News:

Austin Aztex: Austin Needs 3-Goal Win to Defeat Impact on Saturday

Austin American Statesman: Aztex have must-win today

Austin Chronicle: Do Or Die For Aztex Tonight

Other Non-Playoff News:

Austin Aztex: Aztex Newsletter is Hot Off the Press (Issue 31)

The Aztexan: 2010 Attendance: League Down, Aztex Up

Austin Chronicle: Big weekend for Longhorns, New rival for Aztex?

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)

Tuesday's Aztex's News & Notes - October 5, 2010

VS

Austin Aztex: Austin and Montreal Square Off in Quarterfinals

Inside Minnesota Soccer: USSF D2 Pro League Playoffs Set

NASL Fanatic: San Antonio to join NASL in 2012.

SB Nations: As The NASL Turns: San Antonio Expansion Announced, No Word On Austin

Soccer By Ives: USSF D-2: A Look Back at Week 26

NASL Fanatic: USSF D2: Are You Ready for Some Playoffs?

Monday's Aztex's News & Notes - October 4, 2010

USSF D2: Official Match Information - Montreal Impact 2:0 Austin Aztex

Austin Aztex: Aztex Falter in Season Finale; Lock Up Third Seed

Montreal Impact: Austin 0 Impact 2

Austin American Statesman: Regular season wraps as Aztex get set for playoffs

Montreal Gazette: Good omen for playoffs

The Aztexan: Aztex Fall to Montreal: 0-2

NASL Fanatic: Montreal Defeats Austin 2-0; Rochester Claims Top Playoff Seed

USSF D2: USSF D-2 Pro League Postseason Set to Get Underway on Oct. 6 as Playoffs Seeding Determined

************************ First Round, Leg 1 ************************


Date Match Time (CST) Venue


Oct. 6 Montreal Impact vs. Austin Aztex 6:30 p.m. Stade Saputo; Montreal, Quebec


Oct. 6 NSC Minnesota Stars vs. Carolina RailHawks 6:30 p.m. National Sports Center; Blaine, Minn.


Oct. 7 Puerto Rico Islanders vs. Rochester Rhinos 7:05 p.m. Estadio Juan Ramon Loubriel; Bayamon, Puerto Rico


Oct. 7 Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs. Portland Timbers 9:30 p.m. Swangard, Stadium; Burnaby, British Columbia

************************ First Round, Leg 2 ************************


Date Match Time (CST) Venue


Oct. 9 Rochester Rhinos vs. Puerto Rico Islanders 6 p.m. Marina Auto Stadium; Rochester, N.Y.


Oct. 9 Carolina RailHawks vs. NSC Minnesota Stars 6 p.m. WakeMed Soccer Park; Cary, N.C.


Oct. 9 Austin Aztex vs. Montreal Impact 7:30 p.m. House Park; Austin, Texas


Oct. 10 Portland Timbers vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FC 8 p.m. Merlo Field (Univ. of Portland); Portland, Ore.


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Notes:

Mark your calenders down for this week:

October 6

Wednesday's watching event: Austin Aztex at Montreal Impact at Mister Tramps Sports Pub & Cafe at 6:30 p.m

October 9

Saturday's pre-match gathering: at The Tavern at 5:30 p.m

Saturday's Montezuma's March at 7:00 pm to House Park for the Montreal Impact at Austin Aztex match (game starts at 7:30 p.m)

Saturday's post-match gathering: at Cuatros.

