Boateng finishing strong after long, unique journey
Attitude, team-centeredness and effort are the three words ASU coach Herb Sendek used to describe senior center Eric Boateng.
Attitude, team-centeredness and effort are the three words ASU coach Herb Sendek used to describe senior center Eric Boateng.
By now, most of us have seen the video.
The first postseason trip for the ASU soccer team since 2003 ended early with a heartbreaking loss to Wisconsin in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
The ASU soccer team needed to make its own luck.
Some players anticipate a storybook situation. They come in as a freshman, and by their senior year, they hope to be playing their best.
Right now they know they need to focus on the little things. The Sun Devils have to find a way to get their groove back.
There is nothing about this weekend that the ASU soccer team can afford to lose.
Freshman Alyssa Gillmore knew her time would come. She knew that if she kept with it, all of her hard work would pay off.
And then there were nine.
In many ways, their team was better. No. 8 Virginia was ranked higher, and on paper, its statistics were more impressive.
On paper, it is a group of girls with different stories.
Sunday afternoon came and it was over.
For ASU soccer player Liz Harkin, the decision has become bittersweet.
There is always something riding on an NCAA Division I contest. Part of it is pride. Part of it is passion.
Two weeks ago, one win might have seemed like a lot for the ASU soccer team to ask for.
Sunday morning was not about any one player.
Every team has a sense of what it does well on the field, and the desire to make its presence known.
Friday night in Tempe, numbers and statistics took a back seat to effort at Sun Devil Soccer Stadium.
Forty-six years ago, the country of Chile came to a virtual standstill.
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