With our MLS season finally over with a record of 1-1-2, I think we can look back with a great deal of satisfaction. Considering we have been together 4 weeks and played the reigning champions, the champions of the 2 previous years, and a 3 time finalist I think we did more than hold our own and can look forward to the coming season with a great deal of optimism. I have seen a gradual improvement in the team and know there is a lot more to come as they get to know each other better, and gain more experience of playing at this level.
With the squad nearing completion Bobby (my assistant) and I are looking forward to developing a system of play that will be pleasing on the eye and, more importantly, produce attacking winning football.
I have been really pleased with some of our younger players who have at times excited the crowd and impressed their more experienced colleagues with their potential.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank everybody that has attended our games, in weather that could have been kinder to us, for your terrific support, especially the guys in the bands who have made a great noise, something the players absolutely love.
Finally, I would like to congratulate all of our staff and interns at the Aztex office, and the volunteers in the Aztex Army, who without a great deal of experience at this level have adapted incredibly well in such a short period of time.
See you on Friday April 3rd at 7.30 pm for what should be an exciting game against the Puerto Rico Islanders as they prepare for their CONCACAF Champions League semi-final second leg game against Cruz Azul.
Adrian
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Real Salt Lake radio broadcast
Hello Everyone.
Wow! What a fun and exciting three weeks we've had. It was a rough start against the Revolution, but the boys followed that up with great strides the following two weeks against the Dynamo and last week's 1-0 win over the Columbus Crew. Now it's time to take the show on the road. For those of you who are interested, the game will be available online. You can find it at - http://www.kall700sports.com/. Click on the "Listen Live" link. The folks at Real Salt Lake tell us it will be a traditional play-by-play broadcast, with some live interviews and "infomercial" elements thrown in there as well. It's all part of the pre-season broadcast. Enjoy the game and we hope to see everyone back out at The Nelson next Friday, April 3 against the Puerto Rico Islanders!
Kyle Dalton
Wow! What a fun and exciting three weeks we've had. It was a rough start against the Revolution, but the boys followed that up with great strides the following two weeks against the Dynamo and last week's 1-0 win over the Columbus Crew. Now it's time to take the show on the road. For those of you who are interested, the game will be available online. You can find it at - http://www.kall700sports.com/. Click on the "Listen Live" link. The folks at Real Salt Lake tell us it will be a traditional play-by-play broadcast, with some live interviews and "infomercial" elements thrown in there as well. It's all part of the pre-season broadcast. Enjoy the game and we hope to see everyone back out at The Nelson next Friday, April 3 against the Puerto Rico Islanders!
Kyle Dalton
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Houston Dynamo Preview
Hi All!
Just wanted to let everyone know that Adrian and Kyle Brown will be on The Zone tomorrow with Jon and Ahmad around 9am in the morning. They'll discuss what's happened in training over the last few weeks, the New England exhibition, and of course, this weekend's exhibition against the Dynamo.
Kyle
Just wanted to let everyone know that Adrian and Kyle Brown will be on The Zone tomorrow with Jon and Ahmad around 9am in the morning. They'll discuss what's happened in training over the last few weeks, the New England exhibition, and of course, this weekend's exhibition against the Dynamo.
Kyle
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
It's Finally Here
Well, here we are at last, pre-season - the time where players who have overindulged over the last few months wake up every morning in a cold sweat. I’ve known players who wake up at 5 in the morning, sit in the sauna for four hours with the hope of losing a few pounds before the morning weigh-in. Fortunately, most of today's players realize the importance of staying in shape, so watching players doubled over sick on the side of the pitch is more a thing of the past.
The players have been arriving from all over the world in the past couple weeks. I hope they all realize how lucky they are to be getting paid to play this incredible game. I was 25 before I realized how fortunate I was.
We have some interesting signings to announce over the coming weeks that we believe will make a big contribution to what we are trying to achieve over the coming seasons. I will talk more about them in the coming months.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank all our supporters who came out to support us last Saturday on what turned out to be the coldest, windiest day since I arrived here in Austin. My mother, who arrived from England for the game, told me she never realized Austin was a suburb of Siberia. I think she will be thawed out for the game against the Dynamo on Saturday.
To be honest, I thought we started both halves very poorly, but got better as the game went on. To be fair to both teams, a strong wind is the one element that normally gets the better of the game and I think that happened on Saturday.
We played all 22 players that are in camp to give them an opportunity to impress and we will make decisions on their futures over the coming weeks.
We have a new group of players trying out this week, so expect to see a few new faces on Saturday. We are training twice a day at the moment and I have to say the players’ attitude to our difficult training program has been magnificent. The fitness levels are rising and I think you will see a sharper looking team this weekend against the Dynamo.
