Quotes by Samir Haj

“Shes fought through some injuries and made some big contributions to the team. Shes playing with a lot of heart and passion this year and her skill level has improved tremendously.”

“Its really hard to be responsible for four teams. And it is four teams when you add the junior varsity. It takes away from your concentration, and you end up doing a mediocre job with all four teams.”

“She really started assuming a leadership role the last couple of years. Shes got tremendous work ethic and shes very technically sound. Shes got strength and speed — almost anything you would want out of a quality midfielder. Signing with a Division I school says a lot about her ability.”

“Up front we have a few freshman that will challenge the existing the corps. Our approach is to leave everything open until after our preseason tournament.”

“I dont think we played to our potential. It was our first game, and we were a little sluggish and nervous. Our final pass wasnt there all night. But I still think we controlled the game from the beginning.”

“I hate to bring this up, but its a new field and it was just like running in sand. We were not able to utilize our speed. Even though we had great opportunities the first half we were not able to finish.”

“Its a new field. It was like running in sand and we werent able to use our speed.”

“In the second half we adjusted.”

“Our forward has to track [the defender] the entire way. Good teams will bring their defenders up that far to create advantages. By not tracking, there was an imbalance in our defensive third.”

“I think they deserved to win. They played better than us today. I felt they really were prepared. They wanted the game more than we did. But our kids fought hard to the end, I think we just came a little bit short.”