OK, so I sat down with some of my players today and we decided on our recruitment needs for next season. We are looking to add 12 more players to the roster and we have identified the positions.
When Blackburn Rovers won the English Premier League in 1995 (Yes the did!) the coach, Ray Harford made [...]

What a game, what a night, what an occasion!
In front of a record crowd, our team ended their season in a heartbreaking way…it was suddenly all over.
We played the semi final of the conference tournament seeded #2 against the #3 seed. Previous encounters this season went to OT with us winning one and the other [...]

So, how do you prepare your players for the biggest game of their lives so far?
We play in a few hours, we play the semi final of our conference tournament at home in front of the biggest crowd of our careers…..
Last night we gave them the night off from practice so that they would be [...]

We finished the regular conference games this weekend extending our unbeaten run to 11 games. We have only conceded 6 goals in the last 10 games, so our defense deserves a lot of credit.
When I say our defense, I should really say our defensive play. We have to defend from all positions all over [...]

Sometimes you just have to win ugly. Do whatever it takes and just get the job done. In what was our worst performance of the regular season we ran out 2-0 winners away from home to qualify for Play Offs with 2 games remaining.
This was a tough game for us. We were playing on the [...]

Wow, this team continues to break its own records, we have now won 6 and tied 2 of our last 8 games!
We put in a very solid and professional performance this weekend running out 3-1 winners. The opposition had beaten us in the previous 24 games before this season. We tied them away from home [...]

In another incredible performance the team extended their unbeaten record to 7 games made up of 5 wins and 2 ties.
What a game! We were tied 0-0 until the 73 minute and were awarded a penalty to go up 1-0. The opposition came back and tied the game up in the 83rd minute. We won [...]

Wow, we are having a great season. The stats show this is the best season for this team since 1995! We are currently enjoying a 6 game unbeaten run with 4 wins and 2 ties.
I have learned a tremendous amount this season so far and I am sure over the remaining 5 games of the [...]

Saturday saw my college players win 7-0 against conference rivals. We made the decision over a week ago to devote at least half of each practice to finishing and set plays. As a result we have scored 12 goals and conceded 4 in our last three games.
I have a number of effective and demanding [...]

Yesterday my players played away at a conference rival’s and ended a 24 game losing streak. During this time the team scored a total of 14 goals and conceded over 100 goals!
We played very well, we were disciplined, kept our shape and held the opposition to a 0-0 tie. The game went into golden goal [...]