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Spring 2005 - Game 5 Struggling to Compete
Adding to their worries was the absence of Tim Marshall, Tony Soukup, Kevin Hart, and Martin Lees who were nursing varsity injuries. This game would be tough to win regardless, but losing these key players would make it that much harder. In an effort to jumpstart the team, they were given "throwback" Viper uniforms to wear as a reminder of the great accomplishments this group of young men had achieved together. The match started out
typically with the Red & Black controlling the play. The midfield of
Bobby Doyle, Trey Whiteman, Travis Dezendorf, John
Thomas,
 Sean
Jenkins, Brian Colan, and Jordan Stanbridge really
played well throughout the game, but it wasn't enough. Each of these
players is strong by themselves, yet against a team this good starting a
group that had never played together before was something the team would
choose not to do. Even when Soukup valiantly came in to his sweeper
spot, and even with the excellent play of keeper John Weeks, the
Herndon attack pulled apart the Viper defense.In earlier seasons, we would have called this one a character builder. Now it's just a game that we'd rather do over. On another day, the result could have been very different. On another day, we'd all be celebrating a Viper victory. Those days will come again soon enough.
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