I am writing this from beautiful Portland - we had a relaxing day after the tension and excitement of last night's game. The Timbers fans create a great atmosphere, very recognizable to us Brits with singing and chanting. There were 12 of us, including Aztex director Mike Shultz and his wife Karen, director Gary Mellor and his son George over from the UK, friends and fans Tim and Lori Moran, Buck & 'T' Craig and Alliance/Chantico's Army members Chase Hoffman and Matthew Gray, resplendent in kilt and Aztex jersey. It was an action packed and, towards the end, tense game - apologies that the stream was so difficult to watch.
I won't do a match report, it's already been done but I was interested to see the match stats. Apparently, Portland had 13 shots on goal, seemed a bit of an exaggeration to me. I looked online at their overall total so far - 320 shots on goal with just 24 converted. The Aztex have had 281 with 41 converted, pretty much double their percentage. Maybe statisticians need a short lesson on what counts as a shot on goal - just a thought.
Today, we are in Seattle to watch the Sounders v Fire. We're really looking forward to taking in the atmosphere and learning from them how they have made it so successful. Phil, Mike and Gary have a meeting with the Sounders guys so should be interesting.
Then tomorrow, we take the train to Vancouver to join up with the Aztex again - a depleted squad but not depleted spirit. Lawrence Olum made the trip back to Austin along with Yordany, who still has some travel restrictions.
Excuse some of the tense changes in this blog report, didn't have time to finish one bit before we were moving on again!
Go Aztex!
Kay
Friday, August 27, 2010
Monday, August 9, 2010
Apologies!
Well, it seems we have been sadly neglecting the Aztex blog, apologies! It's been over a month but I know everyone keeps up with most of the news via the website, Facebook or Twitter.
It's great to be STILL top of the league with 2/3 of the season gone. I know the 'magic' playoff points total is 40 and it would be crazy to think we won't make it. Wish there was a bigger prize than bragging rights for if we finish as League Champions but heyho!
We have added to our player roster but lost some of our interns. Cody Poteat has returned to Nebraska - he's been training with Miguel and Sean so look out for Hastings College results this season. We will also lose our camp interns, Anna, Taylor, Mason, Ben and Amanii, at the end of this week - they have done a stellar job working alongside Brian Pederson and the players. We have had so many wonderful emails and phone calls praising the way the camps were run, how much the kids learned and how much fun they all had. I can't leave this section without mentioning Joe Levy - he has been running our merchandise store for us and doing an excellent job.
It's no secret that Phil has been at the USSF meeting today in New York - he's on his way home right now so I'm not exactly sure of all the facts yet and what he is allowed to divulge. There are always other sources to check out anyway ;-)
We'll be at Mr Tramps tomorrow for the game along with the Free Beer Movement and American Outlaws - should be fun.
Kay
It's great to be STILL top of the league with 2/3 of the season gone. I know the 'magic' playoff points total is 40 and it would be crazy to think we won't make it. Wish there was a bigger prize than bragging rights for if we finish as League Champions but heyho!
We have added to our player roster but lost some of our interns. Cody Poteat has returned to Nebraska - he's been training with Miguel and Sean so look out for Hastings College results this season. We will also lose our camp interns, Anna, Taylor, Mason, Ben and Amanii, at the end of this week - they have done a stellar job working alongside Brian Pederson and the players. We have had so many wonderful emails and phone calls praising the way the camps were run, how much the kids learned and how much fun they all had. I can't leave this section without mentioning Joe Levy - he has been running our merchandise store for us and doing an excellent job.
It's no secret that Phil has been at the USSF meeting today in New York - he's on his way home right now so I'm not exactly sure of all the facts yet and what he is allowed to divulge. There are always other sources to check out anyway ;-)
We'll be at Mr Tramps tomorrow for the game along with the Free Beer Movement and American Outlaws - should be fun.
Kay
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