Phil and I flew to the UK on Monday for a mostly business trip that happily coincided with 2 Stoke City games! We knew the UK had been taking a bit of a battering as far as the weather goes and packed accordingly. The first setback was having to land at Gatwick instead of Manchester but we made it up to Stoke in time for the game - and what a game it was! Stoke went in 3 up at half time and looked to be having the better of the challenging conditions. Under soil heating meant the pitch itself was in good shape but the snow was swirling for most of the game. Fulham brough Dempsey on in the second half and he proved to be the catalyst they needed, scoring a contender for goal of the season. One of our summer interns, Scott Burleson, was at the game with his mates and spoke with Dempsey after the game. They have been having a grand old time in the UK and have seen lots of games including Chelsea/Fulham, Millwall/Derby, Arsenal/West Ham and Hayes &Yeading/AFC Wimbledon (look it up!!)Hopefully, the end of this week will see a solution to the USL/TOA situation and we can all move on with our lives. Phil has already been busy working on our pre-season games - more to follow soon!
I'd like to extend a warm welcome to Brian Pederson and his wife Stephanie as they join our Aztex family - he brings a great deal of experience in running successful and exciting camps and clinics.
We will be back in Austin on Sunday after hopefully seeing Stoke win away at Burnley (temporarily managerless) and also weather permitting.
Kay
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