Austin Aztex Announce Roster For Inaugural U23 Season

[VioletCrown]

Much better than the original concept.

Let's see if I pulled this off:

http://blufiles.storage.live.com/y1p5VYzW-BkKX1h-wWH3Ysl0cfjQqbFaVdgPqgB6iMhasfxfkaKnAbL9TcZj1VMpW2zVIzXdmHs3EE

Ha! I did!

Yes, MUCH MUCH better!

Edit: Just in case anyone worries about the colors, I just did a quick a dirty cropping from one of the images that Chris linked to. So they're kinda washed out. I'm sure the real thing will be much bolder.

[Super Hoops]

http://www.uslsoccer.com/images/photos/89694538969453.jpg

http://lh3.ggpht.com/duality72/SBIG_soGJ5I/AAAAAAAAGMY/CwJbXYcTxjM/Aztex_0210%5B1%5D.JPG

Not bad at all.

[Roma_Wolves]

No big soccer ball on the crest. Check. Aztex FC, rather than Austin Aztex. Check. Definitely looks more professional.

[chapulincolorado]

Let's see if I pulled this off:

http://blufiles.storage.live.com/y1p5VYzW-BkKX1h-wWH3Ysl0cfjQqbFaVdgPqgB6iMhasfxfkaKnAbL9TcZj1VMpW2zVIzXdmHs3EE

Niiiiice! :)

Aw. Man. Now I gotta get me an Austin jersey.

[VioletCrown]

No big soccer ball on the crest. Check. Aztex FC, rather than Austin Aztex. Check. Definitely looks more professional.

Well, I do still wonder when a team in the US is going to have the nerve to use 'SC' rather than 'FC'. After all, we call it soccer here.

But that's a very, very minor quibble.

[Roma_Wolves]

Yeah, I'd prefer SC or AC, but I don't care too much on such a minor detail.

[VioletCrown]

For those of you wondering where Willy Guadarrama is, you don't need to wonder anymore (http://www.austinaztex.com/index.html).

During the second half, newcomer Willy Guardarrama fired 2 past the A&M keeper, bringing the final scoreline to 5-0.

Looks like we may have an answer as to where the goalscoring is going to come from.

[Super Hoops]

For those of you wondering where Willy Guadarrama is, you don't need to wonder anymore (http://www.austinaztex.com/index.html).



Looks like we may have an answer as to where the goalscoring is going to come from.
Funny. Both Kevin Klaus & Willy Guadarrama weren't on the announced roster (http://www.austinaztex.com/home/243980.html). I'm assuming that both of them are late additions to the squad.

That can only help IMO. :)

[VioletCrown]

Funny. Both Kevin Klaus & Willy Guadarrama weren't on the announced roster (http://www.austinaztex.com/home/243980.html). I'm assuming that both of them are late additions to the squad.

That can only help IMO. :)

As I wrote further upthread, the announced roster only had 20 players on it. The league roster limit is 26. With Kevin and Willy now apparently on the team, there's still room for 4 more.

College still hasn't let out, so I expect that they'll hold those places open for the college players that come home over the next few weeks.

Anyone know of any hot prospects in the ACC or elsewhere?

[Super Hoops]

As I wrote further upthread, the announced roster only had 20 players on it. The league roster limit is 26. With Kevin and Willy now apparently on the team, there's still room for 4 more.

College still hasn't let out, so I expect that they'll hold those places open for the college players that come home over the next few weeks.

Anyone know of any hot prospects in the ACC or elsewhere?
I would imagine that they're going to add 1 in each position (1 goalkeeper, 1 defender, 1 midfielder & 1 forward).

