Let the signings begin...

With the waist line finally recovering from my first Christmas and New Year in Texas it was back to work with a bang. The arrival of 20 players from all over the country trying to convince us that they were worth a contract for our first ever season here in Austin. Professional players, college players, some of last season’s PDL squad ensured that we had a really competitive and worthwhile weekend.

I will be leaving for California this weekend for more try outs and then on to Ft Lauderdale for the MLS combine , finishing off in St Louis for the MLS draft. I have to say I am really looking forward to the draft, being an American sports fan living in England this is something that I’ve heard a lot about and now I can see for myself what all the fuss is about. I will have my own list of players that I have watched carefully over the last year, so it will be interesting to see if they go high, or at all in the draft.

Last, but, by no means least, I can’t tell you how pleased I am that we have finally got our man in signing Gifton Noel-Williams. I have watched him grow from a young boy at Watford to an experienced professional player. If you look at the clubs he’s played for in England and Spain he will clearly be a huge asset to us in the upcoming season. I hope by the time next I write for you he will be the first of many.

Cheers

Adrian Heath