When asked what it takes to be a "Spartan Soccer Player", I want the answer to be very clear.

• We will work year round, but we are still here as students first and simply for the love of the game.
• Classes, not practices, are the main focus of our day but we look forward to being at practice to improve individually and as a team in persuit of reaching our goals.
• We lift, work, hustle, sweat and compete for championships just like athletes at every level. When we win, we rejoice humbly and when we lose, our tears are for real, but we continue on with grace and can rely on each other to be ready to go the next day.
• We play for the love of teammates and coaches. We do not practice next to a player who is going to “come out early in the draft” but rather one that is going graduate on time and become a doctor, public school teacher or future CEO. We do not share a locker room with an “MLS lottery pick”, but instead with a person headed to college or learning a trade.
• We do not expect an “endorsement deal” but rather we expect to endorse and lift up others as we visit elementary classes to read to primary students. Our hopes are not tied to signing a multi million-dollar contracts, but rather using our degree and education to build a future for our families and communities.
• We do not play in front of national television audiences, but rather we play in front of several dozen or hundred enthusiastically supportive friends and family. Our efforts are not rewarded by being on SportsCenter but rather by the faces of the local youngsters who come to see if we really do win and lose with character and integrity.
• In our spare time we are not “unapproachable celebrities” on campus but we play intramurals or help coach a youth team.
• The “disease of me” has not afflicted our program, our teams attract “we first” people.
• Sometimes we play in front of 500 sometimes in front of 50 but it does not change our preparation, effort or enjoyment. Those fans cheer for us because they know us, we represent them, we are not just names on the back of the uniform or in the program, but we are the people they sit with and eat with in the cafeteria.
• We play as hard as we possibly can, get back home sometimes late and then get up and go to class "on time" where we are nothing more than any other student.
• We see the bigger picture and will be sad when the day comes when we cannot practice but we look forward to using the education and life lessons we have worked hard to achieve.
• We experience the shared joy of being part of something bigger than ourselves.
• We love our school, our coaches, our team(s) and the community we represent.

Spartan Soccer - Student Athletes.
Striving to make a difference on and off the field.