2009 Schedule

RLC is having trouble posting the new schedule so I thought I'd publish it.

8/22 Williams Baptist College JV Away Not yet determined
8/28 Danville Away 3:00
8/31 Lindenwood University Home 4:00
9/2 Kaskaskia Home 3:00
9/5 Heartland Home 2:00
9/7 Carl Sandberg Away 3:00
9/9 SWIC Home 3:00
9/12 Springfield College Home 2:00
9/15 Lewis and Clark Home 4:00
9/17 Lincoln College Home 3:00
9/22 ICC Away 3:00
9/24 McKendree JV Home 3:00
9/26 Lincolnland Home 2:00
10/2 Kaskaskia Away 4:00
10/3 Danville Home 2:00
10/5 Parkland Away 4:00
10/8 Missouri Baptist JV Away 5:00
10/10 St. Charles Co. Co. Home 2:00
10/14 Southwest Mississippi Co.Co. Away Not yet determined
10/15 Pearl River Co. Co. Away Not yet determined
10/19 Forrest Park Co. Co. Away 7:00

Better late than never

Jared White was one of the first guys to sign back in late fall of 2008. I wasn't able to get ahold of his picture until recently. He will be a force to reckoned with in the midfield. He played high school soccer at Triad and he played one year at our rival SWIC. We won't hold that against him,,,:) I'm glad that he is a Warrior. He will make a big difference for us this year.

Team Meeting

Hey guys, I'd like to have a team meeting on June 8th or 9th. I need to know how many can make it on those days. If we go on the 8th we will have a meeting in the late afternoon with a cookout/meeting and a fun scrimmage just to see what we have. If we go on the 9th we will have the meeting in the morning with a meeting/cookout and a fun scrimmage.

Text me and let me know what day is best for you. Then I'll get back with you on which day works out best for all of us. Hopefully all of you can make it.

Housing News

I got word today that the housing deal in Ina is approved! George (the owner) has purchased two homes that will house 16 people. The rooms will be $225 for the first two months and then drop to $200 for the rest of the year. Rent includes water, gas, electricity, and garbage pickup. Beds, end tables, stove, refrigerator, and a washer and dryer are included. Cable and Internet access are not included. But the guys that stay in the houses can get together and purchase cable/internet as a group, if you want. The houses will be ready within two weeks. George is having new carpet installed in both houses. I'll let you know when you can come and check them out.

As of now, 16 of you have said that you are interested in the housing. So we are maxed out on housing. If you have changed your mind and are no longer interested let me know as soon as you can.

Schedule for fall 2009 is ready!

One of the hardest parts of this soccer job is scheduling games. I'm happy to report that the hard work is over and we have a final schedule. We will have to tweek it just a little because we don't have the start time on three of our games, but other than that it is ready to publish. It should be online in a few days, so go to rlc.edu and check out the soccer page for the schedule.

I'll go ahead and give you the dates and opponents that we play on a few of the games so you can start to plan your schedule:

August 28th Real Madrid

September 2nd Manchester United (we'll put Coach V on Ronaldo)

September 7th AC Milan

Looks like we have our work cut out for us,,,,;)

But seriously the REAL schedule will be online by the end of this week

We have a Keeper

Let me introduce the latest addition to our squad,,,Marcus Fernandes. He is a 6'1", 160 lb Keeper that lives in Nixa, Missouri. He is excited about coming to Rend Lake to pursue the new Athletic Trainer program at RLC, and to play some soccer this Fall. I'm looking forward to some good things from Marcus.

He is the 15th signee, that means I have one more to sign, besides Oscar and Antony from Kenya.

In a few weeks you'll be receiving news about our first team meeting. We're trying to work out a date in the first of June. That way you all can meet your team mates and we can have some fun around a cookout and a kick around.

Latest Recruiting News

I have verbal commitments from numbers 15 and 16 on our roster. That leaves two spots (numbers 17 and 18) on the scholarship roster for Oscar and Antony.

We have mailed the student visas to Oscar and Antony, they should have received them by now. Hopefully they will be able to get an appointment with the U.S. Embassy soon and then we'll have to wait and see if they can get permission to come over.

The two latest recruits are Marcus Fernandes and Neil Houlihan. Marcus is a Keeper from Nixa, Missouri, and Neil is a Forward from Springfield, Illinois. I'll be signing both of them sometime next week.

After all of our high school scholarship guys graduate, we'll have a team meeting to introduce everyone, have a little cookout, and a kick around, just to get to know each other. Also once we get our high school guys graduated we'll be able to get everyone together throughout the summer for some scrimmages.

I'll pass the word along just as soon as I hear from the guys from Kenya.