Reports will be posted when submitted by the team.
  

By: Miguel

Well, what can I say about today? Maybe we lost, however I think we lost to a very good team. In the last two years we have lost to good teams, but we always find a way to play them again and we will always win. But this weekend we lost to a good team two times. We as a team see this and say, “that we played our best and they played better”. We were all down from the loss the rest of the day, but still had our fun. Maybe we didn’t want to go and see the outlets and walk around all day, however some people made it fun for others, this I think makes us a different team. Knowing we lost to a very good team but still having fun and making a positive out of the whole thing. Maybe this was our last game being coached by Shawn Comegys, but he will always be in our heart and mind as a coach to me.  

By: Koji, Georgie, and Kris

Today was our day off due to our extraordinary talents on the soccer field, advancing us through to the national championship game.  We started the day off with a breakfast at 8:30, and then rested before our practice at 10.  Following practice we went to Subway, and ate back at the hotel.  We rested again until 2:15, when we went to see the movie Wedding Crashers.  After the movie we went to dinner at Macaroni Grill, which finished up around 7.  From there we went to our team meeting back at the hotel, where we talked strategy and watched film.  After the meeting, we all went to bed because of our early game.  

By: Pasquale and Chris

Today was a great day for the team. We started the day off with a hard fought win over Vardar which was a must win for the lads. Then we headed back to the hotel and met a peculiar young man who goes by the name Rodrigo. He gave us many laughs throughout.

By: Zach and Greg

Last night we all had a great time eating at Bahama Breeze. At dinner we celebrated our goalie, Miguel Rosales’ seventeenth birthday. I would imagine he feels pretty excited about starting out the tournament on a high note, after our victory on his birthday.

Our game today is not until 7 tonight so we got the chance to sleep in a little bit. Well, at least 3 hours later until 8:30. We went to Village Inn for a good breakfast where our waiter is for sure unique, but still a pretty cool guy. Good news travels fast, at Village Inn we found out that our eighteens had beat the Region two champions, Milwaukee. After we got back from breakfast, we walked into our hotel to find the downstairs completely chaotic, due to the Star Power dance competition that is also going on. Most kids went back to their rooms to take showers since we hadn’t had time before breakfast to take one. Now we are just going to hang out at the hotel for a while. We will go for a little jog and stretch, and watch our game tape from yesterday’s game, but that’s about the extent of our activity until our game. With all of the free time we have on our hands before our game, we are all definitely being smart about it, and staying off our feet, making sure to get rested up before tonight’s game against the number one ranked team in the nation, the Dallas Texans. Maybe we will also check out some dances at the dance competition that’s going on in our hotel too, this place is huge.

By: Collin and Dion

Today our team began our quest for greatness with our first game against the Region I champions.  Our team did not start the way that we wanted to and we found ourselves being dominated the first 35 minutes of the game.  Luckily we scored a goal against the run of play.  Brendan McDaniel took the ball down the right side and then fired a laser, which Dion Bubar-hall placed into the far corner. We then added to our advantage 3 minutes later off of a beautifully placed corner kick that found the head of an unmarked Greg Rouse and then the back of the net.  We went into halftime 2 goals up despite being outplayed most of the first half.  In the second half Kris Banghart finished off a powerful run after he received a perfectly placed ball from Collin Audley.  Seth Tamminga then finished the scoring in the final minutes of play when his shot deflected off of a defender and went into the top corner of the goal.  We started the tournament exactly the way we wanted to despite the slow start.  After the game we ate at Village Inn.  Now we have a huge amount of time to rest up before our next game which every player is taking advantage of.  We need to be fully rested because tomorrow we play the number one ranked team in the country from Dallas, Texas.  The mood is very calm and relaxed as we look forward to this next game.

By: Sam

Today we were greeted with a very prestigious and well deserved luncheon.  The anticipation of Nationals only grew with every awaiting moment. The luncheon consisted of food, speeches, and video of the Regional finals. The video arose a certain fire in all the players to get out of our dress clothes and into our cleats.  But before we could leave we listened to a very inspirational speaker, the head coach for the Kansas City Wizards.  He told us that there are two key factors to success at this level, one is having talent, which every team clearly has, and two a little luck. The road for us has been filled with luck. First we loose the final to Rush Nike, but due to their actions after the game we end up representing Colorado in the 2005 Regional Tournament. The first game of the Regional Tournament we tie a good Hawaii team. We then regroup after the game and win our Regional age group. The next step from here is our first game tomorrow at 7:30 A.M. against New York.

By: Calvin

Although our team got to our hotel very late last night from our long plane trip from Colorado, waking up early again this morning was not as difficult as it generally is. Today was the start of our National Tournament. Although there were no games played today, we met with the rest of the regional champions from around the country at the luncheon. Everyone was already itching to get onto the pitch at Disney’s Wide World of Sports and to say the least, soccer speeches and highlights from each regional tournament made the anticipation even greater. After the luncheon, we had a couple of hours to hang out and take it easy in our hotel rooms before training in the afternoon and dinner after that. It is time to go to bed now but I am not sure how well my roommate and I and the rest of our team for that matter will sleep. This is worse than Christmas Eve, nobody  will be able to sleep I’m sure.

(1) Sam and Brendan at Luncheon; (2) Calvin B. wearing Mickey’s 
ears at the Disney store; (3) The “guys” at the luncheon 

By: Kyle and Seth

Today will live in infamy.  We left a fellow soldier behind.  Byron Cephers, could not make the flight because the standby system failed.  Currently we are sitting on a very full flight.  The lights are dimmed down low and people are dozing off one by one.  I, Kyle “Spanky” Varvil cannot fall asleep.   Every person near me is asleep and yet I cannot do it.  I guess I am nervous about our future games.  I can’t take my mind off of them.  I am very anxious to get off the plane and into our hotel so we can get some rest. We have an early training session and then the luncheon, which we had to bring all our nice clothes for. We have been making conversation with some people around us and that has kept us entertained for quite awhile, which is nice. By the way, Seth Tamminga is also writing this. It’s really late and we are signing off to try, once more to gain some rest. So until later, this is Spanky and Seth saying goodnight.

By: Aric

Today has been a long day, filled with long travel lines, full plane flights, and tired teammates.  Our plane was supposed to leave Denver at 6:25, but due to engine problems, we sat in the hot, recirculated air airplane, but sat waiting for repairs.  After a little over 30 minutes, we got the clear to take off, but sat again on the runway in a line to actually leave.  Once airborne, everyone settled into their seats, some watching the in flight movie, while others listened to music or played their PSP’s.  Some were fortunate enough to meet two girls from Texas to talk with, which allowed their flight to pass a little quicker.  Everyone is excited to get to Orlando, and experience the much anticipated feeling and atmosphere of Nationals.  After we took off, our plane got a route change which allowed for more time on the plane, but luckily, even through the anticipation, we arrived in Orlando and are ready and excited to compete for the National title.