Here's St. Edwards men's roster where Klaus plays:

http://www.stedwards.edu/athletic/soccer_men/roster.htm

And here's Willy's MLS bio:

http://kc.wizards.mlsnet.com/players/bio.jsp?team=t105&player=guadarrama_w&playerId=gua148317&statType=current

And Southwestern University men's roster:

http://southwesternpirates.cstv.com/sports/m-soccer/mtt/swtx-m-soccer-mtt.html

[ATEX_MEX]

Hell Yes We need some WillySpeed firepower
he is amazing, shame KC Cut him. he never got a chance with the First team

Welcome Back to Austin Willy

[Real_Madrid1006]

Personally, I'm not happy to see Willy, Zach or AJ back here. That just means that they aren't where I thought they would be right now. Hopefully they just hit some speed (no offense Willy) bumps and will get back on the right track. I would much rather see them playing at another level...then Austin will have arrived on the soccer scene.

Surprised none of them participated in the Dynamo trials .... maybe they can still get on...they are too good to play PDL.

[VioletCrown]

Personally, I'm not happy to see Willy, Zach or AJ back here. That just means that they aren't where I thought they would be right now. Hopefully they just hit some speed (no offense Willy) bumps and will get back on the right track. I would much rather see them playing at another level...then Austin will have arrived on the soccer scene.

Surprised none of them participated in the Dynamo trials .... maybe they can still get on...they are too good to play PDL.

Well. If they're too good to play PDL, but not good enough for MLS, they seem perfect for the USL-1! :D

[ATEX_MEX]

Well. If they're too good to play PDL, but not good enough for MLS, they seem perfect for the USL-1! :D
exactly my friend.. if he can score over 30 goals in his college time he will do even better in the PDL, also when the Aztex make the jump to USL-1 he will hopefully kick ass in the league. and attract attention from other MLS clubs other than KC. remember Austin bein the Expansion team in 2009 will most likely attract attention from MLS teams. I think Willy is in a win-win situation

[VioletCrown]

exactly my friend.. if he can score over 30 goals in his college time he will do even better in the PDL, also when the Aztex make the jump to USL-1 he will hopefully kick ass in the league. and attract attention from other MLS clubs other than KC. remember Austin bein the Expansion team in 2009 will most likely attract attention from MLS teams. I think Willy is in a win-win situation

Not to mention that there's going to be two more MLS teams in the next two years. Those players have to come from somewhere.

[FrogHammer]

Anyone know how his brother Sonny is doing in the Mexican league? I guess Willy might end up there as well.

[ATEX_MEX]

Anyone know how his brother Sonny is doing in the Mexican league? I guess Willy might end up there as well.
Sonny is currently playing in Morelia
he has only played 3 games this season. only 18 minutes total
Willy was also there in Morelia with him. but never played in the 1st Team. Willy is now back home and kickin ass with the Aztex

[TwoMeters]

If you haven't seen it, the Aztex website has a little more info on the players. It's clearly still a work in progress (Willy Guardarrama isn't listed, some player details aren't included yet, etc.), but here's what's out so far.

http://www.austinaztex.com/u23/roster

[VioletCrown]

If you haven't seen it, the Aztex website has a little more info on the players. It's clearly still a work in progress (Willy Guardarrama isn't listed, some player details aren't included yet, etc.), but here's what's out so far.

http://www.austinaztex.com/u23/roster

Thanks, Chris!

So the "20" that was missing from the original press release is Ronnie Rocha.

The numbers do indeed indicate uniform numbers.

There's three more players that weren't on the original list displayed:

Cameron Turney
Kevin Klaus
Robin Martinez

Klaus was mentioned in the A&M friendly. As was Willy Speed:

Willy Guardarrama

That brings the total to 25. There's room for just one more player, unless someone gets dropped. If Super Hoops is right, it'd be a goalkeeper (the other new players I listed above are all wearing field uniforms).

[TwoMeters]

Check out the Club Deportes (http://clubdeportes.com/futbol/aztex/aztex.html) Aztex site. Be sure to click through to the player links on the right-hand side of that page. No stats yet, but great player pictures.

http://clubdeportes.com/front/fotofront.jpg