We have a couple spots to fill in with new girls. But I think we have a very close-knit team - the girls all get along well.

That's kind of the heart of our team - we're going to be a senior-led team for the most part. I think we'll be very competitive with the other teams in the league.

It's a compact season. We play 18 games, and between games and practice, you have to get a lot done in a short period of time.

Adrienne had a great summer playing club ball, she's improved her vertical leap. For that matter, all of our girls have improved their verticals.

You can only ask your goalkeeper to make that first save. She did and then we had three girls all watching the ball trickle back to the one player who could touch it. That was a shame. But I'm not going to take away from the improvement the kids made from Monday. We just had a lapse at a really bad time.

We're working on that. Some of our girls just aren't comfortable looking to score right now. But I think we competed harder and had more fight in us.