October 9

And for those who can't make it to the Aztex game:

Saturday's watching event: USA vs Poland match at Mister Tramps Sports Pub & Cafe at 7:00 p.m

Saturday's Aztex News & Notes - October 2, 2010

Don't forget this evening's watching event: Austin Aztex at Montreal Impact at Mister Tramps Sports Pub & Cafe at 1 p.m

USSF D2: Official Match Information - Carolina RailHawks 3:1 Austin Aztex

Austin Aztex: Aztex Unable to Clinch Title at Carolina; One More Chance at Montreal Left

Austin American Statesman: Aztex miss chance to clinch title, lose to host Carolina

Carolina Railhawks: Carolina cracks Austin, 3-1

Cary News: RailHawks' win positions team for conference title

The Independent Weekly: Playoffs await as Carolina RailHawks leave Aztex in ruins with 3-1 victory

NASL Fanatic: Carolina Defeats Austin in Friday Night Showdown

The Aztexan: Away Game 10/3: Montreal Impact

Montreal Gazette: Impact hosts Aztex in season finale

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!!!!

Thursday's Aztex News & Notes

Notes:

Pre-Game Gathering: At The Tavern (922 West 12th Street)

Aztex-Impact Game: At House Park (1301 Shoal Creek Boulevard)

Post-Game Gathering with the Aztex players & coaches: At Cuatros (1004 West 24th Street)

Map of Driving Directions


League News:

2010 USSF Division-2 Pro League kicks off this weekend


Team News:

Aztex Looking to Build on Foundation in 2010

Aztex Continue to Fill Out Defense; Sign a Pair of Players


Game News:

Aztex Season Parking Passes Available Now!

Aztex Make House Park Home

Aztex Game Days: No Longer Just a Game

Audio:

Futbol en Vivo - April 6, 2010 (Espanol)

Futbol en Vivo - April 6, 2010 (English)

Video:

And while we're at it, here's another Aztex commercial:

Tuesday's Aztex News & Notes

We're just days away from the opening start of the Austin Aztex's 2010 season and KVUE has a wonderful article on how the Aztex are getting ready to open their season at House Park on Sunday April 11 at 6:00 pm CST.

And the commercial for the opening match are up and running in Austin.



Also I would like to point out a subject matter to what my friend Chris from The Aztexan has mention before and will be said again.

IT"S AZTEX AND NOT AZTEC OR AZTECS !!!!!!!!!! And yes I'm looking at you AC St. Louis for your mickey mouse spell check promotion.

Anyway don't forget to listen to Futbol En Vivo this afternoon at 1:00pm CST on KOOP 91.7 FM. Community radio station in Austin, Texas.

Austin Aztex vs Montreal Impact Highlights

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.

The Montreal Impact vs Austin Aztex Preview

The Austin Aztex will play their first road game of the season this Sunday afternoon as they take on the Montreal Impact. The game will start at 2:45 pm CST and will be on USL Live. Chantico's Army members and Austin Aztex fans will gather at Cuatro's (24th and San Gabriel) for the Austin Aztex's watching event. So please join us for the game.

The Impact are coming off a 1-0 loss to Toronto in the Nutrilite Canadian Championship and that result lead to the firing of John Limniatis the next day. Considering the form they have been during the early part of the USL-1 season (one point in four matches) and the result of the CONCACAF Champions League quarter-finals exit in the hands of Santos Laguna you can see why the front office let him go. They hired Marc Dos Santos as their interim head coach of the team. But there is no rest for him and the Impact as they take on the Charleston Battery tomorrow evening at 6:45 pm CST and then 2 days later against the Aztex.

Meanwhile the Aztex (6 points in four matches) need to get their 2nd win of the season. One of the issue that they need to prepare for Montreal is to not to start slow and conceded the goals early in the games that the Aztex have to come back to find the equalizer. That resulted in the 3 draws that the Aztex produced and you can not afford to drop points at home. Plus they need to get their players fit as there are rumors that some players won't make the trip due injuries. So their roster depth is put to the test. So lets hope they can get a massive 3 points on the road against a struggling (hopefully still after Friday's match) Montreal team.

In other Aztex news, the Austin Aztex U-23 PDL team won their first match of the season (4 points in 3 matches) in Waco as they defeated the DFW Tornados 4-2. You can check out the match report from Chantico Army member that made the trip to Waco yesterday.



What a bunch of lovely fellas. ;-)