Jana Birchum
World Cup fever was rampant in Austin this summer, but no one did it bigger or better than our hometown soccer team, who worked with the city to put together a massive outdoor watch party on the Long Center grounds on July 1 for the final U.S. game – drawing a reported 5,000 fans. Within the same month, the Aztex also: announced that they’re going pro next season, with the help of some heavyweight new investors; won the PDL Mid South Division, and hosted the PDL playoffs, both for the second year in a row; and set both regular-season and playoff attendance records in their last games at the amateur level. Onward and upward.
