It turns the whole thing on its ear a little bit, ... It's fun, it's goofy. There's definitely a total irreverence to our approach. ... And then there's the pragmatic side of us that said, 'Why in God's name would we spend all this money ... to fill a church for an hour?'

It was rough, ... I shot 80, 82, but had a lot of great experiences. I would say it was like a baseball player that was playing A-league ball and all of a sudden got called up to the big leagues without playing Double-A and Triple-A ball.

This is the start of a good class for us. The fact that they presently play together should only help their transition to college.

This is a position we needed to fill as both our returning keepers will be in their fourth year next fall.

After my experience this year of getting to play in the U.S. Open, ... this is a little bit less intimidating.

Cooley is a winner. He's a feisty midfielder that plays bigger than his size. He will battle to win balls, and his work ethic makes him a good fit with the rest of our midfielders.

We just wanted to do it our own way, put our own stamp on it,

Two guys form Merced, ... it would have been awesome, but just too bad it didn't happen.

You know when you go to a wedding and you're dreading who you have to sit with? I always felt like I constantly got stuck at the table with all the singles. And you're just sitting there, trying to make small talk over this enormous (table) centerpiece,

I think weve gotten better every game and weve talked to the guys about committing themselves to defending as a team,