Paul is our best player. He can score and he can distribute the ball. He plays top-notch midfielder and defender.

He's well over 6-foot, and is very athletic and very smart. He wants to go to the University of Chicago which shows how smart he is.

We're a team that beats you 1-0 and 2-0. We're not a very high-scoring team. We pride ourselves on our defense.

When we're 25 yards away from the goal, we have to score. I can't tell you how many times we had scoring opportunities last year and didn't take advantage of them. I think that loss to Lincoln-Way really frustrated a lot of people. We just couldn't score and it was a bad way to end the season. I think these guys remember that game and want to make up for it.

I think the players that we have right now are very good. But one thing we don't have is that big-time scorer. We're going to be missing Piazza, but somebody's going to have to pick up his slack.

We did not end the season on a positive note. But, as always, we have high expectations. We have a lot of guys returning (from a team that finished 19-7-1 and won the conference title for the fourth-consecutive year) and we have quite a few skill-players.