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Category Archives: Soccer Adventures

Springfield (MO) Sister Cities Soccer Exchange Program to Tlaquepaque,

19-Mar-08

Summer 2008
June 25-July 2
Lake Country Soccer in cooperation with the Springfield Sister Cities Association and the Springfield/Greene County Park Board are planning to visit Tlaquepaque, Mexico for a sport and cultural exchange.
Lake Country Soccer is spearheading the soccer activity for this event.
We are in the initial planning stages to assemble a team of youth male [...]

Springfield Soccer Club To Begin Under 23 Men’s Program

06-Mar-08

PRESS RELEASE
The Springfield Soccer Club is pleased to announce that this summer they will begin an Under 23 Men’s Program with a mission of providing a professional soccer environment for college age players. The program will offer many highlights for the college player; later start date so players can relax after the college spring semester [...]

Chicago Fire Host New England Revolution

06-Oct-07

I’m off on a soccer adventure folks. I’ve been approved for a sideline pass for tonights MLS game between the Chicago Fire and the New England Revolution. I’m planning on concentrating my efforts on Fire goalkeeper Matt Pickens (Missouri State Bears 2003) and the offensive juggernaut that the Rev will throw at him [...]

Matt Pickens Sighting

13-Sep-07

Another day, another soccer (sort of) adventure. The picture on the right features Chicago Fire goalkeeper Matt Pickens (the tall one - Missouri State University class of 2003) enjoying a different grassy environment. In this case its the Annual Frank Klopas Charity Golf outing. Frankie is a soccer legend [...]

Brazil, Or Why We All Should Have Been In Chicago Sunday

11-Sep-07

Everyone has a Brazilian moment, that moment when you realize that the Brazilian magic is not hype, when you see something on the field that no other team could duplicate, maybe not even in a practice, mine is when I watched Revilino score a goal by bending a free-kick around a wall of 10 players, [...]

Solari’s Take In Superliga Game in Dallas

10-Aug-07

I’m initiating a new set in my Flickr stream, Soccer Adventures. The intent is to feature you (that’s right, you!) on this site and share your experiences taking in soccer games and culture in far flung locations. There have been submissions from World Cup 2006, a visit to Arsenal’s home pitch, and earlier [...]