THE MAKING OF OUR TEAM

It has been a while since I last posted but I think the time could not be more right to talk about our team. We are now three weeks into the season since preseason started on a wet Wednesday morning on the Owings Mills Turf. After three games, we are at point where we must come together as a team. We have felt heartbreak and disappointment early in the season but we must not dwell on the past. No offense to Susquehanna or Bridgewater but if you were at any of these game you would realize the better team lost on both occasions. As a coach and a great supporter of the beautiful game, we play the game the right way. We possess the ball, we pass and move, and we attack as a team with creativity and skill. We do not 'bunker' in and just defend in numbers and hope for a counter attacking goal by just kicking the ball up the field, that is boring soccer but can be successful if the team your playing against is struggling in front of goal. That is the story of our season so far.

I hate losing but even worse is knowing that the better team lost. I am not going to make excuses, I take full responsibility for our 1-2 record to date. I will though make a promise that you have not seen the last of the Stevenson women's soccer team this year. We will work even harder to get better and I know that every player on our team is ready to step up and rise to the challenges ahead. We do not give up, we support each other and we will overcome adversity. We are ready for the games ahead and one game at a time, we will battle for every minute of every game.

"Our greatest glory consist not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."