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Post by elonfirefighter on Aug 1, 2008 11:01:02 GMT -5
The first of two matches to be held in Rhodes Stadium will take place on Oct. 1 as defending national champ Wake Forest comes to town for a 7 p.m. start. After making SoCon visits to Georgia Southern (Oct. 4) and Appalachian State (Oct. 7), Elon comes home to tackle College of Charleston on Oct. 11 in a league match.
A trip to Davidson follows on Oct. 15 before Elon hosts its annual match to benefit The V Foundation for Cancer Research on Oct. 21 at Rhodes Stadium. The 7 p.m. game will see the Phoenix play host to the Duke Blue Devils, a 2007 College Cup squad. This will be the fifth consecutive season that Elon has hosted a match as a fundraiser for The V Foundation.
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Post by elonsoccerfan on Aug 2, 2008 11:23:04 GMT -5
A little surprised Coach Poweel agreed to lpay two game sin Rhodes. He prefers the quaint confines of Rudd!
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Post by elonfirefighter on Aug 2, 2008 13:34:20 GMT -5
well wake will draw 2 big of a crowd for rudd as it has in past years, plus the jimmy V needs to be held in rhodes.
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Post by elonsoccerfan on Aug 3, 2008 8:08:08 GMT -5
I understand the crowd issue, but just think how crazy Rudd would be with 750 - 1000 fans around it. Plus what most people don't realize is it's a disadvantage to our players. They only get to practice on Rhodes once before the game. they are much more familiar with Rudd.
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Post by topher99 on Aug 3, 2008 9:31:51 GMT -5
The Carolina game last year had almost 1800 people. You couldn't do that at Rudd.
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Post by elonfirefighter on Aug 3, 2008 12:20:45 GMT -5
put the fans in the trees, gorilla warfare
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Post by ontheair on Aug 3, 2008 12:41:23 GMT -5
You would have no sightlines for a few hundred people and you would miss a key opportunity to grab some cash. Besides, if you want to get these teams to come back, you can't having ACC teams playing in Rudd. They don't come because we play in Rudd. I can understand UNCG being played at Rudd, but not an ACC team.
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Post by elonsoccerfan on Aug 4, 2008 20:32:54 GMT -5
It's not necessarily about the cash fro soccer. And knowing Coach Powell's contacts it wouldn't matter if Elon played them at the Firehouse fields.
Of course all of this would be moot if we could build a small stadium around Rudd. Any willing to pony up the cash?
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