The Torch Has Been Passed

Earlier this week, our AD at school notified me that I would be serving this year as the head boys' soccer coach for the high school. I still have mixed feelings about the position. Now, in my youth, I was all about "the beautiful game," both as a player and as a fan. However, as time passed, my athletic interests became more varied, and soccer took a backseat to cross-country and basketball especially as those were the first two sports I coached after graduating from college. I jumped back into soccer coaching two years ago as the girls' varsity assistant and JV coach at Dulles High School. Last year, when I moved over to Westbury Christian, I assisted with the boys' varsity. Now, the program has been handed over to me. My work is definitely cut out for me as we lost six valuable seniors last year and four others who would have been key members of the squad this year. In the past, I've prided myself on having teams that were well-conditioned and disciplined. Those are two attributes I think will be very important this season. We definitely won't be deep numbers wise, but if I can get some good leadership from the boys who are returning and keep them all encouraged, the outlook should be pretty good. Oh, yeah, it would probably be a good idea to ask for assistance, wisdom, and patience from the King of Kings and Coach of Coaches.