Columnist Nick Green has written 100 Percent Soccer
since 2005. A
native of England, he began writing about soccer in
the mid-1980s and in 2000 permanently exchanged a seat
in the stands for one in
the press box. He lives six miles from Carson's Home
Depot Center, home of the Los Angeles Galaxy, Chivas
USA and the training headquarters for U.S. Soccer.
Married to a long-suffering soccer widow, he has a cat
named Pele.Corrie Hirokawa, Birthday Girl
This is her first post:
Finishing the weekend with two CCAA victories was the perfect way to celebrate my 21st birthday.
We played San Francisco State University on Friday, which also happened to be my birthday. My team gave me the best birthday present, helping me score a goal and two assists in the 3-0 victory over the Gators and another goal in the 2-0 victory over Cal State Monterey Bay two days later.
Before last weekend we were 0-1-1 in conference play with an overtime loss to Cal Poly Pomona and a 1-1 double-overtime tie against Cal State San Bernadino, but as a team we stayed composed, kept our heads up and every player worked together to accomplish getting two much-needed wins this past weekend.
We now will start preparing ourselves for No. 2 ranked San Diego, which we face this Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. in Toro Stadium. The Tritons are undefeated this season, so we have a lot to work on this week.
I think with this team having so many experienced players, including five four-year seniors, we are as ready as we have ever been to take on UC San Diego. The glue holding our team together is our stellar defense lead by Sandy Lloyd, Krista Rojas and Fawna Waldo. Those girls really do not get enough credit for the awesome job they do every game.
Our team has bonded together to form one unit that is ready to work hard for one another to accomplish our goals. Although we are taking it one game at a time, we want the end result to lead us to another CCAA Championship and NCAA bid.
I can’t believe this is my last season playing college soccer, but I’m excited to see what the rest of the season has in store for me.
GO TOROS!