Kirk Nelson Quotations

We're blessed to have someone like her. She's an incredible role model. She's a player at the highest level, and she brings a perspective to coaching that is different from what I can bring. She's able to show our players things that she's doing daily to prepare for the national team.

Corona is a great team. They are very dangerous all the way to the end. You can't let up against them.

She's always there when (her teammates) need someone to be by their side. She's supported her teammates. The chemistry is great.

I mentioned at our (end-of-season) banquet about her commitment to defend and not just be a goal scorer.

It wasn't necessarily pretty. But she's willing to try that.

We're really proud of her. She responded very well in her first big game of the season. She's done everything we've asked her to do, and I don't blame her for that goal.

Since Day 1 when I took over, I've told our team I didn't want us to be known for that and to avoid it as much as possible. Whether it's joking or serious, I just told our players to keep their heads. I told them to put the team before yourselves and keep your cool.

We played 100 minutes and came up short. That's the first time we've been down in a game this season, and I thought we responded brilliantly. Now we'll continue to move forward. Our goal is still to win the Central Region championship.