Back after a month

I know, Coach P has been pretty quiet lately – for more than a month. Not for lack of soccer news. We had the NSCAA Convention in Philadelphia a week ago (but the organization never responded to my request for information on attending), the MLS and WPS drafts and our two new pro teams stocking their rosters. Rather it’s been wedding plans (the date is set for March 13), work and house renovations – I haven’t had a kitchen for six week snow.

I’ll have more tomorrow after the HMHS Girls annual banquet. The food always tastes better when you’re state champs! I’m looking forward to seeing what is a great group of parents and kids.

Meanwhile, some things never change. Bayern München is in first place in the Bundesliga by one point over Bayer Leverkusen, which plays 1899 Hoffenheim tomorrow. At the other end of the standings, things don’t look good for Hertha Berlin, which I saw play Bayern back in ’01. If you’re a pro soccer fan, you haven’t lived until you’ve heard 50,000 Germans singing Nur Nach Hause. But Berlin has fallen since then and if they finish 16^th or 17^th will be demoted to the second division next season, an embarrassment for Germany’s capital and largest city.