Sunday, August 22, 2010

Sunday's Pre-Game Aztex-Railhawks News & Notes - August 22, 2010


Austin Aztex: Aztex Look to Bounce Back Against Carolina

Austin American Statesman: Aztex unable to compensate for missing strikers in loss to Puerto Rico; Austin hosts Carolina tonight.

Carolina Railhawks: RailHawks Travel to Austin this Sunday

The Aztexan: Home Game 8/22: Carolina Railhawks

Chantico's Army: Austin Aztex Coach's Show - 2010.08.18 (Podcast)



Today's Aztex Schedule:

4:00pm - 6:00pm
Pre-match Gathering :: ALL AZTEX SUPPORTERS ::
@ The Tavern

6:00pm - 8:00pm
League Match :: Austin Aztex v. Carolina Railhawks :: @ House Park


8:00pm - 10:00pm
Post-match Gathering :: ALL AZTEX SUPPORTERS ::
@ Cuatros)

See you at the game. GO AZTEX!!!!

Thursday, August 19, 2010

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, August 9, 2010

Photo Gallery: Austin Aztex vs Tampa Bay Rowdies



German Beer at the Tavern before the Aztex game = Happiness!



Chillaxing and having a friendly soccer chat.



Preparing for the march to House Park.



Getting ready to warm up our singing vocals before the march.



The Crocketters have arrived.......



........on a double decker Lion & Rose bus!



Waiting for the match to begin.



Who's that masked man?



We need more cow bells!



The Crocketters' Flag



Crocketters' Flag again.



The Crocketters' Scarfs Up



The Crocketters' Scarfs Up Part 2



The Crocketters' Scarfs Up Part 3



The walk onto the field.



Getting ready.



Samba band.



The crowd at House Park.



Big drum.






Halftime score.



The Gaffer!



Aztex team huddle before the 2nd half.



Hey Long Tan (Short Game)!!! Get back in the locker room!!!



Silva!



Chantico's Army getting their beats on.



More Samba!



"Dirty" Sanchez hugging a referee? Seriouxly?



Steele (#34) should have stayed in Puerto Rico.



Game over. 3 points for the RAW.



Scoreboard!



Aztex Scarfs Up!

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)

TEAMGAMES PLAYEDPTS
Y-Austin Aztex
1941
Y-Vancouver Whiteaps FC
2235
Rochester Rhinos2136
Carolina RailHawks
1828
Portland Timbers
2027
NSC Minnesota Stars2227
Montreal Impact
2124
FC Tampa Bay Rowdies
2024
Puerto Rico Islanders
1924
AC St Louis
2121
Crystal Palace Baltimore2020
Miami FC
2119

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 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.

Thursday, August 5, 2010

Thursday's Aztex News & Notes - August 5, 2010


(God I still love that picture!)

Austin Aztex: Aztex Gear Up for Battle with Tampa

Austin Aztex: Aztex Newsletter Issue 22 is Hot Off the Press

Austin Chronicle: Soccer Watch by Nick Barbaro




This coming Tuesday, the U.S. National team will play a friendly at the new Giants Stadium against Brazil. The Austin chapter of American Outlaws will be gathering at Mister Tramps Sports Pub & Cafe. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. CST, and the match will be broadcast live on ESPN2, Univision and ESPN Deportes Radio. Fans can also follow the match live online via ussoccer.com’s MatchTracker and twitter.com/ussoccer. For more updates on Austin's chapter of American Outlaws, you can follow them at twitter.com/AOAustin


Wednesday, August 4, 2010

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, August 2, 2010

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.