College Update
USF was shutout twice in Northwest this past weekend. That drops them to 6th place in the WCC just below Saint Mary's. Santa Clara remains undefeated in league play and are squarely positioned atop the WCC. They play USF this Friday at USF (7PM). After that they play St. Marys, then closeout in the Northwest. Their momentum seems sufficient to carry them through. Berkeley wrapped up their regular home season with two impressive wins over UCLA and San Diego, their tough competitors in the Pac 10. Three graduating seniors highlighted the weekend: Javier-Ayala Hill, Luke Sassano and Andrew Jacobsen all scored. Cal is now 10-4-1 and is atop the Pac 10. They travel to the Northwest this coming weekend and could clinch the divison while on the road. San Jose has had a tough go lately losing its last three games. That drops them to 5th position in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation. Their last three games are away so they've got a very tough row to hoe. Cal Poly SLO hasn't shined much such its monumental win over UCSB when Anthony Grillo send them home with a scintillating goal in the final minutes of the game. They've since tied twice and most recently lost the return game with UCSB at the Santa Barbara Campus. They could finish second in the division but will it be good enough to get them a birth in the NCAA playoffs?

Seals in Manchester
The Seals will train and play games in Manchester this January from the 7th to the 17th. This is an opportunity for past and future Seals players to see what it's like where soccer is king. You can't leave a major highway in the UK towards some township or another surburban community without seeing a stadium that belongs to a community club. Of course, you don't even need to leave the major highway to see many of the EPL stadiums. The sport is more pervasive that baseball, football or basketball in the US. Every community has its team, and some small communities have great teams. Bolton (139,000 people), Blackburn (105,000 people) and Wigan (<90,000 people) are small towns by US standards, yet they support major league soccer in the toughest league in the world. That's where were going. We'll be surrounded by Manchester United, Man City, Wigan, Blackburn, Bolton, Preston (all within 30 minutes) and if you want to drive 45 minutes to an hour you can visit Liverpool, Everton, or Leeds. If you counted every Championship team, League 1 and League 2 team, in the regions the list would be too long to publish. If we noted every club to division 8 or 9 (they have various names) this would look like a telephone book.

We'll be doing two-a-days everyday except game days. We have a bunkhouse reserved for the team that houses 18 players.

Soccer Skills Website
John Comwey, an ex-Seals player who hails from Idaho, has developed a very informative website on the subject of soccer skills. Please take a look: http://www.soccer-training-info.com. In the future, news releases and articles from the Glens and Seals will be published at that website so if you miss the email you can pick up the story at John's website.

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