8.20.07 Alumni Turn Back Time

It seemed like time turned back Saturday evening (8/18) for a host of Crusader alumni. Former players gathered and pipped the current team 4-3 in a highly entertaining if less than competitive game. All-American Marco Mthembu scored the all important winning goal in the dying minutes of the match. "He seemed to come from nowhere, take his opportunity to score and then was gone. He was like a ghost", said teammate and All-American Danny Owens the current Lady 'Sader head coach. The alumni took full advantage of the tiring Crusaders who had played the previous evening in Montavello, Alabama only returning in the early hours of Saturday morning before preparing for the annual summer game against our former stars. Mthembu has recently been hired as an assistant coach to the women's program at U.S.M. President of the soccer alumni, Matt Jaques, was instrumental in getting the players together and is already preparing for the spring game and 2nd annual Wall of Fame Induction.  

      Danny Owens