Having grown up about 50 miles north of the Big D, it shouldn't come as a surprise that my first live soccer experiences were in Dallas. I had played youth ball as a kid, watched Tatu's Dallas Sidekicks on TV occasionally, but had never been to see the game live. In college I popped my cherry with a Dallas Burn doubleheader that saw Mexico & South Africa playing the nightcap in an electrifying Nike Cup match. After that I was hooked and bought season tix for the Burn before their suburban exodus to Southlake.
Over the next week Dallas will become Soccertown USA with a Texas-sized slate of youth, national team, and MLS exhibition matches. Check out some of the upcoming ties:
March 28: U.S. U-20 vs. Haiti U-20
March 28: U.S. Men vs Guatemala Men
March 30: FC Dallas Reserves vs. Haiti U-20
March 31: FC Dallas vs. Atletico Paranaense
April 1: Real Madrid U-19 vs. Solar SC U-19 (Dallas Cup )
April 1: Chelsea FC U-19 vs. Chivas Guadalajara U-19 (Dallas Cup)
So get in a car, call up Amtrak, or go to Southwest Airlines website....do whatever you can to get yourself down there because not only do we have soccer back home but we have the world best BBQ, Shiner Bock (ask somebody if you don't know), and really big trucks with gun racks on the back window. And if you are really lucky you may be able to meet a disgraced cheerleader or two.
Damn, I just got really homesick as I wrote that.
Over the next week Dallas will become Soccertown USA with a Texas-sized slate of youth, national team, and MLS exhibition matches. Check out some of the upcoming ties:
March 28: U.S. U-20 vs. Haiti U-20
March 28: U.S. Men vs Guatemala Men
March 30: FC Dallas Reserves vs. Haiti U-20
March 31: FC Dallas vs. Atletico Paranaense
April 1: Real Madrid U-19 vs. Solar SC U-19 (Dallas Cup )
April 1: Chelsea FC U-19 vs. Chivas Guadalajara U-19 (Dallas Cup)
So get in a car, call up Amtrak, or go to Southwest Airlines website....do whatever you can to get yourself down there because not only do we have soccer back home but we have the world best BBQ, Shiner Bock (ask somebody if you don't know), and really big trucks with gun racks on the back window. And if you are really lucky you may be able to meet a disgraced cheerleader or two.
Damn, I just got really homesick as I wrote that.
5 comments:
Where are you from? I grew up in Van Alstyne (between McKinney and Sherman) and then moved over to Lindsay (just west of Gainesville). Also would be interested to know how old you are ... if you grew up in Sherman, Howe, etc I could have played against you.
Try 350 miles north..... although you did come of age in the little D. Don't forget the 806.
ya need to come down though.... I'll buy the Shiner, or maybe Lone Star if your really hard core
Born in Sherman, grew up in Denison until I was 15. Then moved to Amarillo (as BC has noted above), then went to school in Denton.
Van Alstyne?! My brother dated a chikc from there named Tanda who broke up with him after he took her to a Bell Biv Devoe/Keith Sweat gig at Reunion Arena.
Went to school at Tech and have a sister that lives in Amarillo.
Don't know a "Tanda", but my younger sister had a friend named "Tanya" Casey -- she's about 28 or 29 years old by now, I guess.
I'm 31, and I played Denison/Sherman teams from '84 to around '89.
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