Open letter from Penn soccer coach

You may remember my all-night blogging extravaganza at The Line. Well I wasn't just there with the DP, but also becoming a member of the Red and Blue Crew. As such I've been getting the RBC e-mails, and just received this gem that they passed along from Penn soccer coach Rudy Fuller, urging Penn students to come out to their NCAA tournament first-round game at Rhodes Field:

HEY RED & BLUE CREW....PENN SOCCER NEEDS YOU!!
Yesterday, our men's soccer team was awarded an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. It is only the 9th NCAA appearance in the 106-year history of the Penn Soccer program (but second in the past three years!!) and the first time since 1977 that the program has earned an at-large bid to the "Big Dance."

More importantly, we were given the opportunity to HOST the First Round game against Bucknell University THIS THURSDAY NIGHT.

I would like to personally request your help in ROCKING RHODES FIELD on Thursday night. Sing, chant, yell, heckle, scream, and cheer the team to victory!

With the basketball season just getting underway, I realize that you guys are just getting your vocal chords warmed up for what I am sure will be a season filled with success in the Palestra.

However, I am asking that you show up in post-season, NCAA Tournament form this Thursday night!! We need the full force of the Red & Blue crew to come out and show the country the incredible school spirit that resides at Penn.

The NCAA First Round game against Bucknell University is scheduled for THIS THURSDAY at 7:00pm on Rhodes Field...just a short walk past Franklin Field on the newly opened South Street Bridge. Look for the "Field of Dreams" on your right as Rhodes Field lights up the southern sky!

Thanks in advance for your help! Our guys greatly appreciate the effort!

I hope to see you all after a well-earned, hard-fought first round victory for Penn on Thursday night!!!

Come help us make that a reality!

Yours in the Red & Blue,

Rudy Fuller James C. Gentle Head Coach of Men’s Soccer University of Pennsylvania