National Christian Collegiate Athletic Association

Saturday 22nd October 2016

Kick off 16.00 Actual 16.03

Dallas Christian College Crusaders 9 Ecclesia College Royals 0,  attendance 28

33′ 1-0

36′ 2-0

42′ 3-0

44′ 4-0

47′ 5-0

57′ 6-0

59′ 7-0

66′ 8-0

89′ 9-0

@ 2700, Christian Parkway

Farmers Branch, TX 75234

No admission or programme.

After turning up here before, only to find that the game had been postponed, it was second time lucky today. Well, lucky in the fact that I saw a match, but the quality was awful, especially Ecclesia College, easily the worst team I have ever seen in university football.

National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III

Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

Friday 21st October 2016

Kick off 13.00 Actual 13.05

Austin College Kangaroos 0 University Dallas Crusaders 0 (2 OT),  attendance 162

@ North Field

900, North Grand Avenue

Sherman, TX 75090

No admission or programme.

I had an option of leaving this one as the SCAC Championship Play Offs will be held here, but decided to do it for the actual home team. I should have left it, as this was absolute rubbish, neither side would have scored if they had played all day.

National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II

Heartland Conference

Thursday 20th October 2016

Kick off 19.00 Actual 19.02

Dallas Baptist University Patriots 1 Oklahoma ChristianUniversity Eagles 0,  attendance 294

1′ 1-0

@ Patriot Soccer Field

3000, Mountain Creek Parkway

Dallas, TX 75211

No admission

Team Sheet, free, double sided.

Apart from battling with rush hour traffic through the centre of Dallas, this was a nice easy double with the Paul Quinn College match played in Mesquite.

National Association Intercollegiate Athletics

Thursday 20th October 2016

Kick off 15.00 Actual 15.12

Paul Quinn College Tigers 1 Texas College Steers 2,  attendance 27

63′ 1-0

65′ 1-1

71′ 1-2

@ Eastfield College

3737, Motley Drive

Mesquite, TX 75150

No admission or programme.

Paul Quinn College are playing their home games at Eastfield College whilst a new ‘soccer’ pitch is constructed at their own campus. This was a real bonus as Eastfield College only have a Women’s soccer team, so one that I would never have visited otherwise.

United States Collegiate Athletic Association

Tuesday 18th October 2016

Kick off 20.00 Actual 20.14

Southwestern Adventist University Knights 3 Dallas Christian College Crusaders 5,  attendance 90

6′ 0-1

9′ 0-2

14′ 0-3

18′ 1-3

24′ 2-3

28′ 2-4

35′ 3-4

43′ 3-5

@ Lewis Lane

Keene, TX 76059

No admission or programme.

Another late kick off due to the women’s game beforehand overrunning. This was also difficult to confirm, as unusually for a university, their website has not been updated for 4 years. As for the game, every attack in the first half looked like it would produce a goal, whilst the second half looked like neither side would have any of adding to their tally.

Texas Collegiate Soccer League

Lone Star North Conference

Sunday 16th October 2016

Kick off 13.00

Texas Christian University Horned Frogs 2 Baylor University Bears 4,  attendance 36

9′ 1-0

21′ 1-1

30′ 1-2

36′ 2-2

56′ 2-3

76′ 2-4

@ Intramural Fields

3400, West Berry Street

Fort Worth, TX 76129

No admission or programme.

The Texas Collegiate Soccer League is competed for by universities who don’t have ‘soccer’ as part of their official athletic programme. Hence, most games appear to be on outside facilities, rather than proper enclosed ones. From the car park, the path to today’s pitch went along the back of the very impressive pitch used by the TCU Women’s team, where F.C. Dallas played a home U.S. Open Cup match in 2015.

Baylor knew a win today would see them qualify for the end of season play off finals.

National Association Intercollegiate Athletics

Red River Athletic Conference

Saturday 15th October 2016

Kick off 15.00 Actual 15.16

Wiley College Wildcats 1 University of the Southwest Mustangs 0, attendance 32

8′ 1-0

@ Panthers Stadium

Spring Hill High School

2800, East George Richley Road

Longview, TX 75605

No admission or programme.

This had always been my plan, but at Wiley’s own pitch at the college. When I arrived home on Friday night and checked the very good Wiley College Facebook page, it said the game had been postponed, which was not a great surprise as their home match on Thursday had been abandoned due to heavy rain, leaving the pitch in a right state. However, something made me look at their Facebook page on Saturday morning and a posting at 9.31am said the game was back on and even had the address of the new venue. It certainly helped that the visitors had already travelled from New Mexico and certainly didn’t want a wasted trip. I expected the game to be played on an outside pitch, so was very pleased to find it was in fact at the schools American Football Stadium.

National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III

American Southwest Conference

Friday 14th October 2016

Kick off 19.30 Actual 19.31

Le Tourneau University Yellow Jackets 0 University Texas Dallas Comets 5,  attendance 125

13′ 0-1

16′ 0-2

58′ 0-3

74′ 0-4

81′ 0-5

@ LETU Soccer Field

Joyce Family Athletic Village

Weller Drive

Longview, TX 75602

No admission

Team Sheet, free, double sided.

A little over an hour from Mount Pleasant saw me arrive in Longview and time to grab some food before kick off. Walking round the pitch towards the stand I also managed to bag the last team sheet at the match as they were on a table near the refreshment stand and free to pick up. As for the match, it was as comfortable as the score line suggests.

National Junior College Athletic Association

Friday 14th October 2016

Kick off 16.00 Actual 16.05

Northeast Texas Community College Eagles 0 Tyler Junior College Apaches 9,  attendance 47

5′ 0-1

12′ 0-2

22′ 0-3

35′ 0-4

37′ 0-5

40′ 0-6

65′ 0-7 (pen)

67′ 0-8

68′ 0-9

@ Eagles Soccer Field

County Road 4740/2866 F.M. 1735

Mount Pleasant, TX 75455

$5 Admission

No programme.

Second time in three days I had seen Tyler rattle in nine goals and again they eased off as if not to embarrass the opposition by getting double figures.

This was really awkward to locate as the address makes little sense and my SatNav didn’t recognise it in any configuration of the names or numbers. In the end I got an address in the vicinity and used the old method of writing down a route from there. The early kick off also meant a double opportunity by way of a 50 mile drive south to Longview, home of Le Tourneau University.