 Hello and welcome into the Coach's Corner. I'm Joe Wombo, joined now with Andrew Bordelon, head coach of the men's soccer team, rounding out his first season at Stevenson. And Coach, you finish off 4-2 at Ly coming over the weekend. A lot of youth contributing to the stat sheet there. Yeah, we came into the game, started five freshmen and a couple sophomores. And really, I didn't notice it until it was even on the board. But yeah, we've played a lot of young players this year. And I think that you saw that maturity throughout the season. You know, it wasn't the result that we wanted. You know, we struggled defending set pieces. But if you looked at the run of play of that game, I think that there were significant improvements in our play. I would agree with that entirely. The season is a progression. It's a process that the team is going through right now. And you played a lot of really tough teams at the beginning of the season, getting you ready for the conference tournament or conference season. And it was working for a good while of the season. What is that youth, you know, that progression, the arc of the season, get you ready for working into the off season and getting ready for spring ball and then the years to come? Right. Well, I think that not only the maturity that we made, but it was the culture and standard that was kind of set towards the end really needs to continue and even continue to progress also for us to get to where we want to be. Like I said, the guys, the play improved every week. And it's hard with especially a lot of youth contributing. But I think that the culture has improved quite a bit. But now going into winter, spring, and summer, we really need to take that next jump if we want to continue to be or get to the program that we want to be. And we hear that word a lot through all of our sports, is the culture, the process. It seemed to me when the team was performing well, which they did for the latter half of the season, I would totally attest to that. It seemed that the team was working more cohesively. They bought into the system. They saw it paying off. And then they saw the rewards working in their favor. Is that part of one of the goals for the season getting to that point? Yeah, the goals of the season are tricky. Again, I try not to set too many goals. I wanted to go in every day and continue to get better. And I think results and goals kind of work themselves out. And obviously it wasn't a season that we had hoped for. But there are positives to take from it and to continue to move forward and to build this piece of the puzzle of, like I said, to get this program where we need to be. And you saw that. And again, I think that it's hard. A lot of the times we first met each other on August 19. And here it is. It's the end of October. So it's not a whole lot of time. And so that progression really takes place in the off season. That culture that needs to be built, things like that. So now when this next group comes in to the locker room, they fall right into place. And they know the standard that's set. Well, Coach, we thank you for every week coming up and talking to us and post games as well. And we wish you the best in building that culture and continuing the process that you've been laying this season. Absolutely. Thank you. He's Andrew Bordelon. I'm Joe Waman. This has been The Coach's Corner.