DMN: It's Whirl Cup for SMU's Hyndman
Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 1:45 amBy STEVE DAVIS / The Dallas Morning News
No one can accuse SMU's longtime soccer coach of stepping meekly into his World Cup experience.
Schellas Hyndman leaves today for Germany, where he will see 13 matches in 14 days.
He will travel between cities every day except one from today until June 23, a helter-skelter pace that will take him through Frankfurt, Cologne, Gelsenkirchen, Stuttgart, Dortmund, Kaiserslautern and Munich, some with multiple stops.
The tournament starts Friday. Hyndman visits Munich to see the opener, Germany against Costa Rica. He'll take a three hour-plus train ride to see England face Paraguay the next day in Frankfurt, then another intercity train a day later to see Portugal face Angola in Cologne, and so on.
He finishes with Brazil-Japan in Dortmund on June 22. Then it's back to Dallas to run his summer soccer camps.
"It really is a dream trip," he said.
Hyndman, who had some help from soccer contacts in acquiring tickets, is traveling with six longtime friends. And he's paying for his share.
"Hey, I don't want to act like it's no big deal," he said. "It is money. But it's all worth it for the soccer education. The tactics. Seeing what's going on in the game.
"And the other thing, of course, is for the pleasure of seeing the games."
Another prominent Dallas soccer face won't make the trip, however. And that is unusual.
Hunt Sports Group patriarch Lamar Hunt, who has missed one World Cup since 1966, won't attend this one.
"I just can't do all the walking," Hunt, 73, said.
In 2002, he not only went to the World Cup, but Hunt also visited every venue in the co-hosting countries, South Korea and Japan.
His sons will keep the family legacy going. Clark Hunt will attend a few games. Dan Hunt will be in Germany for the duration of the tournament.
Both sons are involved in the HSG holdings, which include FC Dallas.
Lamar Hunt got hooked on soccer by watching the 1966 World Cup. He attended games in Mexico in 1970 and Germany in 1974 but said he got worried about talk of crime in Argentina for the 1978 event and opted not to go. He said he regrets that decision.
No one can accuse SMU's longtime soccer coach of stepping meekly into his World Cup experience.
Schellas Hyndman leaves today for Germany, where he will see 13 matches in 14 days.
He will travel between cities every day except one from today until June 23, a helter-skelter pace that will take him through Frankfurt, Cologne, Gelsenkirchen, Stuttgart, Dortmund, Kaiserslautern and Munich, some with multiple stops.
The tournament starts Friday. Hyndman visits Munich to see the opener, Germany against Costa Rica. He'll take a three hour-plus train ride to see England face Paraguay the next day in Frankfurt, then another intercity train a day later to see Portugal face Angola in Cologne, and so on.
He finishes with Brazil-Japan in Dortmund on June 22. Then it's back to Dallas to run his summer soccer camps.
"It really is a dream trip," he said.
Hyndman, who had some help from soccer contacts in acquiring tickets, is traveling with six longtime friends. And he's paying for his share.
"Hey, I don't want to act like it's no big deal," he said. "It is money. But it's all worth it for the soccer education. The tactics. Seeing what's going on in the game.
"And the other thing, of course, is for the pleasure of seeing the games."
Another prominent Dallas soccer face won't make the trip, however. And that is unusual.
Hunt Sports Group patriarch Lamar Hunt, who has missed one World Cup since 1966, won't attend this one.
"I just can't do all the walking," Hunt, 73, said.
In 2002, he not only went to the World Cup, but Hunt also visited every venue in the co-hosting countries, South Korea and Japan.
His sons will keep the family legacy going. Clark Hunt will attend a few games. Dan Hunt will be in Germany for the duration of the tournament.
Both sons are involved in the HSG holdings, which include FC Dallas.
Lamar Hunt got hooked on soccer by watching the 1966 World Cup. He attended games in Mexico in 1970 and Germany in 1974 but said he got worried about talk of crime in Argentina for the 1978 event and opted not to go. He said he regrets that decision.
