As a result of my continued involvement in the world of fitness and sports performance training, I learned from my mentor Brian Diaz of the importance of training logs. Hence, below are my attempts to accurately document what I do as a collegiate soccer player, both on and off the field. Enjoy!



Monday, October 4, 2010

Big Texas Rodeo

So much to write about and little time to do it!
In short, we had a very successful weekend in San Antonio this past weekend. After a rough flight on Thursday morning, we landed in San Antonio and trained in preparation for our games on Friday and Saturday.

Friday afternoon we faced Southwestern. We also faced temperatures we had not seen for weeks now after a seemingly permanent rain had settled in Newport News (which I might add is still here!). Our first half as a team was a very poor showing, where we went down 1-0. It is not my policy to talk negatively of others' play, but our starting center mids were not having an up-to-par game by any means. I stepped in with just under 20 minutes to go in the half and played solidly against a very physical team. In the second half, I stepped in after we had tied it 1-1 off a PK for about 5-10 minutes to give our starters a breather so they could finish the game. Also played well and happy we pulled off a 2-1 win.

Two good things came from playing so poorly on Friday: the team was motivated to work even harder against #6 Trinity, and Trinity's coaches saw a sub-par CNU squad. Trinity is a beautiful school with a great stadium and lights so it was fun to play in a big game similar to the atmosphere we have at home. It was an intense game, and we struggled in the first 15 minutes to find our rhythm. I came in with 10 to go in the half and played well again. We went into half tied 0-0. Then early in the 2nd half Winston found the far post off a through ball from our outside mid to put us up 1-0. I came in for another 8 minutes or so afterwards and played solid again. I was able to win a ball off their outside midfielder, take it up the line and cross it to our forward at the top of the box. He beat the keeper but was tripped from behind. The keeper was red-carded and we finished the game up one man. It was an exciting game and we are very happy to hold our #1 ranking for another week.

Now back to the grind of school work and practice this week. It never gets any easier, and we hit the road again on Wednesday to face a tough Mary Washington team.

On another note, keeping the family of my former team mate Zac Tigner in my prayers as I have learned of his passing this past weekend. He was a phenomenal athlete and it is a shame to see something like this happen.

1 comment:

  1. Looking to catch up with you shortly here on the phone chief!

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