SPAIN WINS EURO CUP 2008

Congratulations to Spain for winning Euro 2008. These are photos I took at the FIFA World Cup 1994 game between Spain and South Korea at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas TX.

TULSA ROUGHNECKS - NY COSMOS

I found and scanned these photos of a NY Cosmos vs. Tulsa Roughnecks NASL soccer game at Skelly Stadium in Tulsa. I think the game was in the late 1970's. I don't know all the players' names, but Cosmos # 9 is Georgio Chinaglia and # 5 is Carlos Alberto.











In addition to this game, I also saw Johan Cruyff play in Tulsa and a playoff game in which Tulsa beat NY 3-0 in front of the largest attendance for a non-football sporting event in Oklahoma.

HUTCHINSON AZZURRI U-11 SOCCER

More photos of the Hutchinson Kansas U-11 Club Azzurri Hurricanes boys soccer team, who played in the Enid Sport Fest tournament on May 9-10.
Link to Club Azzurri: http://www.clubazzurrishootout.com/

MOTHER'S DAY SOCCER TOURNAMENT

This weekend, my son is coaching the Under-11 Hutchinson (KS) Azzurri Hurricanes boys soccer team in the 19th annual Enid Sports Festival Mother's Day Soccer Tournament. On Saturday, Hutch beat a team from Yukon OK and lost to a team from Enid OK.

Today is Mother's Day. Ryan is going to have a little ceremony before today's first game where his boys each give their mother a rose we bought yesterday at the mall in Enid. All athletes, whether youth soccer players in Enid or professionals in the big leagues, should realize and respect that they can't have gotten whereever they are without the love and dedication of a mother that drove them to practice, washed their uniforms, rearranged dinners and vacations and cheered them at their games.

Happy Mother's Day to all mothers and especially mine, who provided me the opportunity to play baseball through high school and later coach my son's soccer team while she often took care of my daughter. Thank you!

2008 SATURN CUP - NORMAN OKLAHOMA

THE 3rd ANNUAL SATURN CUP WAS PLAYED IN NORMAN OK ON MARCH 22, 2008. KANSAS CITY WIZARDS BEAT REAL SALT LAKE 1-0 ON A JIMMY CONRAD HEADER.

Web articles:

http://hillcrestroad.blogspot.com/2008/03/kcw-vs-rsl-saturn-cup.html

http://www.wibw.com/sports/headlines/16939456.html

OKLAHOMA CITY UNIVERSITY STARS SPORTS SITES

PICTURED ARE THE NEW ENTRANCE TO THE BASEBALL STADIUM, THE SOCCER FIELD, THE BASKETBALL ARENA, THE SOFTBALL STADIUM AND THE SITE OF THE FORMER BASKEBALL ARENA, FREDRICKSON FIELDHOUSE.

USA v GUATEMALA 2006

ON FEBRUARY 19, 2006, THE NATIONAL TEAMS OF GUATEMALA AND THE US PLAYED A "FRIENDLY" AT PIZZA HUT PARK IN FRISCO TEXAS, HOME OF FC DALLAS. IT WAS A VERY COLD DAY WITH LIGHT SNOW. THE US WON 4 - 0.

EDDIE JOHNSON SCORED FOR THE US.

A REVIEW OF THE GAME CAN BE FOUND AT THIS LINK:
http://ussoccer.com/articles/viewArticle.jsp_280737.html

CHICAGO MAY 2005

In May 2005, some soccer playing kids and I went to Chicago to see England play the US at Soldier Field. We also went to Wrigley Field, the Cubby Bear and Sears Tower.

Sam's Army

Wrigley Field from the Cubby Bear.

Sears Tower

USA v MEXICO 2004

IN APRIL 2004, FOUR HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER PLAYERS AND I TRAVELLED TO THE COTTON BOWL IN DALLAS TX TO WATCH A "FRIENDLY" MATCH BETWEEN THE USA AND MEXICO NATIONAL TEAMS. THE US SCORED IN EXTRA TIME FOR A 1-0 WIN. THERE IS A REVIEW OF THE MATCH AT: http://ussoccer.com/articles/viewArticle.jsp_59109.html