April 14, 2011
April 14, 2011
Lobo Faithful:
Hope this e-mail finds everyone enjoying the spring weather and the promise of a tremendous summer. All is well with New Mexico Lobo Men’s Soccer. Wanted to touch base about our big fund-raiser on Saturday, April 23rd at 6:30 at the Lobo Soccer Stadium, for Lobo Soccer Alum Patrick Grange/ALS Research. Patrick finished his Lobo career in 2004 and four months ago was diagnosed with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease). We are playing a benefit match against our alumni (four former MLS players and recent graduates) on the 23rd and will also host a silent auction with proceeds going to the Grange Family, ALS Research and Lobo Soccer. We have jerseys signed by Christiano Ronaldo, Kaka, FC Dallas, Seattle Souders, golf packages, airline tickets etc. All items will be on display two hours prior to the game or you can contact Coach Brandon Moss at bmoss@unm.edu for specifics or if you’d like to bid over the phone. This will be an incredible event and I hope everyone in town can attend and support the cause.
Lobo Men’s Soccer is 4-1-1 this spring. Last weekend we played an action packed match vs Creighton University in Denver, Colorado. For those who have tried to forget, Crieghton defeated us soundly in the NCAA Tournament last year. The Blue Jays lost only one player to graduation and we fielded a very different and new line-up for the match. After 90 hard fought minutes, the Lobos came out on top 1-0 with a 71st minute goal from Blake Smith. Great win for us and a great opportunity for three players who redshirted this fall to see “big game action”. The future looks bright!
On Saturday, April 16th, the Lobos face Denver University in Taos, New Mexico at 4:00 pm. We are the opening match of the new Taos Eco Park (read about Taos Eco Park right here). Taos Eco Park is a state of the art synthetic field which has received a FIFA 2-star rating. One of only four fields in the USA with this designation. This is going to be a great match, with two 2010 NCAA Tournament teams fighting for Regional bragging rights. Hope you can make it to Taos for this one!
Thanks for all your support and hope to see you in Taos and at the ALS Fundraiser on the 23rd. GO LOBOS!
Jeremy Fishbein
2011 REMAINING LOBO SOCCER SPRING MATCHES
-Saturday April 16th: 4:00 vs Denver University in Taos at Taos Eco Park
-Saturday April 23rd: 6:30 vs Alumni at Lobo Stadium
-Saturday April 30th: 8:00 am vs California Irvine and 2:00 vs Fullerton in Las Vegas, Nevada at UNLV