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November 21, 2007
UCSC players to attend open tryouts
We're still several hours away from the day's main event, the expansion draft, but news of other potential Quakes makes the Santa Cruz Sentinel this morning, as reporter I.A. Stewart notes that several UC Santa Cruz players will be attending the upcoming open tryouts at Chabot College, Hayward, on December 2.
Stewart writes that seniors Jeremy Abrams, Stefan Clemens, and Adam Smarte will try to follow in the footsteps of former Slugs Aaron Lanes and Steve Wondolowski, both of whom made the jump to MLS after their collegiate careers.
Good luck — as of this morning, there are quite a few roster spots available, but that will change a bit later on today.
We also wanted to pass along the results of the Mercury News poll we mentioned a few days ago. It asked, "Is there a large enough fan base in the South Bay to support professional soccer?" The results seem pretty conclusive: 136 answered "yes," and only three answered "no." Let's call that a landslide, which seems appropriate enough for a team called Earthquakes.
Posted by Jay at November 21, 2007 05:25 AM