Christian Lewis Journal No. 6- Terps Struggle Past The Why And Learn From Loss
10/2/2000 8:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer
Oct. 2, 2000
Christian Lewis Journal #6
I am sitting on the bus wondering how it is possible to play the best half of soccer all year, dominate our opponent, score three goals, and then lose another game. I think I know the answer-we did it to ourselves. We just played a great first half with two fantastic goals from Tyler Pharr and Jason Sardis. We were connected on defense allowing Wake Forest few opportunities. Our forwards and midfielders did a good job holding the ball and coming back defensively. Then there was the second half and overtime-almost the complete opposite. We didn't play connected our offense or defense. We didn't concentrate on clearing the ball out of danger. We didn't do any of the little things that we needed to keep doing to win the game. It was not as if Wake Forest scored four great goals or created a lot of opportunities. We did it to ourselves.
Enough about the game. On the bus ride down we watched Fight Club with Brad Pitt and Ed Norton. The movie focuses on Ed Norton, who gets caught up in a material world. He lives out his fantasy life through Brad Pitt in a world filled with violence and fighting. After the movie we had an interesting team discussion about the point of the movie and whether the movie was effective in getting the point across. Sasho believed that Ed Norton fell into this fantasy world because he didn't have one quality relationship with anyone in the film, not even himself. Our coach further went on to make the point that everything in life and even in soccer is based on relationships. Without quality relationships between players and coaches, you have very little chance at becoming successful. Sasho went further in saying that if you leave the University of Maryland with at least one quality relationship you have succeeded. I could not agree more and as I near leaving the University I can look back with a smile on my face and say that I have a few quality relationships that will last me a lifetime.
