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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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Top 5 Houston Dynamo CONCACAF Champions League Matches

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After a four year absence from the competition, the Houston Dynamo return to the 2018-2019 version of the Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League (CCL) Tuesday night (9 p.m CST) (Yahoo Sports, Univision Deportes). The club automatically qualified into this years version of the CCL Round of 16 knockout stage when they won the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup in Houston last September. The opening opponent for the Dynamo will be Guatemalan side CD Guastatoya, who qualified after winning a special two-legged playoff over Antigua GFC, scheduled when the suspension of the Guatemalan federation was lifted by FIFA. This will be the … Continue reading Top 5 Houston Dynamo CONCACAF Champions League Matches

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Notes from San Antonio FC Media Day

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San Antonio FC, who begin their fourth season in the United Soccer League (USL) Championship in a few weeks, hosted their annual media day at Toyota Field yesterday. A few notes and observations from the event: The Stadium and Pitch Look Ready to Start the Season It will be interesting to see how the field holds up when the typical summer turf challenges present themselves. New USL expansion side and local rival Austin Bold have made it a point to emphasize how much attention they will pay to the quality of the playing field at Circuit of the Americas. Comparisons between how the two stadiums manage their turf this … Continue reading Notes from San Antonio FC Media Day

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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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Austin’s Professional Soccer is TSJ’s Top Texas Story of 2018

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Austin Began 2018 with Zero Pro Soccer Teams and Ended with Two A book would be needed (and probably should be written) about the soap opera year in Austin professional soccer. After Columbus Crew owner Anthony Precourt announced late last year that he was exploring a relocation of his team to Austin, it set off a sequence of events that created front page news in both Austin and Columbus throughout the year. The first two stadium sites preferred by Precourt Sports Ventures (PSV) never got off the ground because of negative community reaction to the use of Austin parkland for … Continue reading Austin’s Professional Soccer is TSJ’s Top Texas Story of 2018

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Top 10 2018 Texas Soccer Stories # 5-1

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Link to Top 10 2018 Stories #10-6: #5: UPSL Builds Significant Momentum in Inaugural Season It is hard not to be impressed with the start-up of the United Professional Soccer League (UPSL) in Texas during 2018. This high level amateur league, since the first Texas teams were announced late in 2017, has rapidly expanded into a full fledged competition today. Successful Spring and Fall seasons were played during 2018 and the Conference is already planning to implement a promotion/relegation system in part of their Central Conference in 2019. A team in El Paso also began play in the Southwest Conference … Continue reading Top 10 2018 Texas Soccer Stories # 5-1

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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