Frisco Soccer Complex Marks Historic Milestone In U.S. Soccer

FRISCO, Tex. (Wednesday, April 2, 2003) – Major League Soccer and the Dallas-based Hunt Sports Group (HSG) announced today that the Frisco Independent School District, the City of Frisco, Collin County and HSG have entered an historic partnership, agreeing to build a $65 million soccer-specific stadium and soccer complex in Frisco, just north of Dallas.

For the full article click HERE. This is great news for the Burn. Buzz spoke with some of the players at practice the other day, and it seems they've resigned themselves to playing at Dragon Stadium as long as they get their stadium. And now it looks like it's going to be worth the wait!

June 10, 2003- The Burn will be playing a scrimmage against the Texas Spurs (PDL) on Wednesday, June 11th at UTD at 7:30 pm. Admission is $5 for Adults and $3 for Children. The Burn will most likely field a mix of starters and reserves, and the Spurs coach used to play for the Burn and was asst. coach for a while, so it should be a good game. Come out and support the Burn!

June 4, 2003- Andrew Monfried of US Soccer has interviewed Ryan again, the interview can be found HERE, and also by clicking 'Interviews' on the menu. Also, Andrew Monfried's November 2002 interview with Ryan has been moved to the Archives page.

June 3, 2003- In honor of Ryan's first cap with the National team, 3rdDegree created this wallpaper. Check it out! Very cool.

June 1, 2003- The Burn have finally found their first win, thanks to goals by Jason Kreis, Chris Gbandi, a PK from Ronald Cerritos, and many injured DC players. Congrats to the Burn, who are now 1-3-3. If anyone caught the game on TV, hope the cameras caught the Inferno signs, many were pretty rude, yet funny. I myself was on crutches and in a knee brace (I actually hurt my knee, didnt need the crutches though) with a sign around my neck saying "Dema Got Me" . Apparently, Sir Hack A Lot wasn't too pleased, it seems he wanted to come have some words with me about it, but Hristo Stoitchkov pulled him back. July 2nd can not come fast enough, it should be another fun game.

May 28, 2003- Photos from the US/Wales game are up! Check 'em out!

May 26, 2003- Congratulations to Ryan for his first USMNT Cap! Ryan started the friendly vs. Wales and played 77 minutes as a very effective defender. Rob Stone and Tommy Smyth were talking about him for quite a bit actually. The Game Summary will be up sometime tomorrow afternoon, as it's very late right now, and well...I gotta go to bed. hehe. Thanks for your patience. The summary can be found HERE.

May 25, 2003- Well, It's finally summer. woohoo! Some major things to say here, so...

• May 17th . LA @ Burn . 1-1 tie, with Burn score by Brad Davis, followed by a fence-hop/run into the Inferno. If you go to the MLSnet past goal of the week thing, you can watch it. I had to download realplayer to be able to watch any of their clips, but it was worth it. Go check it out!
• May 24th. Burn @ Metrostars. 2-1 loss, with Burn score by Jason Kreis. Clint Mathis and Steve Jolley both put one past DJ for the Metros.
• Ryan has been called up for the May 26 friendly btwn the USMNT and Wales. There's actually a good probability that he'll start. We looked at all the other players, and past lineups, and probable lineups, and any way we looked at it, it seems as though he may get some playing time. Go Ryan!
• The USMNT played a match against San Jose on Friday, and I'm happy to say that Ryan got playing time in the match. Congrats Ryan!
• Like I said, I was going to add an Archives page (which I did), so I could transfer the US/Mex. game stuff onto there. I actually deleted that US/Mex. page, but it still shows up. I have absolutely no idea why. I'm working on that.
• I'll be doing another Game Summary for tomorrow's friendly, but I think I'll post it directly on the archives page, because I don't particularly want a non-existent US/Mexico page AND a US/Wales page. But keep looking back here, because whatever happens, I'll post here.
• Game Summary (US vs. Wales) can be found HERE starting about two hours after the game.
• More pictures up. Go check 'em out.
• Yep, I realize most of the news that was here is missing. It's on the Archives page now, so if there was something you wanted to see, go there, I kept most of the important stuff.

I know that took a while, thanks! And everyone, make sure you come to the game Saturday the 31st. Burn vs. DC United, Dragon Stadium, 8 pm. Be there so you can yell at Dema "Hack you very much" Kovalenko (as Ryan dubbed him) with the rest of the Inferno. 

May 12, 2003- Ryan is still doing 'Inside Stuff' with 3rdDegree, new installment can be viewed HERE.

Also, the Burn 'reserves' (pretty much anyone who didn't play in the KC game)...played in a game against Lake Charles PDL team and won 3-0. I must have missed something, because somehow Matt Behncke ended up in goal, and Jeff Cassar was playing as a Forward. Hmm...