2007 soccer schedule announced
Jun 12, 2007 11:41:41 GMT -6
Post by soccerFan on Jun 12, 2007 11:41:41 GMT -6
www.cstv.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/ilch/sports/m-soccer/auto_pdf/schedule-2007
I am VERY disappointed with this schedule. 10 away games, and only 7 home games. Not good.
The home opener is against Marquette, one of the few teams worse than De Paul last year. Western is coming to town the following Tuesday, followed by a month of away games before coming back to play Butler. The Wisconsin game is at 2:00 P.M., which will undoubtedly conflict with the Bears game and ensure a low turnout.
Fortunately, the UWM game is at 7:00 on the 21st, so at least it won't conflict with the Fire-Galaxy (Blanco vs Beckham) game at 2:00. No other conflicts with the Fire or Bears games, so at least they got that right.
If the Flames don't come back from that long road trip with a winning record, I don't expect many people will show up for the remainder of the season. Those games in October can be miserably cold, and because the grandstand is facing west, the prevailing winds are in your face.
It would have been nice to keep the series with De Paul and Northwestern going, just like it would be nice to play NIU, but no dice, at least this year.
Maybe this is the best UIC can do, but that long stretch of away games when the weather is nice has the potential to absolutely kill attendance.
I am VERY disappointed with this schedule. 10 away games, and only 7 home games. Not good.
The home opener is against Marquette, one of the few teams worse than De Paul last year. Western is coming to town the following Tuesday, followed by a month of away games before coming back to play Butler. The Wisconsin game is at 2:00 P.M., which will undoubtedly conflict with the Bears game and ensure a low turnout.
Fortunately, the UWM game is at 7:00 on the 21st, so at least it won't conflict with the Fire-Galaxy (Blanco vs Beckham) game at 2:00. No other conflicts with the Fire or Bears games, so at least they got that right.
If the Flames don't come back from that long road trip with a winning record, I don't expect many people will show up for the remainder of the season. Those games in October can be miserably cold, and because the grandstand is facing west, the prevailing winds are in your face.
It would have been nice to keep the series with De Paul and Northwestern going, just like it would be nice to play NIU, but no dice, at least this year.
Maybe this is the best UIC can do, but that long stretch of away games when the weather is nice has the potential to absolutely kill attendance.
