Tomorrow...

It all starts tomorrow ladies. I don't have to tell you the history we have with both Keizer & LOSC. I know I will see it in your eyes in the morning. I know Taylor started talking about it last night after practice. The rivalry, the 'Bad Blood' if you would. You know it's going to be a battle. A war. Bodies will fly, whistles will blow and tears will fall onto the West Salem HS turf. You know what you need to do. Many of you have been playing for our U15 & U16 teams in preparation. Many of you have been busting your butts during private lessons for just this moment. All have given what they have at practice since fall season. You know what you need you to do. You are ready.
Tomorrow you will take the field and you will TAKE the field. You will play Sodium style of controlled aggression. The mid-fielders will match up blow for blow, will win the 50/50's, and Easton will get her first taste of what it's like going to war in the Sodium black. The defense, at full stride, will be as impermeable as it has been all year. They will look at the forwards and smile there devious smiles, beaconing them to 'Bring it', only to shut them down. And the new found strength at forward. Oh this will be a weekend to rival any ODP trip. They will run faster, pass crisper and along with the mids will attack. Again and again and again. The last time this team took the field they scored 8 unanswered goals. They were like a pack of wolves, once they smelled the fear, the defeat, they elevated their play.
This will a be a test for all tomorrow. Never underestimate your opponent but relentlessly pursue, play with controlled aggression as you have been lately then, when you expose a weakness, attack.

I am not telling you anything you don't already know or know how to do, its just a subtle reminder.

This weekend will test the marrow of the Sodium squad. How badly they want it. I think they have been exhibiting it in their work ethics. They will go far this season and they will be a force on the field.

They bleed the black & green. They are united as one. They are SODIUM.