As we finish our Memorial Day celebrations we are sure your thoughts, like ours, have turned inexorably to the fall soccer season.
It kicks off in Birmingham, Alabama at the Birmingham Southern Classic in late August as Joe continues his search for the hottest/most humid places in college soccer following up on the Memphis and Trinity trips of last year. BSC has kindly arranged for accommodations at a local Sheraton at a great rate. Their e mail reads:
You may now call the Sheraton to reserve extra rooms beyond the 10 rooms/night that BSC will be providing. Call 1-800-325-3535 to reserve the extra rooms. Mention the BSC Fan Block and the dates to receive the $75 rate ($75 for 2/room, $85 for 3/room, $95 for 4/room). I encourage you to do this quickly because the Sheraton will have to release unused BSC Fan Block rooms at some point in the future. Cancellation of reservations is allowed thru August 26th.
We play Sewanee on Friday, August 29 at 5:00- they went 5-14 last year but have a great incoming freshman class including several ODP players and a recruit from the UK.
Our Sunday game is at 2:30 against Birmingham Southern (fondly referred to by Jesse Smelcer as the Bumblebees because of the black and gold uniforms) who we beat 1-0 last year at WUSTL. They certainly will want to return the favor.
A good start to the season will put us back into the top 25 at the D3 level so come if you can and cheer the Bears to victory. Anyone wanting to practice for the games can sit in a sauna for 90 minutes while cheering loudly. Cold beverages (water and Gatorade) during the game will be provided by the Neumann's who will be driving down from Louisville with a couple of coolers in the trunk.
We will plan to arrange a dinner with the team either after the Friday night game or possibly Saturday lunch.
Looking forward to a fantastic year of WUSTL FC games.
paul, sheldon and john
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Above is taken from a message sent by Paul Neumann on May 26, 2008.
Now just to give you a quick WUSTL FC fix, I put together a quick, poorly edited video from the spring season where we played Jefferson County Community College and SLU. It is mostly a test to play with my new video camera at a night soccer game. It is not much, but hopefully fun. Sorry that the music plays for quite a long time after the video ends. I did not notice that until it was uploaded and I have not fixed it yet.
If the video does not play well, see a smaller version here.
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