Paul Broome

[Pony4Life]

Just got through watching Ugo Ihemelu and the L.A. Galaxy shut out FCDallas (a.k.a. the Dallas Burn), 2-0. It occurred to me that SMU grad Paul Broome was traded a couple of years ago from Dallas to L.A., and since he didn't get on the field tonight, I looked him up to see if he's still on the L.A. roster. Turns out he is -- all is well.

However, as I read through his official bio, I saw this:

"Started 66 of 76 games in four years at SMU … finished college career with 23 goals and 16 assists … earned First Team All-Western Athletic Conference honors in 1998 … etc., etc."

Really? I don't think men's soccer ever was a WAC-recognized sport. Where do they get this? That's sad that they didn't know his conference.

It would be even more embarrassing if that's the information they got directly from SMU.

[PK]

The WAC had men's soccer through 1999. In 2000 we had to join the MVC as the WAC no longer had enough men's teams to qualify as a conference sport.

[me@smu]

With our recent switch to C-USA...are we moving out of the MVC in soccer also?

[PK]

Yes.

[EastStang]

Yes, CUSA will have soccer. UCF, UAB, Memphis, SMU, Tulsa will be playing next year for sure (Maybe Marshall). I think they're adding three SEC teams, Vanderbilt, South Carolina and another one.