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Central Texas Lobos Move One Step Closer to New Austin Soccer Stadium

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Central Texas Lobos of the Gulf Coast Premier Soccer League (GCPL) announced today that they have secured a site location and are now one step closer to their dream, and that of every lower league soccer club, to own and operate a soccer specific stadium. The new facility will be located on a 4-acre site in South Austin, near the junction of Interstate 35 and Highway 71. Construction is projected to begin later this year and be ready for the 2020 Gulf Coast Premier League season in the Spring of 2020. The land acquisition was made possible through private investment and a donation … Continue reading Central Texas Lobos Move One Step Closer to New Austin Soccer Stadium

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2018/19 TAPPS and SPC Soccer State Championship Results

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The Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools (TAPPS) and the Southwest Preparatory Conference held their 2018/2019 Soccer Championships over the last two weekends. Highlights of the tournaments, including Episcopal’s 4th straight SPC title, were Dallas Bishop Lynch winning their second Division I TAPPS Girls title, San Antonio Catholic winning their third consecutive TAPPS Division I Boys championship and St. Thomas Episcopal winning both the Boys and Girls TAPPS Division III titles. The results of the Finals matches are listed below: 2018-19 TAPPS Winter Soccer Championship Finals TAPPS is an organization that organizes statewide academic, athletic and fine arts programs for private … Continue reading 2018/19 TAPPS and SPC Soccer State Championship Results

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Inocentes FC Plays for the UPSL Fall Championship Saturday

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Inocentes FC (IFC), a Ft. Worth based team in the United Premier Soccer League (UPSL), has already had a dream first year. Two UPSL Central Conference Championships (Spring and Fall seasons) were followed by recognition as Club of the Year by Protagonist Soccer, a media organization that covers lower tier soccer in North America. The inaugural year’s work is not done for IFC, however, because the club has a chance to cap off this dream year with another trophy this weekend. The UPSL Fall National Champion will be crowned this Saturday evening when IFC travels to Southern California to meet … Continue reading Inocentes FC Plays for the UPSL Fall Championship Saturday

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Top 10 2018 Texas Soccer Stories: # 10-6

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First, Clint Dempsey announced his retirement from soccer on August 29. The Nacogdoches native is certainly the best male player ever to come from Texas and, arguably, also the best male player in U.S. Soccer history. During his career in MLS and England, Dempsey scored 129 goals. He also finished with 57 goals for the U.S. Mens National Team, tied for first all-time, and is the only American to score goals in three FIFA World Cups. Second, the 2026 FIFA World Cup was awarded to the joint bid from the U.S., Mexico and Canada in June. 17 finalist cities in … Continue reading Top 10 2018 Texas Soccer Stories: # 10-6

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2018 Favorite Texas Soccer Media

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Over the course of the year I watch, read and consume a lot of soccer related information. This post will attempt to highlight some of my favorite Texas soccer related media of all varieties from 2018. I obviously can’t read or watch everything and make no assertions that the media I highlight in this article are the “Best” of anything….because they are only my opinions and reflect my own taste. There will also invariably be a southern part of Texas slant because that it where I typically watch live soccer. Nevertheless, here goes and if I missed anything that readers … Continue reading 2018 Favorite Texas Soccer Media

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2018 Top Texas Soccer Teams/Coach/Players

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Like other end-of-year lists I am publishing, this selection of various Teams, Coaches and Players is my best attempt at identifying excellence over the course of the year and not intended to be a “Best of” list. There is too much soccer activity in the State, for me at least, to make these kinds of claims. Before getting started, I would also like to highlight three Texas soccer Supporters Groups who went above and beyond this year. Dallas Beer Guardians, Houston’s Texian Army and San Antonio’s 210 Alliance were jointly awarded the Independent Supporters Council (ISC) Philanthropic Group of the … Continue reading 2018 Top Texas Soccer Teams/Coach/Players

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Houston Viet Soccer Tourney to be Chronicled in Documentary

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A mini-documentary, featuring a Houston Viet Association soccer tournament, will be filmed in Houston over the Thanksgiving weekend. The video is sponsored by the Non League America website and will be directed by Alfonso Bui, who delivered a superb documentary last year on the journey of Dallas area-native Lee Nguyen, currently a midfielder for Los Angeles Football Club in Major League Soccer. The Houston Viet Association Tournament The tournament will take place on Saturday and Sunday November 24 and 25 at Cullen Park on the west side of Houston.  Eight adult teams will participate, divided initially into two groups for … Continue reading Houston Viet Soccer Tourney to be Chronicled in Documentary

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College Soccer in Texas Begins This Weekend-An Overview

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Wayland Baptist University 2017 NAIA National Soccer Champions (Image Credit:  WBU Athletics) The 2018 Texas College Soccer season is underway this weekend.  College Soccer programs (both 4-year and Community Colleges) generally play a compressed 15-20 game regular season that begins this weekend and ends in late October.  Conference and National playoffs, in the respective governing organizations (e.g., NCAA, NAIA), are concluded by early December.  Some universities, especially in Division I and II, also play abbreviated spring exhibition schedules. Brief History of College Soccer in Texas In simplistic terms, the first serious organized soccer leagues in the country originated in Northeast … Continue reading College Soccer in Texas Begins This Weekend-An Overview

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Brazos Valley Cavalry 2018 PDL Mid-South Champions-Final week of Regular Season Wrap

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Brazos Valley Cavalry defeat Texas United and are crowned 2018 PDL Mid South Champions Brazos Valley Cavalry, who entered the last week of the regular season in the Premier Development League’s (PDL) Mid South Division title race in the drivers seat, left nothing to chance by defeating Texas United twice to win the Championship.  The Cavalry ended the season with six consecutive victories and a plus-23 goal differential.  They both scored the most goals and conceded the fewest in the Mid South division this year. OKC Energy, after losing a crucial home game to Brazos Valley last week, entered the … Continue reading Brazos Valley Cavalry 2018 PDL Mid-South Champions-Final week of Regular Season Wrap

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Laredo Heat’s Undefeated Regular Season Now in the Past as NPSL Playoffs Begin

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All Image Credits: Laredo Heat When Head Coach Dana Taylor arrived in Laredo on April 28th, he immediately needed to hit the ground running to prepare National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) expansion team Laredo Heat for their first preseason match a week later against United Soccer League’s (USL) Rio Grande Valley FC.  The challenge was further compounded by the fact that only 60% of his college-based roster had arrived in town. Therefore, it would have been understandable if the team started slowly as players trickled in over the next few weeks.  Instead, ten undefeated weeks later the Heat enter the … Continue reading Laredo Heat’s Undefeated Regular Season Now in the Past as NPSL Playoffs Begin