Clint (Burgess) is a very strong player. He has great athletic ability and he's a player who will stay motivated throughout the season. The team will excel so much more with him because he'll keep them motivated. |
He's a great student, a concert pianist, takes jazz lessons, and has dealt with family challenges. He's very motivated in all he does. If you show him a new soccer skill, he'll disappear for an hour with a ball until he can do it. He's a self-starter that gets a lot done in a day. |
He's the heart and soul of this team. He's the guy the other players look to on the field. He's almost a father figure out there. He's the one to settle the team down, the moral leader for us. |
If you look at last year, Lone Peak had a lot of one-goal wins and ties. The most frustrating thing for them had been their inability to score. I believe that once we work on some group tactics, get openings that we can get guys into, it will open up scoring opportunities. |
It shut down when we got into the attacking third. We do some stupid things. We've got to work out some kinks and figure that out. |
It's tough playing that team emotionally. Every single one of them out there I've coached for six, seven, eight years. It was fun to see a lot of those guys. |
They are a tough team for me to play emotionally because I coached every one of these players for six to eight years. I still call this Lone Peak team the Bruins sometimes. It's a hard habit to break. |
We allowed too many counterattacks. When we sent a defender ahead, we left a hole in the back. We didn't slide over to cover that. We found out quickly that we need to stay organized and not get too attack-minded. |
We had a lot of possession, but it wasn't dangerous. I thought (Mountain View) was very good. They played very aggressive defense, sending three and four guys to the ball. |