See you Saturday and don’t forget the sunscreen!
Adrian
The players have been arriving from all over the world in the past couple weeks. I hope they all realize how lucky they are to be getting paid to play this incredible game. I was 25 before I realized how fortunate I was.
We have some interesting signings to announce over the coming weeks that we believe will make a big contribution to what we are trying to achieve over the coming seasons. I will talk more about them in the coming months.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank all our supporters who came out to support us last Saturday on what turned out to be the coldest, windiest day since I arrived here in Austin. My mother, who arrived from England for the game, told me she never realized Austin was a suburb of Siberia. I think she will be thawed out for the game against the Dynamo on Saturday.
To be honest, I thought we started both halves very poorly, but got better as the game went on. To be fair to both teams, a strong wind is the one element that normally gets the better of the game and I think that happened on Saturday.
We played all 22 players that are in camp to give them an opportunity to impress and we will make decisions on their futures over the coming weeks.
We have a new group of players trying out this week, so expect to see a few new faces on Saturday. We are training twice a day at the moment and I have to say the players’ attitude to our difficult training program has been magnificent. The fitness levels are rising and I think you will see a sharper looking team this weekend against the Dynamo.
See you Saturday and don’t forget the sunscreen!
Adrian
New Website
Hello all!
Just wanted to give everyone a quick update and let you know that the website will be down for most of today, March 3. That's because we're switching our new website to a new server. That's right - new website. Tomorrow you should see a NEW and IMPROVED Austin Aztex website that we believe is much more user-friendly and interactive.
Thanks for your patience!
Kyle
Just wanted to give everyone a quick update and let you know that the website will be down for most of today, March 3. That's because we're switching our new website to a new server. That's right - new website. Tomorrow you should see a NEW and IMPROVED Austin Aztex website that we believe is much more user-friendly and interactive.
Thanks for your patience!
Kyle
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Thanks to Everyone
Just wanted to say a big thank you to everyone who came out and braved the VERY cold and windy conditions last night. I was delighted to see so many of you there given the awful weather.
For a first outing at our new home I thought the majority of things went very well. Last night was the first time that many of our volunteers had seen the stadium, let alone worked it. There are areas we need to improve but we now where and what they are and we will be sitting down tomorrow morning to conduct a thorough review of all our game day operations from Saturday. That said, I have to pay a special tribute to Alex Wolf and his operations team who worked 18 hour days for the whole of last week getting everything ready.... you guys were amazing, THANK YOU.
We won't be satisfied until everything is running smoothly but I don't think that will take us too long given the lessons learned from Saturday. On that note, I would encourage any of you that have constructive feedback or suggestions about the operations to get in touch with us, either by responding to this blog or emailing me directly. It's only by knowing what worked and didn't work for you that we can improve.
Also spare a thought for the players from both sides who struggled through the conditions. I spoke to several of them right after the final whistle and they were "literally" freezing!!! The gusting wind helped neither team to settle or play good football. Let's hope for more favorable weather this weekend against Houston.
Last but not least, thanks to the boys from East Austin Soccer Club who were our youth club of the night. And to the players and families from Forza FC who tailgated out on the parking lot before kick-off. As I drove up to Nelson Field it was great to see such a large crowd of the Forza folks already there enjoying BBQ and music before the kick-off. I hope we can make this a regular feature of game day as the weather warms-up!!
For a first outing at our new home I thought the majority of things went very well. Last night was the first time that many of our volunteers had seen the stadium, let alone worked it. There are areas we need to improve but we now where and what they are and we will be sitting down tomorrow morning to conduct a thorough review of all our game day operations from Saturday. That said, I have to pay a special tribute to Alex Wolf and his operations team who worked 18 hour days for the whole of last week getting everything ready.... you guys were amazing, THANK YOU.
We won't be satisfied until everything is running smoothly but I don't think that will take us too long given the lessons learned from Saturday. On that note, I would encourage any of you that have constructive feedback or suggestions about the operations to get in touch with us, either by responding to this blog or emailing me directly. It's only by knowing what worked and didn't work for you that we can improve.
Also spare a thought for the players from both sides who struggled through the conditions. I spoke to several of them right after the final whistle and they were "literally" freezing!!! The gusting wind helped neither team to settle or play good football. Let's hope for more favorable weather this weekend against Houston.
Last but not least, thanks to the boys from East Austin Soccer Club who were our youth club of the night. And to the players and families from Forza FC who tailgated out on the parking lot before kick-off. As I drove up to Nelson Field it was great to see such a large crowd of the Forza folks already there enjoying BBQ and music before the kick-off. I hope we can make this a regular feature of game day as the weather warms-up!!
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