Tulsa

This time the weather looks decent. 70's and 50's with only a small chance of rain on Sunday morning.

Both games are at 9:30 am at the Bixby-Keas Soccer Complex.

615 N. Riverview Dr.
Bixby, OK 74008

https://goo.gl/maps/9h3dm

Google maps says it's about a 22 minute drive from the hotel.

Check this out: Home team wears dark. We are listed as 'away' for both games. So, bring everything, but odds are that we are wearing white on Saturday and smelling bad on Sunday. Maybe we can go white-navy-white the first day and all white on Sunday? Stay tuned.

I'm on the United flight that gets in just after 7:00 pm. I think y'all know how to get a hold of me. Call or text if you need something. 713-504-5049.

If I don't happen to see you Friday night, let's plan on meeting at the hotel lobby at 7:50 am on Saturday morning. Or, you can be adventurous and just meet us at the field. Allow for a little extra time, just in case. We want to make sure to have the full 45 minute warm up beforehand.

I think all the girls traveling alone have a room/family to stay with. If anyone needs last minute help with that, let me know.

I couldn't get the giant van this time, but I did get a large SUV. If anyone wants to send some kids my way and sleep in a little extra, I'm happy to help.

College soccer and video

Many of you were able to attend the meeting last Saturday with all the college coaches. I thought it was very helpful, so first off...a big thank you to Mark for putting that together. 

I don't know if I can sum up everything we learned in the meeting, but one of the takeaways was that it can be very helpful if the girls have video highlights for the coaches to look at. Another important takeaway was that the college recruiting process starts earlier for girls than for boys. And that this summer and next are potentially very important for those girls that want to play in college. 

It stands to reason that our daughters might have more "highlight opportunities" this spring in State Cup play than this upcoming fall in PLW play. So, it would behoove us to film these upcoming games. 

I realize that this year has been an expensive one, so I don't want to force this on the team. We can have the same people we've used before come out and tape our games and even put together highlight clips for individual players. Rick Schachter has done all the leg work on this, and it looks like the economics are like this:

$170 base fee for taping the game. 

$50 per player per game for highlights (which you can choose to add after the fact). 

They can come to 4 of our games this Spring. 

Obviously, the whole team benefits from taping the games. And I suppose, if your video editing skills are good, you could even make your own highlight reel. 

I'd like to get some feedback from you all. Who would be willing to chip in and split the costs of having them come to the games? I am in. Please email me if you are interested. 

HESC College Combine and Thursday Training

Tonight we are moving our training to 7:30-9:00 on L4.

Saturday we will play Texas Rush at 10:00 on SC1. Please be there by 9:15. We will be wearing green-white-white. Please bring your white jersey just in case. 

Sunday we are on SC4 again at 10:00 against the Dynamos. Same drill...be there by 9:15. This time we will wear all navy. Bring white in case. 

Don't forget that Saturday evening is the college coach Q&A session at Hotel Derek from 5:00 to 6:30. Your daughter is welcome and encouraged to come. 

Lastly, hopefully you've finalized your plans to Tulsa. Will you please shoot me an email if you have any issues or conflicts with this trip?