Today is NCAA Monday, the day that the NCAA tournament brackets are announced. I am very excited to see the draw and the potential road to another NCAA championship title for MWS. We shall see later today. Regardless, how about a three-peat?
Saturday, MWS won its 10th Conference Championship in 11 years. Do the math - that's incredible. In addition, I believe the 1-4th conference championships were years 2000 - 2003, the first 4 titles of the Frey era and also shared by yours truly. Such a lovely memory.
MWS dominated. Arcadia tried hard. They played a bunker defense, which is smart, tactically. If you don't have a chance at winning, go for the tie and try and win it in PKs. That's what I would do too. FAIL. Although the win was only 2-0, with both goals coming in the second half, MWS dominated like whoa. Maybe Arcadia had one legit chance and maybe Arcadia completed one or two passes - maybe. Playing against a bunker D is a tough setting. One that is easy to strategize against; but incredibly difficult to break down and score. Difficult only to the degree of frustration and playing in a panic-stricken frenzy when you realize what could or what might. I think that's why this team is so great though and what makes any team so great...when a team can perform outside of their comfort zone and outside of their own game. Having the abillity to recognize how to change your own game and adjust the system to beat your opponent. Hmm, sounds like some good advice for life.
But wait, one more thing...I cannot overlook another key ingredient...CREATIVITY! I think that this is one thing (of many) that makes a good player great. Who would have thought she was going to pull the jabstep, quadruple sissors? the run behind the defense and slotted ball? the killer 40 yard diagonal ball to the overlapping run on the weak side? or the turnaround shot outside the 18? That is hard to defend and quite honestly unstoppable, when executed properly. How creative are you?
Hey - snowboarding season is just around the corner. Excite!
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