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revelation
20 Jan 2005, 04:26 PM
John Trask, the former assistant manager for DC United under Hudson, is the new head coach at University of Illinois...
Here's the Soccernet article. (http://soccernet.espn.go.com/headlinenews?id=322196&cc=5901)
If nothing else, John was a good person to take questions from fans and you always got the honest answer... :)
Lowecifer
20 Jan 2005, 08:04 PM
He just wanted to be closer to some keg parties.
seahawkdad
20 Jan 2005, 08:43 PM
Weren't the RFK parking lots close enough???
mikedett
21 Jan 2005, 03:18 AM
I always thought John Trask was good.
If he was chosen to go to college and have a shot at all those lucious wenches....god bless him...
fatbastard
21 Jan 2005, 08:45 AM
... to go to college and have a shot at all those lucious wenches.......At the Univerity of Illinois?? Corn fed wenches is more like it. Of course the way he drinks, they'll still look good ;)
Good luck John making UI a defensive powerhouse.
Boyzzz Murtaugh
21 Jan 2005, 09:07 AM
UIC, actually, not U of I. Champaign/Urbana doesn't have a soccer team.
Lowecifer
21 Jan 2005, 10:20 AM
UIC, actually, not U of I. Champaign/Urbana doesn't have a soccer team.
Sure they do (or at least did), it's just at club level.
:)
The University of Texas club team beat them in the final of the NCSA National Championship in 1990. 6-5 in PKs.
http://www.utsoccer.com/images/90team.jpg
1990 Champs, baby!
Atouk
21 Jan 2005, 11:37 AM
The UIC site story:
http://uicflames.collegesports.com/sports/m-soccer/spec-rel/011705aaf.html
According to their website, they were 5-12-2 last season (3-3-1 in their league) and their coach resigned after a 15-year stint there, including a "Sweet 16" College Cup appearance and #21 ranking in 2000.
Lowecifer
21 Jan 2005, 12:40 PM
I hope they like back passes.
dcajedi
22 Jan 2005, 01:24 AM
I was actually at UIC earlier this month. I have no idea where their fields are but it definitely struck me as a commuter school kind of campus and one with not a very big alumni base. But their basketball team is pretty good, in the same league with Butler (the Horizon League). They get a decent amount of attention from the Chicago papers, too. So if Trask can get some good local kids, they could be a good team in a decently short amount of time.
Th4119
22 Jan 2005, 01:28 AM
Hopefully for Trask they don't have a no smoking policy at the practice center.
GrillMaster
22 Jan 2005, 09:29 AM
I wonder why Traskmaster chose to go collegiate? His style always struck me as being more of a pro coach than wimpy ;) students. I don't recall hearing his name in the Chivas, RealSL, Colorado sweepstakes, so maybe that had something to do with it. Of course, it could always be the age-old $$ or nearer to family motives.
Much success, John!
GM
John Trask, the former assistant manager for DC United under Hudson, is the new head coach at University of Illinois...
Here's the Soccernet article. (http://soccernet.espn.go.com/headlinenews?id=322196&cc=5901)
If nothing else, John was a good person to take questions from fans and you always got the honest answer... :)