After losing on Wednesday 1-0 away from home, we decided to dedicate Thursday and Friday’s practices to shooting and finishing…boy did that idea pay off!!!
We played away against a school who had a record of 19 wins and 1 loss against us over the last 10 years. In that time we only scored a total [...]

So, soccer can be a cruel game and it can also have the last laugh as we demonstrated on Saturday. The players went from feeling like they were on the top of the world, to feeling like they had been ripped off by the tooth fairy!
We played a team we were more than capable of [...]

Wow……what a start to our college soccer season!!
Home game against the reigning conference champions, actually they have won the conference for the last 8 years.
They have beaten us for the last 21 games straight.
Until last night that is!!!!
Last night had to be the best game of my life as a coach. I know it was [...]

OK, we are now two games into pre season and we came down to earth with a bump last night.
We played against a school with three times the enrollment we have, a school that has had its best start to a season in their history, a team that was 3-0 and had scored 14 goals [...]

Ok, today is all about recovery, repair, review and fine tune. Fortunately it is not about going back to the drawing board.
This morning we had a team meeting, then the players who were used last night did their recovery run. At the same time I had a meeting with the players who did not play [...]

Ok, we got the season underway and ground out a win, posting a 4-3 victory.
We went 3-0 up, then 4-1 and died a little in the last few minutes of the game and gave up a tap in and a penalty.
Most importantly, we notched our first win of the season and we are [...]

OK, all the hardwork has been completed and the players are rested, refreshed and raring to go.
Tonight we entertain a fellow NCAA Division III team from Rhode Island.
We have completed our final preparations albeit hampered a little bit with the fires here in Southern California.
The players got to sleep in a bit this morning and [...]

OK, so we are now on our official 48hour countdown to our first game on Thursday. Today we had a decent practice, working on our midfielders and finishing.
We had to cancel tonight’s practice due to the fires here in L.A. so we had a chalk and talk session regarding attacking set plays.
Here are some [...]