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2018 Texas UIL State Championships-Final Results

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Midlothian Heritage 2018 Girls 4A State Soccer Champions (@MidloHeritage Twitter) The 2018 Texas University Interscholastic League (UIL) (Public High School) Playoffs were completed on Saturday evening at Birkelbach Field in Georgetown when the final of six state champions was crowned.  This completes the seasons for all Texas high school soccer leagues.  The Texas Private School championships were held in February and results can be found in this link: https://txsoccerjournal.com/2018/02/25/tapps-and-spc-soccer-championship-results/ Included after the school name is the overall season record and the MAXPREPS Texas State Ranking. Girls 4A Semifinals-Wednesday Midlothian Heritage (27-3-1) (115) 1  Liberty Hill (27-2-0) (110) 1 2-1 Final-Midlothian Heritage advances … Continue reading 2018 Texas UIL State Championships-Final Results

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Katy 1895 FC: A New Community Focused West Houston Club Begins NPSL Play Next Month

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  When Michael and Noel Veith decided to start a National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) club in the Houston area last year, their intention was to provide a place for local kids who had moved onto college and graduating high school seniors to improve their ability to excel in soccer college careers or at the professional level, if that was their dream. “Every kid in our first year is someone that is from a local high school or a local college.” said Michael Veith.  “For the college player it is very simple.  The kids that come need to be trained, … Continue reading Katy 1895 FC: A New Community Focused West Houston Club Begins NPSL Play Next Month

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Texas Soccer Radio Shows and Podcasts

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  This post provides information on 18 Texas soccer radio shows and podcasts that have come to my attention since I launched this blog a little over a year ago.  I am publishing this list because there has been a recent wave of new podcasts that have joined the statewide soccer conversation and want to help spread the word.  There are Texas-based soccer radio shows and podcasts who are not included in this list….I only published the ones who gave their permission.  Radio shows and podcast programs are not easy to produce (many of them are live streamed) and are … Continue reading Texas Soccer Radio Shows and Podcasts

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Dallas Cup Final Results and Texas Youth Club Participation

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The 2018 Dr. Pepper Dallas Cup was played throughout North Texas between March 25 and April 1.  This world-renowned, invitation only youth soccer tournament has been played since 1980. Texas (or affiliated) Youth Clubs Competing in 2018 Tournament Anoranzas FC (Texas North):  U18 FC Dallas Academy:  U13, U14 Super, U15, U16, U19 Super FC Dallas Mexico:  U15, U16 FC Dallas Youth:  U13, U14(2), U15(3), U16, U17, U18(2), U19 Dallas Kicks Selecao:  U13 Dallas Texans:  U13, U14, U15, U17, U18, U19(3) FC Premier (Texas North):  U14, U15 Houston Dynamo Academy:  U19 Houston Dynamo Academy MX (Mexico):  U14 Super ID Club Division … Continue reading Dallas Cup Final Results and Texas Youth Club Participation

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Twin Cities FC wins Texas Premier Soccer League Championship

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The Texas Premier Soccer League (TPSL) overcame a number of obstacles to get to last Saturday’s regular season finale…the TPSL League Cup Final.  Among these challenges, the Houston teams had to deal with scheduling issues due to Hurricane Harvey last fall, one of the teams left the league mid-season and, as a result, a new Championship game venue needed to be secured. All of that was forgotten last Saturday afternoon in San Antonio when Twin Cities FC (TC FC) from border city Eagle Pass rode three goals from mid-season addition Braulio Guillen to a 5-1 thumping of the Galveston Hurricanes … Continue reading Twin Cities FC wins Texas Premier Soccer League Championship

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PDL’s AHFC Royals-Ambitious Youth Soccer Club takes the next step

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Albion Hurricanes FC, a Houston, Texas youth soccer club founded eighteen years ago, has ambitiously expanded through the years to construct a program that now comprises dozens of boys and girls youth teams who train and play at multiple campuses in the western half of the city.  This growth has produced a deliberately constructed pyramid that allows players to progress from recreation to high levels of youth competition in an integrated pathway.   Last October the club announced the next step in their evolution, the creation of a new Premier Development League (PDL) team that further demonstrates their commitment to produce … Continue reading PDL’s AHFC Royals-Ambitious Youth Soccer Club takes the next step

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Houston Dynamo destroy Atlanta United-Three observations and photos

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The Houston Dynamo opened the 2018 MLS season with a 4-0 destruction of Atlanta United on a pleasant overcast Saturday afternoon at BBVA Compass Stadium. Three observations after watching the match in Houston yesterday First:  Alberth Elis is pretty good I can only remember one other time when a Dynamo attacking player made as much of an impact, without scoring a goal, as Alberth Elis did yesterday.  That would be in August of 2012 when Macoumba Kandji ran up and down the left side all day, terrorizing Heath Pearce and the New York Red Bulls in a 2-0 victory.  That … Continue reading Houston Dynamo destroy Atlanta United-Three observations and photos

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TAPPS and SPC HS Soccer Championship results

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Ursuline Academy celebrates another TAPPS Division I Championship The Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools (TAPPS) is an organization that organizes statewide academic, athletic and fine arts programs for private and parochial high schools in Texas.  Among the activities TAPPS coordinates are annual soccer playoffs that lead to both Boys and Girls State Champions. Not all Texas private and parochial schools play in TAPPS.  A small number of schools play in the Southwest Preperatory Conference (SPC), a league that includes schools from Oklahoma.  Dallas Jesuit and Houston Strake Jesuit also play in the UIL. Soccer in the SPC is … Continue reading TAPPS and SPC HS Soccer Championship results

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TAPPS Winter Soccer Playoff Finals this weekend/SPC Championship results

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The Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools (TAPPS) is an organization that organizes statewide academic, athletic and fine arts programs for private and parochial high schools in Texas.  Among the activities TAPPS coordinates are annual soccer playoffs that lead to both Boys and Girls State Champions. Not all Texas private and parochial schools play in TAPPS.  A small number of schools play in the Southwest Preperatory Conference (SPC), a league that includes schools from Oklahoma.  Dallas Jesuit and Houston Strake Jesuit also play in the UIL. Soccer in the SPC is played in what is classified as the winter … Continue reading TAPPS Winter Soccer Playoff Finals this weekend/SPC Championship results

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Corpus Christi Soccer Embarks upon a New Journey

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Corpus Christi is currently one of the largest cities in Texas without a high-level amateur or professional soccer team.  With the exception of the Corpus Christi Fuel, part of the National Premier Soccer League and short-lived Southern Premier Soccer League earlier this decade, top quality soccer of any kind has been hard to find in the Coastal Bend through the years. Fortunately for the growing number of soccer fans in the Corpus area, this will change in the spring when the newly-formed Corpus Christi FC Sharks make their debut in the USL Premier Development League (PDL).  The PDL is a … Continue reading Corpus Christi Soccer Embarks upon a New Journey