The Rough and Tragic End

The end of our season was one of triumph, ending undefeated in conference with a national rank of number two in the nation. Since we finished first in our conference undefeated we were given a buy for the first round waiting to play the winner of Mary-Hardin Baylor or Hardin Simmons. Upon finding out that Hardin Simmons was the victor we were kind of disappointed to not have the opportunity to have our revenge on Mary-Hardin Baylor for the season opener. We were confident with our situation considering the fact that we had already defeated Hardin Simmons four to nothing at the beginning of the year. Among the freshman only one of us were selected to dress out so the rest of us were left to sit off to the side under the score board. The team went through its usual preparations preparing for the game ahead once again confident of the outcome that was to become of what was suppose to be an easy game. The game begun as expected as we dominated the game, having a few scoring opportunities that should have been put, while allowing Hardin Simmons zero shots on goal. The game continued in this fashion as we continued to not be able to score and allowed Hardin Simmons to stay in the game. The problem we had the entire year of not scoring and allowing other teams to stay in the game was occurring again, and to our dismay the first shot of Hardin Simmons went in. At this point in the game we attempted to push another man forward to allow us to tie the game up and sadly backfired as they were able to score on their second shot of the game putting us away. At this point we knew the game was over but the players on the field continued to fight until the end. The Trinity men's soccer team's season ended on that fateful day putting an end to what should have been a great journey. Two shots two goals, what a way to go out.

The Glory Road

Trinity University Men's Soccer has begun to fulfil every ones expectations. We have remained undefeated since the fateful Mary Hardin-Baylor season opener and look to continue on our stride. After coming back from the many road trips we had a series of home games that began to boast our confidence. Sadly we continued to struggle to score goals even though we out shot all of our opponents by more than two to one. We are about at the midpoint of our season at this time and have begun to prepare for the Southwestern game, with high stakes on the line. Since we have an undefeated record of 4-0 in conference, this game is key to taking the conference title for the thirteenth time in fourteen years. Heading into the game we knew what was at stake and knew that Southwestern would be coming for us, because they see us as their rivals in soccer. Training that week became intense knowing what would be coming and everyone was giving their best effort knowing that how we practice would carry over to the field. As game day rolled up we became energetic and eager to play, only being able to wait for what was to come. Upon kickoff we came out with a bang, dominating the first half with Ben Grossman scoring a goal in the twenty eight minute. The second half was an entirely different story. The second half started poorly conceding a goal in the fifty second minute, but we were quick to respond with Ben scoring another goal only six minutes later. We continued to play badly but it looked like we were going to be able to hold them off when we let them score another goal in the eighty fifth minute. The game then went into double overtime and with only five minutes away from a tie senior team caption Alan Llobet scored a goal to end the game. This was a key victory enabling what was to come. Since then we have won all our games and clenched the conference title with two more games remaining before playoffs.