Austin O’Malley, the Gaelic soccer player, said that learning from a loss is not losing. It makes you only stronger, you learn from your mistakes, and you do better next time. The most world-famous sportsmen came to their fame through losing and practicing harder. They never give up. Neither do NKCHS Girls’ Soccer teams.
The soccer season didn’t start very well for Northtown’s girls. However, there is no reason to despair. The girls practice hard. They work on their mistakes and fix them. They have an enormous desire to play and win. Their coaches believe in them and encourage to do their best. All this leads to victory. The JV team, who finished the game against Grandview High School with an amazing score 10:0, is a good example of it.
“We practiced a lot on getting the ball to the outside and preparing to the game mentally,” explained JV Coach Justin Young.
But this is only the beginning of the season, and there are many games ahead yet.
“Our team is very good. We have lots of potential,” said Young.
As to the future games and the season as a whole, both coaches have high expectations for the teams.
“I expect the girls to continue developing and growing. They have many positive things to build on,” said Young.
As for the Varsity team, their main goal for the season is to build from the last year, keep improving, and think positively.
“Our record doesn’t reflect our ability. We need to play more as a team; when it happens, wins will come,” said Varsity coach Heidi Belton.
“We were able to see the mistakes on the video we recorded from one of the games. We are gonna fix them, and we are gonna win,” said Varsity player Klarissa McAuley.