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[QUOTE="DMVCuseLax, post: 4556500, member: 8248"]
Trujillo didn’t get in today.  Murphy and Rosa seemed lost at times.  Overall the defense played well but was very quiet.  Gonna need someone to step up and lead. Takes communication to be consistently good on defense.  I believe Figueiras would have been the communicator on D but that will have to wait until next year.  Need someone to step up and talk.  Man-down was good today.
Goalie play was excellent and Saam was a monster.  Saam was high energy and made things happen.  He might need to get in some guys faces and motivate.  Nice to have captains that are good guys but sometimes you need a captain that has that “AH” in him to demand more from everyone.

Clearing game needs to be better especially at the end of close games.

I’ve seen Joey play a lot and I have to say I’ve never seen him play like he did today. He was able to get topside on his defender a few times but hit the goalie in the chest.  Never seen him shoot that way.  Many have said that he won’t feel the pressure of the 22 but it was obvious as the game played out he was pressing to make a difference.  Joey is gonna need some leadership (help) from Hiltz but I’m not sure Hiltz is that type of guy.  Was disappointed in Hiltzs effort on the offensive end and his riding.  Hope he picks up the effort or the bigger games could be ugly. He need to lead by example and today was not the example.

FO was decent today.  I think it was even.   Didn’t hurt the result.  Wings were strong.

As far as the midfield line I think the team would be better with Rhoa on the first line.  He is bomber and can make the defense feel that they need to stretch further out when he get the ball which could open the field up for the other players.  Need to scheme some time and room shots for him.

It’s Game 1 and many on the field today for the Orange were freshman so we should be happy.  Vermont is not a scrub win.
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