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Anyone gonna be watching the Copa America?

I mentioned wanting to play some soccer at the last GMG basketball classic. I wanted to gauge interest, and toss some ideas out. I don't mind take the lead on this, but since I'm in SA, it would be good to have a Denton-based person also. Thoughts?

http://www.meangreensports.com/sports/w-soccer/spec-rel/091613aaa.html Congratulations Rachel on your second hat trick and your second C-USA Player of the Week Award this season.

Amazing project that Mean Green Sports has been working on that tells the improbable story of North Texas soccer Link

The soccer team should go into the season as one of the favorites to win C-USA. A very tough non-conference schedule should have the ladies ready for improved conference competition. http://www.meangreensports.com/sports/w-soccer/spec-rel/041213aaa.html Here is a quick record comparison based on 2012. (2012 Results) Conference USA Conference Overall 1. North Texas 8-1-1 16-5-2 2. Colorado College 8-2-1 14-4-5 3. Middle Tennessee 8-1-1 14-5-1 4. Florida International 8-1-1 13-6-2 5. Rice 8-2-1 11-7-3 6. East Carolina 6-2-3 10-7-3 7. Tulsa 6-3-2 12-6-4 8. Charlotte 4-4-1 10-8-2 9. Louisiana Tech 3-3-2 10-5-4 10. Marshall 3-7-1 7-11-1 11. UTEP 3-8-0 10-10-0 12. Florida Atlantic 3-7-0 5-13-0 13. UTSA 2-4-2 2-12-3 14. Old Dominion 2-8-0 4-14-0 15. Southern Mississippi 1-9-0 4-12-1 16. UAB 1-10-0 2-17-0

The US seems to be playing well? http://espnfc.com/news/story/_/id/1506351/landon-donovan-brace-leads-us-gold-cup-final?cc=5901

Really competitive and entertaining spring schedule for our conference champs... Spring Game Schedule At Texas 03/02/13 2pm 1-0 Loss Baylor 03/23/13 3pm At TWU 04/07/13 1pm TCU 04/13/13 1pm At SMU 04/20/13 1pm Where is the love from the SID for UNT's back to back conference champs???? Nothing on MGS....no spring schedule, no mention of new signees.....hate to see the coverage if the girls start losing.

Looks like we will have to wait till next week to see who wins the Sunbelt regular season championship. WKU will be at MTSU....need a WKU victory!

Great Article in the new issue of the North Texan Alumi Magazine about last years soccer captain Kelsey Perlman. Really shows how a great university, university programs and UNT athletics can pave a way to success! Link: http://issuu.com/uni...thtexanfall2012 or http://northtexan.unt.edu/content/diplomacy-specialist Diplomacy Specialist The U.S. Embassy in Paris had the perfect job for Kelsey Perlman ('12). The embassy was looking for a French-speaking female athlete to serve as a sports diplomacy specialist — a job that required touring the country to promote gender equality and the benefits of sports for professional success. Perlman, who majored in international studies and French and served as captain of the Mean Green women's soccer team, heard about the job from Laetitia Knight, lecturer in world languages, literatures and cultures at UNT. "I'd like to say that I think this job was made for me," Perlman says. Besides playing soccer with various clubs, Perlman talks to boys and girls about the benefits of Title IX, the landmark bill that made discrimination illegal in education and federal programs; the U.S. collegiate athletics system; and how soccer is used as a form of social integration in tough neighborhoods. She also talks about qualities — like leadership, organization, mental toughness, assertiveness and perseverance — that she developed by playing sports. Perlman says the task can be challenging because there hasn't traditionally been strong support for women's sports in France, but she loves the job. "Seeing girls come up to me saying they were inches away from quitting sports but would continue thanks to my speech had a tremendous impact on me," she says. Perlman would like to play for a professional soccer team in France and continue the sports diplomacy program. She also plans to take the Foreign Service Exam, which would put her en route to becoming a diplomat. She notes that her athletic scholarship at UNT paved the way to her job because it allowed her to take unpaid internships with the International Rescue Committee, Office of Sustainability and the North Texas in D.C. Program, and study for a semester abroad at the University of Caen in France. "I would never be in the position I am now," she says, "if I didn't go to UNT."

2012 NCAA Women’s Soccer Tournament Projection Based on strength of schedule and results Voted on by the NSCAA Committee Week 6 - Sep 17, 2012 to Sep 23, 2012 The Tournament 48 and Tournament 64 rankings are a running attempt to project the postseason college soccer tournament qualifiers, including every automatic conference berth. Thus, some college soccer teams will not be included that are included in other rankings lists. Updated rankings are released every Monday. (Edit) 48 = Mens, 64 = Women's - make sure you click on women's on the link below Link: http://www.topdrawer...t-ranking/women