A Sacrificial Response
A season that ended with a loss in PK’s in the District Semi-Final and a record of (11-4-3) began long ago. The CVCA soccer program this year included over 50 student-athletes playing on three teams. Many of those players have spent the last 10 months training together. In January, the players led what they call “morning workouts.” They would pack out the small gym and weight room 4 days a week for an hour before school to focus on soccer specific strength, speed, and agility exercises. Before leaving for summer vacation, the players received a 10-week summer running calendar that prepared them for the season. The last two weeks of that calendar were spent at CVCA doing “track workouts.”
Our players are asked to invest themselves into the program in a sacrificial way by putting the team ahead of the individual player every day. Towards the end of the year we talked about sacrifice as a motivating factor. You see, we'll always sacrifice for the ones we love. If the ones that we love see and appreciate that sacrifice - they will respond to it. An appreciation of sacrifice will change our motivation, which will change everything.
The Seniors on the team this year: Brent Black, Mike Costa, Jon Forsythe, Nick Gradert, Drew Johnson, Chris Karnadi, Will Konstan, Zach Locke, Jordan Mancari, Matt Piccioni, Michael Planz, Christian Schmikla, and Sachem Wilson loved their teammates in a truly unique way – shown through daily sacrifice. The rest of the team responded, and became a close knit team on and off the field. These seniors leave the program better than when they started, and have made lasting impacts in the hearts and lives of their teammates that will be seen for years to come.
