September 3, 2010

A Spanish Soccer Adventure For Missouri Girls

Sarah Ogar

Nice story in the Mexico Missouri Ledger about recent graduate Sarah Ogar and the soccer adventure she participated in during July. Sarah was part of a group of 15 girls that were pulled together by Chris Miller, President of the Missouri Soccer Coaches Association as well as Head Coach of the Southern Boone County Eagles, [...]

We Were Part Of The Record Soccer Crowd In Kansas City!

Bailey Pesek and Taylor Stamper at Arrowhead Stadium

A pair of Nixa Lady Eagles were fortunate enough to attend the recent Manchester United game against the KC Wizards last Sunday. They share a picture of their visit and thoughts on the soccer adventure. Bailey says: Having the opportunity to see Manchester United play in the United States doesn’t happen every day. When my [...]

For there’s not a team like the Glasgow Rangers! No, not one, and there never shall be one!

Walter Smith, Glasgow Rangers with Dr Ben Goss, MSU

What happens in Vegas doesn’t always stay in Vegas. Earlier this summer, I traveled westward for a highly anticipated adventure. But before it can be entirely understood, some prerequisite background must be related. Two major forces collided for me as the calendar turned from 2006 to 2007. A few months before, in my occupation as [...]

Siemens Turblex Springfield Returns With Hardware

Siemens Energy Springfield at World Cup Siemens

We made it back from the Siemens We Are Energy! Soccer Cup tournament in Germany. With 40 teams from 26 different countries the event was truly a memorable experience. This event gave us a chance to meet people from other Siemens companies. The soccer cup was a great team building event for all of us [...]

Siemens Turblex Springfield Final Preparation – The best of the WÜRST

Siemens Turblex SGF “The best of the WÜRST”

Here’s an update on the Springfield Siemen’s Turblex team that is headed to Germany. Siemens Energy is hosting a worldwide soccer tournament as part of the “We Are Energy!” campaign. The soccer tournament will be June 12 -13 2010 in Erlangen, Germany on the Siemens sports grounds. There will be 40 teams from 24 countries [...]

Siemen’s Turblex Springfield Preparing For World Cup 2010

Siemen's Energy Springfield Preparing for World Cup 2010

So what are your plans for the 2010 World Cup, now a mere 31 days away? There’s a great local story I’m happy to be able to share with you. The local Siemen’s Turblex office has been chosen to compete in the Siemen’s “We Are Energy” campaign that includes a worldwide soccer tournament among their [...]

Dallas Moses’ Soccer Experience in Dalian, China

Dallas scores on free kick

During the fall semester 2009 my father, Duane Moses, accepted a position at Missouri State University’s College of International Business, campus in Dalian, China. When he first talked to me about this, I was concerned about missing my friends, playing soccer and training with Cory Carr at Integrity. However, it has turned out to be [...]

How Was Your Weekend?

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I ask that question as a prelude to sharing Andy Wilkinson’s weekend with you from last week. As you can see in the photos, he covered a lot of bases. He started his road trip with a drive from Joplin up to Kansas City to enjoy the KC Wizards game against the LA Galaxy on [...]

Springfield Catholic Boys Touring, And Playing, In England

We arrived on Friday July 24 in Manchester Airport after a very long and delayed flight. However, even being jet lagged and exhausted we went to Old Trafford, Manchester United’s stadium. It is the largest stadium in English Football seating just over 75,000 people. After this we checked into Chester College where we have stayed [...]

Drury Panthers Men Begin Preseason Trip To England

The Panther’s took off on Monday morning for England where they will be touring and playing a series of games against local opponents as part of their preseason training this year. It’s a trip the NCAA allows once every four years and a new tradition that Coach Bilbao brought with from his time at Truman [...]