It’s a new year for the soccer team!
There have been many challenges so far this year; for example, their current
record is 2-8-2. Sophomore Jorge Ramirez says, “I think we’re not giving it our
best all the time but we are still working on some things.” Their hardest
competition has been Living Word Lutheran.
The head coach is Mr. Patrick Tracy.
He is from Messmer Prep/St. Rose and St. Leo. This is his 6th season coaching soccer. He has coached boy's JV and Varsity
and girl’s JV. He
states, “The biggest challenge is maintaining a consistent mind-set.” He
thinks that is the most important thing to have as a team. The
assistant coaches are former Messmer students Joe Ferch and Gerardo Saavedra.
They all work together to pass on the techniques that they’ve learned through
the years.
Coach Tracy has come up with strategies to improve the team. For
example, he changes players positions often so that they become strong in all areas.
Jorge really likes the adrenaline rush when someone is about to score and when
there are only a few seconds left on the clock.
Messmer’s Soccer team recently played
Wayland Academy and they won 2-0. The game was intense, there were several
minor injuries, but everyone was okay and continued playing. Wayland
Academy was really close to scoring a goal against our team, but thanks to our goalie,
Junior Christopher Munoz, Messmer held them off. Today there is a home game vs.
Brookfield Academy. Come and
support our team!
--Contributed by Sophomore Gabriela Moreno
