Whew!

As Kay noted in her last blog post, it's been a "little" hectic around Aztex headquarters. If playing four home exhibitions before the season wasn't enough, our first week of the regular season featured three games. What a way to start as an expansion franchise! Trial by fire I guess.

While the pre-season and that first week of the season were a bit taxing, they were incredibly rewarding as well. It was absolutely amazing to see the great turnouts at the games, which really validated what we all believed from the start--Austin loves its soccer.

Many of you have said as much. We've heard from countless fans including many who made it out to their first professional soccer match, what a great experience it is for the entire family.

It's hard to describe how gratifying it is to hear so much positive feedback.

The other thing we've heard from many fans is how impressed they are with the level of play. Personally, I have been preaching for months to whoever would listen -- media, potential sponsors, friends and family -- that the USL, and our team specifically, can hang with any MLS squad. I think the results from the pre-season beared that out.

Adrian has done an outstanding job of assembling both local and international talent that works well as a unit. Behind the scenes we saw and heard how things were going, and now everyone else is in on the secret. With all due respect to the PGA, "These guys are good."

What's even better, this is just the beginning. There's much more where that came from.

It should be an exciting season. Look forward to seeing you guys out at The Nelson.

Go Aztex!

Kyle