I think that's my cue

I think that's my cue to say hello. W. Jarrett Campbell here, first with a quick word of thanks to Bonji for inviting me to contribute here, and a quick hello to everyone reading this blog.

I've been blogging over at Triangle Soccer Fanatics for close to a year now. We try to cover anything to do with soccer in the Raleigh-Durham-Cary-Chapel Hill area of North Carolina. Our biggest topic of discussion for the last few months is the upcoming expansion of the the USL-1 to Cary. We've also done a lot of in depth coverage of our local Raleigh Elite PDL team and the fanatastic youth soccer being played at CASL, Triangle Futbol Club, Goldstar, Triangle United, and the other fine youth programs in this part of the state. Of course, with college soccer season in full swing, it's all we can do to keep up with the amazing mount of Division I soccer being played within a 30 mile radius of SAS Soccer Park in Cary. It's too bad that we can't do justice to the lower division schools as well.

Take a quick look around our site over at TSF. Some of the features that we've been running include:

• RailHawks Underground: A podcast focused mainly on the coming USL-1 side but also rambling into other tangents.
  
• USL Alumni Series: Profiles of players that made the jump to the big leagues after starting their pro career at the USL level.
• Triangle Area Traveller's Guide: A soccer-friendly travel guide for folks coming to a soccer match in the Raleigh-Durham-Cary-Chapel Hill area.
• Reviews: Summaries and recommendations on some of our favorite soccer films and books.

And the final feature, the one that I will be sharing here on College to the Pros, is a recurring column where we take a look at the UNC Tar Heels through the eyes of sophmore Stephen Bickford. Stephen, who is a local Cary product was the 2004 NSCAA national high school player of the year and has represented the USA on the U-18 national team. Stephen has been working to break into the first team at Carolina which is filled with talented upper-classmen. After each game or two, we check in with Bic looking for a little insight on what goes on behind the scenes in college soccer.

So enough about me and my website...I'll be back soon with another installment of Bic's View, or perhaps an article or two on another topic that fits the bill of this blog.