Friday, May 18, 2012 :: Several members of Eberly's Army met this afternoon to "scarf" some well known monuments in the Austin area, as we build up to the home opener of the Austin Aztex tomorrow night (Saturday, May 19th). The Aztex will host the El Paso Patriots with a 7:30 p.m. kick off, and what better way to start the season by taking pictures of Anglina, Willie and Stevie wearing Austin Aztex and Eberly's Army scarves (both of which will be available for purchase tomorrow at the stadium). We hope you enjoy the images, and ask all of you to post photos of famous places that you scarf to our Facebook page or email them to
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012 :: So there's still 3 days left until the Austin Aztex have their opening home match against the El Paso Patriots. You've got your tickets (if you don't, you can get season and single game tickets here)? Check. You've got your Aztex gear (what, no gear? Jeez, click here and find out where you can get a tshirt, scarf, etc.)? Check. You've read the Aztex Media Guide? Check.
So now what? Well, thanks to Eberly's Army member Mike Wabschall, you can wile away the hours by working on the Austin Aztex Wordsearch!!! You can now learn about the players while exercising your mind! You can download the Austin Aztex Wordsearch here, and see if you can find all of the players listed, and discover the secret Austin location. Once done (or if you eventually give up), you can download the answer sheet here.
So take some time out of your day to complete the Austin Aztex Wordsearch, and come to Saturday's game ready to identify the various players on the pitch in the blue and gold.
Hosts Kit McConnico and David Alvarez are joined by Matthew Gray, president of the Austin soccer supporters' group Eberly's Army, to discuss the end of the EPL season, the SPL, Champions League, and the Aztex home opener this Saturday. [English half of the show; broadcast on Austin's KOOP 91.7 FM, May 15, 2012.]
Below are the standings as of Sunday, May 13 (10:35 a.m. CST) for the PDL Mid South Division. To view standings for other Divisions and Conferences, please refer to the USL PDL Standings page.
Sunday, May 13, 2012 :: The Austin Aztex, who were playing in their second match in 2 days, gave up both their first goal of the season as well as the first loss, as they visited the El Paso Patriots in El Paso Saturday night. The Patriots, who have been one of the stalwarts of USL PDL in the past 2+ decades, gave the Aztex a very physical match, with severeal cautions throughout the match for the Aztex's William Morse (62') and Zack Pope (81') as well as the Patriots' Sergio Villasenor (81) and Ernesto Bolivar (90', although this was for time wasting).
We expect that we'll see write-ups from the Austin Aztex and SoccerATX later today.
Friday, May 11, 2012 :: Match reports will be coming soon, but you can always go back and review the Twitter updates at the Aztex Matchcast twitter account.
In the meantime, just a couple of notes that are worth pointing out...
Tony Rocha (M) has scored two goals in the Aztex first two matches of the season, both of them the first strikes for each match, and both in the first 10 minutes of the game.
The Aztex have managed to keep a clean sheet across two opponents, both of which were on the road.
The Aztex currently are not only top of the Mid South Division in USL PDL, but we are also top of the Southeaster Conference. Who's number 2? The Orlando City U23 squad. Oh yeah, under our boots where they will stay!!
Hosts Arch Bell and Kit McConnico are joined by Yanks Abroad writer Brian Sciaretta to talk about various American players' seasons. They also discuss EPL, Champions League, and more. [English half of the show; broadcast on Austin's KOOP 91.7 FM, May 8, 2012.]
Monday, May 7, 2012 :: The Austin Aztex had their first league match of the season this past Saturday night in Houston at Woodforest Stadium. Their opponent, the Texas Dutch Lions (a sister club of FC Twente in Holland) shared many commonalities with the lads from ATX. Both teams were starting were in their inaugural season in PDL, and both were kicking off that first season in their first match. However, that seemed to be the end of the similarities. It was evident from even before the match. Eberly's Army represented very well by taking about a dozen folks in a fan, with another 10 folks joining us there. The Army marched into the stadium as we normally do, and immediately knew we'd just turned this Away match into a Home match with our chants and cheers. We had a great time, and although we got back to The Lion & Rose about 2:00 a.m. on Sunday, in the middle of a lightening storm, all in the Army agreed it was well worth the trip!!
There are a number of match reports that you can read from both SoccerATX as well as the Austin Aztex (who I have to say, are much better at match reporting than the first iteration). See below for links to the various match reports that exist. Unfortunately, due to The Gaffer's travel for work, we won't be able to do a full write up for this match.
Hosts Arch Bell and David Alvarez welcome Jens Busch, of the Chelsea supporters' group Austin Blues, to talk FA Cup, UEFA Champions League, EPL and Euro 2012. [English half of the show; broadcast on Austin's KOOP 91.7 FM, May 1, 2012.]
Hosts Arch Bell, Kit McConnico, and David Alvarez welcome guest Man Utd fan Lanny Short to talk EPL and UEFA Champions League. [English half of the show; broadcast on Austin's KOOP 91.7 FM, Apr. 17, 2012.]
Hosts Arch Bell, Kit McConnico, Claudio Ostravich, and David Alvarez are joined by Austin Aztex head coach Paul Dalglish. [English half of the show; broadcast on Austin's KOOP 91.7 FM, Apr. 10, 2012.]
