Meet the Team

Izzy

Izzy is one of the guys on the team.  He is the only player on the team who never played organized soccer before this year.  Despite his lack of experience he is one of our better players.  Izzy is a big strong kid.  While Izzy is not a fast player, what he lacks in speed he makes up for with ball control.  The only way defenders can keep the ball away from him is to beat him to the ball.  Once Izzy has control of the ball it is very hard to take it away from him.  Izzy also possesses a potent right leg.  He can kick the ball with power and precision.  Izzy has played alot of different positions.  In fact he has started at every position except keeper.  At forward, I believe Izzy has found his ideal position.  It maximizes his strengths, power and control, and minimizes his one weakness, lack of speed. 

As a forward, Izzy is able to get into position and take possession of the ball.  Like Sonic, I wish Izzy would shoot more often.  He, like so many other players, wants to dribble closer to make a good shot, a good scoring chance, better.  The delay caused by the dribble only gives the defensive players a chance to recover.  Before you know it, that good scoring opportunity is gone.  The more shots he takes and the more passes he makes, the better our chances of winning become. 

Izzy got his name from one of our former assistant coachs.  It seems she had a cousin or some family member that she called Izzy.  For whatever reason, our Izzy reminded her of this family member.  I know I spend alot of time talking about these kids as players.  I can drone on and on about their individual strengths and weaknesses.  But the truth of the matter, is these are all really good kids.  They are good hearted, hard working, and motivated to win.  While they strive to win, they are gracious in defeat.  No player embodies the team's approach better then Izzy.  He is an easy going guy who tries as hard as anyone to win, but takes it in stride when things don't work out the way we want.  I have learned a little from Izzy about how to better behave in defeat.  Izzy is a good player, a better kid, and pleasure to coach.


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