06/07/2026
HELLO IT IS THE WEEKEND AND I AM ONCE AGAIN EATING PIZZA ON A STRANGER’S LAWN NEXT TO AN ABSURDLY LARGE SKELETON!
I coached my last soccer games of the 2025-26 season today. Endings are always hard, but this one was particularly bittersweet…
The sweet: this was one of the most successful years of my coaching career. My teams combined to break multiple club records, including the first time in club history that four teams advanced to the State Cup/Jr. State Cup Knockout Rounds in the same season, and the first time in club history that we claimed the Jr. State Cup trophy. All of my teams took home multiple medals this year and represented the club proudly.
The bitter: US Soccer is changing their age group ranges for next year, which will split virtually all of my rosters in half as players are redistributed into different age groups. This decision has caused a lot of heartache as many players who have been teammates for years fall on opposite ends of the new cutoff dates.
While it was hard to close the book on the 2025-26 season, I’m looking forward to hitting the road soon to hunt down skellies and catch my breath a bit after an absolutely insane year of soccer. With my departure date closing in, today’s skelly was one of the last Michigan skellies I’ll see for quite some time.
In that sense, today was an ending… but it was also one day closer to a new beginning. See ya soon, pizza people.
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