Trinity Soccer Family

Reflecting back upon the last several days brings about a sense of excitement, amazement, gratitude and pride for what Trinity Soccer has evolved into. Trinity Soccer Friends and Family weekend is an annual event where friends and family come from all over to celebrate our current players as they play host to two opponents, but it also serves as our Family Reunion of sorts, complete with a Saturday night reception and celebration. Family traveled in from near and far, San Antonio, Austin, Houston and Dallas...Kansas, New Mexico, Florida and Washington...Colorado, California and Utah, New York by way of Costa Rica...even South Africa!

Friday night's match-up was against University of Dallas, who will be joining the conference in 2011 with the departure of Depauw. The girls got started fairly quickly as Abby took a ball from Kelly and buried one past the keeper. Not long later, Jordan was able to find the back of the net followed by Abby's second finish of the night just before the half-hour mark of the first half. Shelby then made it 4-0 jut before the end of the half, tallying her third goal of her first collegiate season. The second half had a much slower start to it, but Abby would bag a third goal in the 76th minute for her hat-trick. Sam then closed things out at 6-0 off a double assist from Kristina and Kelly in the 83rd. The game ended up being one way traffic throughout and it was a nice way to start the weekend in front of our families with every rostered player contributing time on the field for the win.

Saturday evening's reception was exceptional. Dinner. Video presentations. Family Photos. Senior recognition. 300 attendees. 63 players. Two teams. One Family. It amazes me every year. We all are so blessed to be a part of this incredible legacy. Truly priceless.



Sunday afternoon would prove to be more of a test, as AC came to town with an identical record to ours at 9-1. The previous two years it took us over 100 minutes to finally take the win and we were determined to make this year a different storyline. The first half, however showed a game played between the 18 yard boxes with neither team being particularly threatening, and nobody looking to take risks...consequently...2 shots to 1 through 45 minutes. The second half started off better as we seemed to have a more aggressive temperament. A few tactical changes as well as some positional changes gave us a new complexion and it would prove positive in the end. Katy would break in a few times behind the back line, but it would be a variation that would create our first goal off a ball from Jordan to break the seal in the 76th minute. Kelly then notched one in the 85th off a nice little ball from Valerie to end the match at 2-0. We would pressure far more tallying 10 shots in the final stanza to our opponent's zero.

In all, a fantastic weekend with another two wins and an important three points in conference to try and keep pace with the top conference performers to date. This weekend brings two more conference teams to Trinity.

Stay tuned....

-LK