Oct 16, 2008
More Women's Soccer
A quick follow-up to my recent post:
First, I went to the Longhorns game I mentioned in that post. It was a pretty good time. I can't really call the crowd anything more than "sparse", unfortunately. And I'm probably just showing off my ignorance of the college game, but some of their rules are crazy. No stoppage time, for one thing. Plus, the clock counts down, rather than up, even to the point of the announcer counting down the last 10 seconds of each half.
But the field at Myers sure is nice, there's no denying that. And they beat Iowa State 2-1, so I got a coupon for 5 free wings at Pluckers! Bottom line: there are worse ways to pass the time than watching athletic college girls play your favorite sport.
But if you want to check it out this season, you better act fast: there are only 3 home games left. Friday, Oct. 17 at 7 PM against Oklahoma (see UT beat OU again!), Sunday, Oct. 19 vs. Oklahoma State at 1 PM (tickets just $3 with this PDF coupon), and Friday, Oct. 31 vs. Baylor at 7 PM (trick? or treat?).
I also discovered that these games can be watched live online for free: look for "TexasSports.tv" on TexasSports.com for that.
The Women's Professional Soccer league (WPS) continues its preparations for next year. An article on the USL site sheds some light on the questions I had about if there would be crossover from W-League to WPS:
First, I went to the Longhorns game I mentioned in that post. It was a pretty good time. I can't really call the crowd anything more than "sparse", unfortunately. And I'm probably just showing off my ignorance of the college game, but some of their rules are crazy. No stoppage time, for one thing. Plus, the clock counts down, rather than up, even to the point of the announcer counting down the last 10 seconds of each half.
But the field at Myers sure is nice, there's no denying that. And they beat Iowa State 2-1, so I got a coupon for 5 free wings at Pluckers! Bottom line: there are worse ways to pass the time than watching athletic college girls play your favorite sport.
But if you want to check it out this season, you better act fast: there are only 3 home games left. Friday, Oct. 17 at 7 PM against Oklahoma (see UT beat OU again!), Sunday, Oct. 19 vs. Oklahoma State at 1 PM (tickets just $3 with this PDF coupon), and Friday, Oct. 31 vs. Baylor at 7 PM (trick? or treat?).
I also discovered that these games can be watched live online for free: look for "TexasSports.tv" on TexasSports.com for that.
The Women's Professional Soccer league (WPS) continues its preparations for next year. An article on the USL site sheds some light on the questions I had about if there would be crossover from W-League to WPS:USL W-League players represented 24 of the 28 picks made in Monday’s Women’s Professional Soccer (WPS) General Draft, which consisted of four rounds of selections between the seven WPS clubs. Moreover, 18 of those 24 selections competed as recently as the 2008 W-League season. Six players taken in the draft, including the number two overall selection Jill Oakes, were part of the recent USL W-League Combine held in Tampa, Florida.One big standout seems to be the W-League team Pali Blues. They won the W-League championship this year — their first year in the league. And they've had no less than 9 players drafted into WPS so far, with more expected.
// posted by Chris @ 9:27 PM 
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