Show Mens Men's I W Soccer Club Functions I W like a Well W Oiled Machine at National Championships By Corey Bullock Sports Editor k i What do two Mexicans a t Peruvian a Costa Rican a Guatemalan and a diverse group of have in common Not much j at all In fact Newt Gingrich and the President have more in common For that matter about the only thing that they have in common are their Puma warm-up warm jackets their ID l cards and soccer Si The differences between these guys are very common and evident Every chance they get they try to do something to individualize themselves themselves themselves them them- selves from one another and the rest t. t of the world Yet no matter how J many body parts are pierced or how many different languages they speak i their greatest accomplishments are j i how each functions as an important part of a well oiled machine J Just like every part of a machine t t 1 is unique in shape and size so are these individuals Yet just how every individual part is crucial to the success success suc sue cess of the machine so is every individual individual individual indi indi- vidual crucial to the success of the team Each individual personality gets together to form a virtually unstoppable unstoppable unstoppable unstop unstop- pable machine Dan Fassler Brice Flowers Benji Hoecherl were the pistons of the team Always moving up and down and across the field to create a better advantage Jorge Estrada Jeremy Jordan and Francisco Silva were the spark plugs exploding for 9 of the 14 goals in the tournament Warren Ayala John Miller Ben Jones and Justin Harryman and goalkeepers Jeremy Harryman Hangman and Brandon Horoba were the brakes Putting a stop to the opposing teams attacks and only allowing two goals in four games Alex Marchena Aaron Pond Sergio Takahashi Eric Bertot and Eric Ewing were the hoses and belts that played a key supporting role They were the only team at the national championships with the word college in their name the other eleven schools were all universities They were midgets among giants David among Goliaths Yet the amazing thing is that this virtually unknown machine out per- per 4 a aRro x 1 1 I J f L 4 1 t I j w J. J I w. w r AS r y-rA y i I z nA ir an y soy r wl j y F l 4 i r S 4 o ya x y N t rb 1 he Photo By Corey Bullock formed the bigger more expensive models They were unstoppable against Indiana winning 5 They outlasted Oregon 2 They had more firepower than Wichita State beating them 7 They outplayed but lost to Purdue in the quarterfinal So what do two Mexicans a Peruvian a Cost Rican a Guatemalan and a diverse group of have in common Actually more than you think if you consider the way they function as a team and the national respect they earned at the National Championships |