Well it isn't really a grind although it can be quite tiring. As I have told a number of people, a bad day at soccer is still better than a good day at many other things, work, school, etc. We are down to the final 3 weeks of the season, 8 more practice, 6 more games and then the 2009 fall season will be officially over... unless at lot of things come together and we qualify for play-offs which to start with would require us to win our final 6 games and then additionally we would need a number of other results to fall our way.
I really find it hard to believe that we are close to the end of the this season, seems like we just got started. We are coming off two back to back wins and hopefully this will carry forward into our following games, however we the weekend off for Thanksgiving, we may have lost a little momentum. The goal from this point out is really to play each game one at a time and accumulate as many wins as possible.. but also to hopefully see the improvement witness in practice translate on the field during games. We have taken some big and interesting strides over the last 10 weeks and our players have come a long way. We are not the same team that lost our first 3 games my a goal difference of 15 and then lost 3 more after that. We so many players still able to return for next fall, it is up to us to keep the core group motivated and improving so that if and when we can add the right additional new parts to this group, some very tangible competitive results should be seen over the winter but most importantly into the fall of 2010. Seems weird to already be thinking ahead but that is the reality of the university enviroment, with a March 1st application deadline and a very competitive recruiting landscape out there, you really have to be constantly in touch with potential players and hopefully look them in early enough that you are getting the players you really want and not choosing among what might be left. So back to this weekend, games Friday vs Montreal and Sunday vs. Laval. Friday will be a big test as I think our loss to them was easily our worst effort this season and I am looking for the players to really fight hard to win back some pride if nothing else. Montreal has been the dominant team in our league for the last 3 years pretty much and they haven't really been pushed in that time. As for Sherbrooke, I still think they are a top team in our league with potentially the two top players in the conference and a rookie who seems to have updated easily to the university league... but who in recent games, seems to be struggling.. .is it injuries, laziness, internal issue, who knows.. we just don't want the Stingers to be the antidote to whatever ails them. I guess we'll see how the team responds soon enough.
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