Post CASL

A big congratulations to the girls on a successful tournament. I thought they all played very well. It was challenging with only 13 of us, but they dug deep and all played well individually and as a team.

I want to thank all you parents that enabled your daughters to participate in such a fun event. The level of play was very high. The NCAA championship games were exciting to watch (and inspiring). And I think they all had a fantastic time. A special thanks to those of you who chaperoned extra girls.

We all owe Mark a big thank you as well. As Director of Coaching he gets pulled in a MANY different directions. The fact that he carves out so much time for our girls reflects just how committed he is to them. We are lucky to have him.

And now for a few updates....

We will be taking it easy this week. With finals and school soccer and coming off of a big week, there is no scheduled training. We still have some games to make up, so it's possible we might put one of those together if it works out. I will let you know if that develops. Over the holidays, we might try to train on Sundays or something like that. Stay tuned.

Looking ahead to next year, we have three events on the calendar.

• We will be going to the Lonestar College Showcase in Austin on February 6th and 7th.
• Express will be having our own internal showcase event similar to the one this year.
• We also expect to compete in the Challenge Shootout in the early summer.

So....in light of all that, we are thinking that we would NOT attend the showcase event in Las Vegas over spring break. If there are any objections to this, please speak up.