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Interview by Datti Jinkiri
Ever since Brilla’s inaugural season in 2007, the staff has been a fixture at the USL Winter Summit. Every meeting has been a little bit different than the next. I was able to interview Scott Taylor and Rusty Bryant about their experience at this year’s summit. Here are their responses.
DJ: Where was the summit held?
Scott Taylor: “The Winter Summit was held at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Clearwater, FL. This is the 4th or 5th year since they moved it out of downtown Tampa, and we enjoy it a lot more...
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Sergio Royo, from Spain, was an important part of our 2015 team, and now forever part of the Brilla family. He was selected to the All-PDL team last season, and he writes about his experience here last summer.
“I remember last year at this time I got called to my coach’s office here at UNOH to talk about PDL opportunities. A few team names came up, but having two of my teammates from my university on my PDL team was a plus, of course. Also, after speaking to Coach Mark at Brilla and realizing his knowledge of the sport and...
By Datti Jinkiri
Brilla is pleased to announce that Mark McKeever will be returning as coach for the 2016 PDL season. It’s no surprise that McKeever will be returning, seeing that the club had a successful season with him at the helm.
In 2015, he led Brilla to a 6-3-3 record and a Mid South Division title. It was Brilla’s first division title since 2011. The club was able to host a playoff game in front of a raucous home crowd, but ultimately fell short in penalty kicks to FC Miami City.
McKeever is also coming off of a successful...
by Datti Jinkiri
At the conclusion of Brilla’s successful PDL season, many of the players immediately began preparing for their college seasons. They have had large levels of individual and team success. Here are updates on them:
Dustin Ashley had a solid senior season anchoring the UW-Milwaukee backline, playing in 17 games and starting in 16. He will be furthering his career on the professional level. At the conclusion of the season, he signed with the Milwaukee Torrent, an expansion team in the American Soccer League.
Josh Barrera had another solid season for the local Mississippi College Choctaws. The Houston...
Manuel “Manu” Saez and Ignacio “Nacho" Flores were standouts for Mississippi Brilla FC this past summer. Although both are from Chile, the two did not know each other well before traveling down to Mississippi together in May. In fact, they compete against each other during the year as they play for rival college soccer teams from the same conference. Saez is a senior at Hannibal-LaGrange University, and Flores is a senior at Park University. Both schools are in Missouri, and both compete in the American Midwest Conference. College rivals on the field, but now teammates for life because of Brilla....
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