League Playoff Information

League playoffs start Monday and we are likely to face Moravian Academy. That is likely – not for sure at this time. When I get Opponent, Time, and Place – I will post.

JV End of Season Announcement

1. You may join us to practice during our playoff run – regular practice time and location.

2. We will have an end of the year banquet along with Varsity with awards and a recap of the season. Date and time to be determined but think early November.

3. Uniforms will be collected along with Varsity. Do not lose them in the meantime.

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What is important

We want to conduct ourselves with dignity and honor and commitment. We want to treat others the same. These are hallmarks of what we want Wilson Area Soccer to be.

I am very pleased and proud for our JV’s. They did a tremendous job all season. Logan played with a recently dislocated finger. Levi was up and down the field, Nolan Lutz scored, Liam scored, along with Kaarsen and Tyam and others. They were enjoying themselves. We welcome any and all of you to continue to practice with us. You are a good influence. If you continue to practice with us, I will roster you on varsity. I hope you do.

Thoughts on Varsity I will share with the team tomorrow. In the meantime, I will kiss my kids goodnight and remember that soccer is just a game and who we are and how we are matters more than anything. You are all important to me, foremost as people, secondarily as soccer players. Do your homework, be kind to your teammates and your family. These are treasures. See you tomorrow at 3:00 PM at WAIS.

Expecting to Play

I talked to the AD this morning and we are EXPECTING TO PLAY! Prepare yourselves mentally. I am excited to play and know you guys will bring your best, most energetic soccer today.

LETS GO!!!!!! Be at field NO LATER than 3:10 PM.

JV game follows Varsity.

Tomorrow

Monster game. Bring passion and love for your teammates. We are one family. Whether you start or not, whether you get minutes or not, it is ALL about the team. I believe in you. Play like I know you can, and you win.

Be at the fields NO later than 3:10 PM.

WEAR home jerseys tomorrow to SCHOOL.

After the J’s play, head over to watch the Girls at Notre Dame. They have had a wonderful season and would love to have you on the sidelines winding them up. If they win they earn districts AND leagues. Let’s go WABS and WAGS!!!!

Nice job J’s!

JV has put together a nice season! Another tie against SL shows their win last week was well earned. McNally volleyed one home today and they finished 1-1.

Tomorrow we hold a no-nonsense practice out at the intermediate school from 3-4:30 pm. Bring your best.

Tomorrow:

All JV and Double Rostered Players (except lucas parada) – report by no later than 3:15 PM to warm-up and play. The game is at 4:00 and will finish by 5:15 PM or so.

*Lucas Parada will be playing JV but will be needed until roughly 3:30 with me.

Varsity Players will practice tomorrow in focused groups.

2:15-2:45 PM – RM 103 with Coach Stewart

Jeff, Nolan, Andrew, Keerat, Noah, Connor, Owen Miller

3:00-3:45 PM – Practice Field with Coach Calderon

Levi, Gigi, Braden, Dillard, Hetrick, Steven, Danny, and Harnit

3:00-3:45 PM–Baseball Outfield with Coach Stewart

Jeff, Nolan, Andrew, Keerat, Noah, Connor, Owen Miller, Lucas Parada

4:00-4:30 PM-RM 103 with Coach Stewart

Gigi, Braden, Dillard, Hetrick, Steven, Danny, and Harnit

*Any transportation issues, please let me know.

*JV and Double Rostered – we are home tomorrow so wear blue.

Saturday Update

Calendar:

After Wednesday of this week, the regular season comes to an end. For JV, there are no playoffs so your season is over 😦 All double rostered players will continue with Varsity and I am likely to expand the Varsity roster to include a few more JV’s so we can continue to play full field in practice for training. I have posted the district schedule and my guess at the Colonial League schedule for playoffs. Please clear weekday calendar for the next few weeks as if we are not playing, we will be practicing.

Yesterday’s Game

The good:

  • Some nice combinations at times
  • Rocco getting that goal
  • Watching JV players linking up with Varsity
  • Another clean sheet

The needs to improve:

  • Our intensity – against southern lehigh and earlier in the season, we were on every 1st ball, 2nd ball, etc and that has dropped – one of my main goals this coming week will be to get back to that.
  • Our maturity – this goes with number one, but our warmups and our attention and focus must be higher as we prepare for games – I will work hard to improve that
  • Our passing in final third – we have gotten better slipping Gigi through from deeper (Braden had some nicely weighted passes again here) but we are still lacking consistent quality passes in that final third. Harnit did have a nice pass to the top of the 18 yesterday.
  • Our attention and anticipation in the back. We still have a tendancy to switch off from time to time.

Responsibility:

  • All responsibility for the team’s occasional shortcomings reside with me. Each loss, each performance. The boys are wonderful and the responsibility lies with myself and my coaches to try to get the best out of them each day.

Thanks:

  • I appreciate Brian Walsh for volunteering to operate the Veo camera and get the game recorded. I will upload it when I am done writing this up! Thanks so much!

Looking Ahead

  • Varsity Practice Monday will be structured differently. We will work with smaller groups at a time to improve play. Details on this to be posted later
  • Our goal is to improve every day. I am so excited for what this team can do in the playoffs. Let’s make dreams come true boys.

Tough Humble Together