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The North Texas Daily
Page 6 Thursday, June 23,1988
Soccer player gets shot at pros
By Bryce Tennant
Staff Writer
If you’re good ai something, but no one recognizes
or realizes it, are you still good?
Well, the NT soccer team and Rusty Troy have
been suffering from a bad case of underexposure.
But now Troy doesn’t have to worry about that any
TL Friday Troy was the third player chosen in
the Major Indoor Soccer League draft. Being chosen
by The Chicago Sting topped off one of the best
soccer weeks in Troy’s life, he said.
Troy’s week got off to a good start when he was
invited to Cleveland for the 1988 Senior Bowl. Some
of the best college players in the nation were invited
to train for a week under MISL coaches and to then
play a game. Troy arrived, trained and proceeded to
score a game-record of four goals. He also took home
the Most Valuable Palyer award.
“1 didn’t really know what to expect when I first
got there,” Troy said, “but after playing in the
game, I thought I would at least get drafted.”
Though the stability of the MISL may be somewhat
doubtful, Troy said he would put his college career
on hold if things could be worked out and the league
has a 1989 season. Troy is 18 hours from getting
his degree in finance. However, he could transfer
hours to the University of Chicago and finish his
degree there.
Troy, a forward in the indoor game, played de
II i would really like to play
professionally, because it's been
a goal for as long as I’ve
played. H —Rusty Troy,
NT soccer player
fender for the Mean Green for the past four years
but received little notoriety, as did the team.
NT coach Richard Lowe said he thought Troy
was overlooked during his college career because
he didn’t play for a big name university. But for
players who can shine like Troy did in Cleveland, it
doesn’t really matter what college they attend. Troy
became the third player to represent NT in the
Senior Bowl. Three years ago Gilbert Perez was
invited, and this year Troy was joined by defender
Billy Burnett.
Troy is already making plans for his future in
professional soccer.
“I would really like to play professionally, because
it’s been a goal for as long as I’ve played,” he
said, “I like the indoor game a bit more because
it’s a faster game, and it’s a lot more fun for the
fans to wateh, too.
“The Sting, though, as the league, are a bit shaky
right now. I should be finding out in a week or so
what will be happening, but I’ll play if the league
holds up."
Since being drafted, Troy has already had his share
of phone calls from agents wanting to represent him.
Troy said he is more than happy to listen to what
the men have to say, but that if and when the time
comes to sign a contract, he will have his father
represent him.
If all goes well, fans can look for Troy at Reunion
Arena when the Chicago Sting play the Dallas
Sidekicks.
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In other soccer news, a team made up of mostly
ex-NT players will be going to St. Louis this weekend
to play in the National Amateur Cup final four.
The Dallas Mean Green won the Region 3 division
and will represent the region in St. Louis. In 1984,
the last time the team made the final four, it went
on to win the national championship.
Troy, Burnett, Perez, Armin Melo, Richard Cun-
ningham, Greg Nichols, Lynn Venable, Russ Finks
and Robert Dobrient are some of the former NT
players on the Dallas Mean Gref
The team competed in both the Open and Amateur
Cups, but lost 2-0 in the Open quarterfinals to Greek
American from California. Had the team beaten Greek
American, it would have had to choose which
championship to go for. Open or Amateur. However,
since it lost the Open, the team is going after the
Amateur title.
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Columnist wants big three required,
football, basketball, baseball a must
The facts are leaking out about how
the NT baseball and softball teams were
dropped.
One of the Southland Conference
member schools put forth a proposal
that would, in essence, make all sports
in which a school participates optional.
The conference guidelines have stated
that certain sports are required for a
school to be a SLC member. This is
the condition that caused UT-Arlington
to be dropped from the conference when
it cut its football program.
And which school, do you suppose,
put forth that proposal?
The University of North Texas.
The proposal that was unanimously
accepted by the other athletic directors
Brian
Boney
in the conference now says that a SLC
member school can pick any six sports
it wants, and those will be its conference
sports.
This move is damaging to the prestige
of the SLC. It will cut down greatly
on the rivalries that develop between
schools. These rivalries help increase
attendance at different sports.
Take a look at the biggest rivalry in
the nation: UT-Austin vs. Texas A&M.
When is the attendance at one of these
schools’ basketball or baseball games
highest? When UT-Austin is playing
against A&M.
Why?
Because of the huge rivalry between
the schools’ football teams.
If A&M beats UT-Austin in football,
Longhorn fans turn out in droves to see
their baseball team beat the Aggies.
This kind of rivalry is what the SLC
needs.
I remember talking to Tim Duryea,
a member of the NT basketball team,
about an upcoming baseball series. The
series pitted NT against Northeast Lou-
isiana University.
Tim was drooling over the chance
to watch the Eagles “beat the
out of NLU. And which school had
beaten the Eagles in football?
NLU.
What team did the Eagles have to
beat to win the conference championship
in basketball?
NLU.
That’s the kind of rivalry the SLC
needs. The conference had a major
reorganization last year when it lost three
schools and gained four new ones. These
schools need to have rivalries in the
three most-popular spectator sports:
football, basketball and baseball.
UT-Arlington’s image is suffering
because it doesn’t have a football team
in a conference that has two Division
I-AA football powers: NT and NLU.
The SLC needs strong rivalries in the
major spectator sports if it ever wants
to emerge as a major conference.
Team competes in weekend tourney
Club prepares for disc contest
By Bryce Tennant
Staff Writer
It’s not just a twenty-minute toss-
and-catch session, though that can be
fun. No, this is a bonafide workout.
It’s called Ultimate Frisbee, and it
is one NT club sport that is still
thriving this summer.
“The player turnout is a bit down
from the spring semester, but we're
still getting enough for a regular
seven-on-seven game," Jeff Learner,
club captain, said Tuesday.
Last weekend NT players competed
in the second annual Juneteenth
Ultimate Tournament in Austin.
Learner said the tournament format
was a bit different, in that all the teams
were broken up and coed teams were
formed by picking names out of a hat.
Five teams made up the round-robin
draw.
Learner was on the winning team,
going by point totals, but finished in
a three-way tie for first with two other
teams with 3-1 records.
“Since it was only a one day
if The player turnout is
a bit down from the
spring semester, but
we’re still getting enough
for a regular seven-
on-seven game. U
—Jeff Learner,
club captain
“We all knew each other from
playing on opposing teams in other
tournaments,” Williams said, “but
it was a new experience and every-
body got to play so it was a lot of
fun.”
The next tournament for the team
is the Fourth of July Seventh Annual
Ultimate Boulder Bash in Boulder,
Colo.
Learner said as many as 25 men’s
teams and 15 women's teams may
attend the Boulder tournament.
The club is sponsored by the uni-
versity through student service fees.
Sue Robinson, assistant director of
recreational sports, said the team
receives money for gas, lodging and
has access to NT vans for traveling.
The team practices at 7 p.m. 1 ues-
days and Thursdays at the fields
behind the Physical Education Build-
ing, and newcomers are welcome. If
you can run, throw and catch a
Frisbee, and enjoy a good workout,
you might want to join the team for
a practice session.
tournament, we didn't play a cham-
pionship game,” he said.
Among other NT students to play
in the tournament were D’Ann
Williams, Colleyville senior, and
Randall Robinson, Denton junior.
Williams said that although it was
a different kind of tournament, it was
still great fun and up to Ultimate
tournament par.
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The North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 116, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 23, 1988, newspaper, June 23, 1988; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth723614/m1/6/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.