Our players were back on the field this week for the first time in almost two years.
It rained the whole way through. Nobody minded.
"I even forgot how to feel. It's an amazing feeling. I can't wait to get started." — Anderson DaSilva
Getting to this point took most of the winter, because this is a very different squad from the one that last played a match. We came back with three players from that group. Everybody else had graduated, signed somewhere, or moved on during a year in which there was nothing to come back to.
So we started again. Hundreds of videos watched. References chased. Calls to college coaches we have known for years and to some we had never spoken to. Tryouts.
What has arrived is a new team, from a long way away, that has to become a side by May. We have done that before.
One request, since we are getting a lot of emails: send game footage, not practice. Make it recent. Make sure we can tell which one is you.
Season starts soon. See you out here.
