Every Saturday, I host the "Back of the Net" Soccer Show on 99.9 the Fan from 7-8 am. I guess that my first sentence isn't exactly right as James Alaverson, the show's producer, will be filling in for me this Saturday, as I will be out of town.
James will talk to CASL Director of Coaching, Rusty Scarborough and CASL Youth Director, Paul Forster, live from outside Tottenham's stadium in London where they will watch (less than 2 hours later) Tottenham host West Ham in an English Premier League (EPL) match. Rusty will talk about the Champions League and his experience watching Manchester United host Marseille (which was on Tuesday) and Chelsea host Copenhagen (on Wednesday). The Champions League is down to the final eight clubs! It is always a thrill to be amongst the crowd in those venues! Paul, the "Back of the Net" EPL expert will then discuss the league as it is winding down to a close. Who gets to play in Europe next year, who gets relegated, etc. will be discussed.
James will then interview me and we will talk about the MLS season kicking off and the US Men's National Team visit to Cary next week to train for friendlies against Argentina (in NY on Saturday 3/26) and Paraquay (in Nashville on Wed 3/30).
Finally, there will be a Carolina Railhawk segment where James will talk to one of the Railhawks' players. The Railhawks open against the Puerto Rico Islanders on April 9th at WakeMed Stadium.
I got this comment from a previous post from Sperry:
"Any chance CASL could hire an off-duty police officer on these huge tournament weekends to help our visitors (and us) get out of WRAL? I've seen it done at tournaments in Charlotte and Winston-Salem recently and have been impressed by the thoughtfulness. Could we do the same? "
To Sperry: We have been doing this occassionally for our CASL visitraleigh.com National Soccer Series presented by Chelsea events but we have decided that it will be a common practice for those tournaments in the future. We will have to see what the modifications of the policemen's duties will be when the Perry Creek Road construction is complete (hopefully by this fall). Perry Creek will be five lanes with a large left hand turn loading lane for turning into the park if cars are coming from US 1 (Capital Blvd).
Sperry, thanks for your comment!
Looks like great weather for the weekend. It should be a great weekend for soccer (Of course, I think that almost all weekends are great weekends for soccer!)! "Have Fun and Remember it is Just a Game!"
Charlie Slagle
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