Bob Bandoni Second Quotations

The pace was such in the first half that we assumed we were going to struggle in the second half. We tried to take care of that through substitutions, but it's hard to do in soccer because then you begin compromising the rhythm of the game. We could see that. We could see that our pace and our work rate in the first half was so high. We were not only frustrating the opponents, I thought we were also being very stubborn in the middle of the field.

What I was really pleased with was the difference between the first and second half. It looked like we had a week's worth of training.

What I was most pleased about was that we were able to shift from the first half to the second and come out with more cohesion.

This is really an unknown. I think in the league it's no question. It's Basalt. Usually, people would say, 'All right, the Vail Mountain School is going to be there and so on.' But again, there are so many questions as to how we are going to perform when we see opponents that I think it's more difficult than in years past to make predictions that we automatically fit in the second or third spot.

In the middle of the field, Kelsey improved her game remarkably in the second half.