Natty Champs again | Fundraiser event

Hi again.

If you didn't hear, the Messiah College Men's and Women's soccer teams won the NCAA Division III Championships AGAIN this year.  I was very fortunate to be able to watch MWS win the trophy down in San Antonio, TX.  (Wasn't able to make the men's game.)  MWS played well against a team that they had previously lost to early in the season (Emory).  Honestly, I don't think that MWS was ever threatened, and I was confident that we would come out with the win, after we scored the game's first and only goal.  I must confess, this is the first time that I've been to the final four/final since I was a player back in 2002; so yeah, i guess it's been 10 years...and yes, it was the first national championship win that I had been a part of.  How awesome.  Brandon Fisher tweeted: "Even as my piece of Messiah Soccer tradition gets smaller and smaller I find myself prouder and prouder of that tiny contribution." Well said brother.  Hmm - 5 stars looks soooo much better!

So Christmas is less than 3 weeks away!  WTF.  I'm not ready!  i'm kinda stressing about gifts.  I was just in NYC for work and it. was. crazy.  i felt like the grinch, bc i was like, walk faster and get out of my way and stop taking pictures to all of the tourists. arg.  

Big event coming up this Sunday.  Stop on by and support a great cause!

Let's make the most of the night like we're gonna die.

Upset City

I know I brag and talk a lot about my soccer team, my college, the one i once played for, Messiah College.  but it's because they are worthy; and because i had such a great soccer experience, because i respect the coaches; because the program has had so much success, success that i feel i have experienced along with them and at one time contributed to and continue to participate in.  pride, baby, pride.

MWS National Championship 2009

NCAAs are currently in sesh.  i love it.  i have only been to one game this past season (men's and women's); but no different than any other year, i am engulfed with d3 soccer fever this time of year.  NCAA Regionals kicked off this past weekend and both the men's and women's teams hosted this first and second round of the tournament.  Well, as expected, the women's team (MWS) cruised through the first (Elms) and second (Skidmore) rounds and are now awaiting times and location of games this coming weekend for sectionals.  i was hoping that this round would be in Baltimore, MD (at Johns Hopkins University); however, i presume that it now will be at Messiah.  Here's the shocker:  Generally, there is a trade off every other year with the men's and women's teams for home field advantage at sectionals since it is (usually) pretty certain that both teams will make it to that round.  However, this year, the men's team got upset in overtime against Neumann College (and the shocker is really not the fact that they lost, but that they lost in the second round to Neumann).  sooooo, no conflicting tournament scheduling is on the table and that means top seeded MWS may be hosting this weekend.  good for the team, bad for me.  good for MWS, bad for JHU.  [side note:  Hopkins has an impressive 21-0 record.  whoever ends up having home field advantage, will def have just that.  And not only because of that, but based on the surface of home field.]  MWS plays on grass; JHU on turf.]  it's fine.  whichever venue it happens to be at, i plan to be there, and will bet that this will be the best game of the season (for both teams). [another side note:  this is the first year, as far as i am aware, that MWS has made it farther than the men's team. (finally)]

MWS National Champions 2009

so besides all that recent hoopla, i had a pretty good weekend. how about you?  mine consisted of sushi and starbucks, playing soccer in great weather, coaching soccer to a win (finally!), football practice, church, brunch, friends, Sunday football, plenty of sleep, and netflix.  relatively, good weekend, i'd say.  i cannot believe Thanksgiving is in less than 2 weeks.  craazzzzy!

soccer season is underway

Happy Friday!  It's ugly out today though.  rain and dark this morning.

I don't blog much anymore.  Soccer has taken over my life, well not really, only twice a week...and the weekends. so that counts.  but i also obsess about MWS.  you know last night, i was wearing a MWS shirt at LoyolaU and some guy pointed it out and said, "you must be good."  ahhh, made my night.  i shrugged it off though and said, "used to be..."  i was running with a bag of cones, to the field...so i couldn't chat.  but i overheard him talking to his friend.  he said, MWS is goooood.  they win national championships.  Yes they do and continue to do...team is legit this year AGAIN. 

I recently completed the Friday Night Lights series...tear.  so good.  so i've been trying to find another feel good series on Netflix to start.  (MadMen, yes - in the future when i have a little more time.)  I chose Felicity.

Soccer Powerhouse Emerges From Pennsylvania Hills

(ok, I lied...one more thing...)

Last year Messiah soccer was featured in USA Today.  This year...the New York Times! well, NYT soccer blog.  Sweet.  "How do we do it? It’s the intangibles"