We were playing all right. We were on the attack and had possession. They had just three shots on the night, but the ball bounced their way on two of them.
His tactical understanding of the game is far above most high school guys. He's as skilled as any player I've coached. He has the talent, if he wants to, to play professionally in the future. I've seen a lot of college games, and he'd have no problem fitting in anywhere right now.
Usually someone will develop into the leading scorer later in the season, and we'll have a bunch of players behind him. I'd rather have it like this.
Each game we got a little better in our passing, except for the finals. We picked it up in the second half. We had lots of chances and should have scored.
We controlled possession, but we weren't as crisp as we have been. But Pennington Field is a hard place to play because the wind swirls down on the field.
We scored and you think that would be enough. Porter kept itself in the game and showed heart by coming back. Scoring (their first goal) gave them momentum. Little things like that in a state tournament game can make the difference.
We want to get him more touches with the ball. He's hard for anyone to stop one-on-one. He has the total package.
Every team is different. These guys want to do something a little more than the last.
It was a game where we could have had a couple more goals in the first half and a couple more in the second half.
A team that likes to use its speed up top, Nicky takes that out of the game and the team has to play more possession. They can't play that ball through there and hope to run onto it because he'll be on it too quick.