Wednesday, November 8, 2006: The Wolves faced Erasmus yesterday evening against Erasmus, a battle that ended in a tie. Team Captain, Antonio Iliano, injured a rib during the game but decided to play until the end despite the pain.

The Wolves are now preparing for a busy week next week with two games scheduled. The first game is a home game against Tor Vergata will be held on their home field on Monday, November 13th at 9:00p.m. A bus for staff, faculty, and AUR fans will leave from the Archi Bar at 7:30. The second will be held Wednesday the 15th at 9:00p.m.against Luiss on the rival's field.

Thursday, September 19, 2006: The AUR Wolves kicked off the 2006-2007 soccer season last night. The game against La Sapienza was attended and enjoyed by 50 fans and was played on the rival’s home field near Tor di Quinto. After some initial nervousness, the Wolves – with their line-up consisting of 50% new players and a new coach, Roberto Capata – showed their true claws and played an excellent game offering a tough resistance to La Sapienza, who had to run to a couple of dirty tricks to keep the Wolves off their goal.

La Sapienza ended up scoring the only goal of the game that therefore finished 1-0. Nonetheless, the Wolves and the new Mister, Roberto, can be very proud of their performance.

The Wolves would like to thank the fans (including Dr. Resch and his wife and Mara and Marita) for showing their support by coming to the field despite the cool evening. Naturally, the AUR community thanks the team for the great performance and wishes them “in bocca al lupo” for the upcoming season. We all look forward to seeing ALL the AUR fans at the game next week, when the Wolves face their “arch-rival”, JCU Gladiators, on our homefield, at Viale della Vasca Navale 100.  

The AUR Wolves

This coming semester for the second time, our men’s soccer team “THE WOLVES” is participating in the CAMPIONATO DI CALCIO DELLE UNIVERSITA’ ROMANE, an intercollegiate tournament sponsored by the municipality of Rome. The first edition of the tournament was launched in October 2005 and finished off in May 2006; 7 Roman Universities – AUR, Erasmus, JCU, LUISS, La Sapienza, Roma Tre and University of Malta – competed for the winning trophy.

The final match of the tournament was transmitted on a private network and The Wolves, who exceeded everyone’s expectations and ranked third of seven teams, were recognized at the university Farewell Reception at Castel Sant’Angelo. The trophy is now in the AUR trophy Cabinet.

Tryouts for the AUR team will be held during Sep. 2006 and the tournament will start in the second half of October. Practices are held on Mondays 7.30-9.30pm and Fridays 3-5pm on the field “Dopolavoro Cotral” on Via della Vasca Navale 100.

MOST IMPORTANTLY THE GAMES! Our games are every Wednesday. There is a bus that leaves from the Archi Bar to take the fans. It leaves at around 7.15pm every Wednesday (signs will be posted on Student Life bulletin board!).

For more information on soccer, please contact Antonio Illiano at a.illiano@aur.edu and/or Stefano Stoppaccioli at s.stoppaccioli@aur.edu

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Soccer @ AUR

Spring 2006: For the first time in AUR’s history, our men’s soccer team is participating in the CAMPIONATO DI CALCIO DELLE UNIVERSITA’ ROMANE, a newly founded intercollegiate tournament sponsored by the municipality of Rome. The tournament was launched in October and will finish off in May 2006; 7 Roman universities – AUR, Erasmus, JCU, LUISS, La Sapienza, Roma Tre and University of Malta – are competing for the winning trophy.
Tryouts for the AUR team were held on Sep. 14th and after tough selection 24 players (both residents and study-abroad students) were chosen. The team played six games going 2-4 before the break.
After the break, it was time to play again. After a few departures from study-abroad students tryouts were held again. So much talent was on the field made it hard to let go some players but after a tough selection 10 new players were selected to add on to 14 players from last semester. This semester's team has alot of "GRINTA" (determination) and it will be a very exciting year for AUR soccer, and AUR fans.
For those of you who would like to watch the team train, practices are held on Monday's 7.30-8.30pm on the field on Lungotevere Dante and on Thursday's 8.00-9.30pm at Roma Uno on Viale Trastevere.
MOST IMPORTANTLY THE GAMES! Our games are every wednesday. There is a bus that leaves from the Archi Bar to take the fans. It leaves at around 7.15pm every wednesday (check signs on Student Services bulletin board!)
For more information on soccer, please contact Antonio Illiano at a.illiano@aur.edu

The Spring 2006 Wolves
Team Captain: Antonio Illiano
Team Coach: Francesco Contruscieri
Team Leader: Stefano Stoppaccioli

Spring 2006 Rankings

Soccer Tournament
AUR - LUISS 0 5
AUR - UNIV OF MALTA 6 2
ROMA 3 - AUR 2 1
AUR - ERASMUS 4 3
LA SAPIENZA - AUR 7 0
JOHN CABOT - AUR 2 0
LUISS - AUR 1 1
UNIV OF MALTA - AUR 3 5
AUR - ROMA 3 1 1
ERASMUS - AUR 3 2
AIR - LA SAPIENZA 0 2
AUR - JOHN CABOT 2 1

Quarterfinals
ROMA 3 - AUR 1-3
LA SAPIENZA - JOHN CABOT 3-2
ERASMUS - UNIV OF MALTA 1-1

Semifinals (andata)
AUR - LUISS 2-4
ERASMUS - LA SAPIENZA 1-2

Semifinals ( ritorno)
LUISS - AUR 5-0
LA SAPIENZA - ERASMUS