http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865623794/High-school-boys-soccer-4A-team-by-team-region-capsules.html?pg=all5. Timpanogos High School

Team schedule

Head coach: Scott Taylor

2014 record: 7-8-3 (Tied for fourth in Region 7 with 5-6-1 record)

2014 postseason: Lost to East in first round

Returning contributors:

Caiden Brown — senior — goalkeeper

Aaron Conrad — senior — midfielder

Ryan Steggel — senior — forward

Dustin Henrie — senior — defender

Coach comment: “We are a very young team but most have seen significant playing time for top teams and varsity last year. Two of our four returning seniors have already committed to play at BYU and are very excited to showcase their collegiate-class talent in their final high school season.”

Game Recap American Fork:

I like to bake occasionally, but it is sometimes hard to do. Especially when structure is so important for the cake to not collapse on itself. I've noticed that cake taste fine as dough or  fully cooked, but a doughy middle ruins the whole batch and the cake will collapse on itself.

We played hard against AF, heart was there, but our midfield was a little doughy and it hurt our efforts moving the ball forward and side to side. Our exhausted midfield had little combination play and we collapsed on ourselves. Granted we did outplay them and had many more chances than they did, but chances don't necessarily equate to wins. Heart kept us in the game.

One thing that got me excited about coaching this year is that you guys wanted to go to overtime. Last year against copper hills and against PG everybody just wanted to quit, a tie was good enough. We have people begging to go on the field this year instead of wanting to get taken off. We have some great potential and I'm excited to see how we progress as we work hard and work together this year.

First one to text "dough" to me has 5 minutes of shooting drills instead of 5 minutes of running.

Players of the game - Dustin Henrie for talking, moving and distributing out of the back.

JV AF Post

From Coach Roger

Today was a great learning experience for our young team.  There were a lot of great things I saw both individually and collectively.  The team we played from AF is an excellent team, well disciplined and technically sound.  I hope our team can recognize a great team when we play one and learn from the experience and become better because of it.

Before we get into the game, I want you to know I love being a positive reinforcer type coach.  When we share the same vision and belief, I believe we can accomplish anything we set our minds to.  I hope we can work to establish this shard vision and belief as the season progresses, but it is still early and we have a ways to go.  I'm proud of you and the efforts you made, and I hope we can learn, improve and be successful together.  I love reinforcing the positive and will look to do so throughout the season.

We are still struggling to communicate.  When we all take upon ourselves the responsibility to defend "our man" (depending on shape/formation), or work a quick 1-2 combination, communication has to be at the core of what we do.  Marc and Ben had some great combinations, as did Rasband and Jacot on the other side with some forwards checking to the ball to assist the ball forward (Alex, Silverio, etc.).  

We are still learning and growing with each other, and through that there will be some growing pains.  But lets look to stay positive, work together and share in that belief and vision, and the sky will be the limit for our team.

Player of the game: Marc Bichon

Friday was the largest margin of victory since I've been coaching at Timpanogos. We beat Orem 5-1 and Murray 4-0 last year. 5-0 is not only a great win, but every one of our forwards has already scored this year. According to the stats sheet we outshot them 25-1. This all started with a great combination in the first 5 minutes of the game that set up a great chance for Steggel who did nothing less than bury it in the net on his first attempt of the game. I watched each player work, move, communicate, cover and combine to run the other team ragged. It takes a lot of heart to come out swinging like we did and not stop until the KO punch has been delivered, no matter how tired you are.

I'm excited to see what this year has to offer. If we keep improving, keep striving and work hard, nobody will be able to stop us.

Player of the game: Ryan Steggel 2 goals and an assist.
Goals: Ryan Steggel, Ryan Steggel, Jackson Bretzing, Vincent (Pollo), Drue Stritikus

We will be leaving right after the game on Friday to go on the retreat.

Retreat Packing list

Sleeping bag
Pad (waterproof if possible)
Tent
Shovel
Pole Digger
Pole driver
Working Gloves
Pick
Lunch for Saturday
Wood for fire
Knife
Paper, Pencil/pen
Running shoes
Extra fence posts if any, extra fence wire, supplies, etc.
Working boots

Address

5074 W 7300 S Benjamin (Spanish Fork, UT)

For detailed instructions type in address above into Google maps. For some reason it won't let me post them.

I will have a truck with a trailer so we should be able to haul everything down.

Timpview 1-0. This was an interesting game. 1st time with a new formation and many players on the field that have never played together before. New formation, new players, not bad. We fought hard, no one came off the field crying (one came off the field bleeding), no penalty kicks, no silly fouls right outside the box and very little negativity. I'm excited to see how we do when we start to get used to each other, learn the system and get healthy.

I watched an interesting documentary while doing the dishes last night. There is a small creature in Africa called the honey badger. In South Africa there is a saying in Afrikaans that translates "as tough as a honey badger." These little creatures fight lions, hyenas, rhinos, you name it. On top of all of that the thing that impresses me the most about them is their perseverance. They will literally stop at nothing to get what they are working for. To the point of defecating in the same place and piling it up for 3 weeks to get a pile high enough in order to climb out of their cage.

We can learn a lot from nature. If you read this, text "honey badger" to my phone before 5pm today and you (if player) or your son (if parent) will be first in line to eat Friday at the retreat.

Interesting article about how soccer is influencing the NFL. Man when I was in high school, this article "How Soccer is Reshaping the NFL" would have been considered blasphemy on the football team.

Hope you have a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year!