MIAC Mens 2008 Soccer Tournament Championship Preview
Both coaches that will participate in the mens MIAC Tournament Championship game this Saturday took some time away from their busy schedules to talk to Inside Minnesota Soccer about their respective teams, the 2008 season, the final on Saturday, amongst a few other interesting items.
Carleton coach Bob Carlson is in his 10th season with the team. He talks about his teams #1 ranking regionally and #7 rank nationally. He also speaks about key players on his team and the difficulty of a being a student athlete at Carleton. Bob explains the NCAA D-3 national tournament and how a team qualifies. Lastly, he talks about the MIAC final on Saturday.
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Coach Greg Holker is in his 5th year at Augsburg. He talks about his team captains and the near tragedy the Augies had with sophomore midfielder Matt Bowman who nearly died while playing a preseason scrimmage. He gives us an update on Bowman and explains how the team dealt with situation. He also explains what recruiting is like at a D-3 level. Lastly, Holker also talks about the MIAC Championship on Saturday.
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Brian -
Just got directed to your site from a comment by GarbageGoals33 in d3kicks.com.
This is great – keep up the good work, and go Fulham!
MGM
Thanks. Over the years, I’ve found MIAC people to be some of the most knowledgeable soccer people around. They’ve gone through the youth soccer stuff and many have had some experience with ODP. Almost everyone has played high school soccer and some go onto coach after MIAC. They also have a good handle on how really good you need to be to make it to the pros and have respect for guys that play professionally. They’re just a really good group of soccer people in general that understand the game.
I’m gonna try to be at this game tomorrow.
Coach Carlson asked if I was coming down for the game. I said I didn’t think so at the time but some plans are changed and it looks as if I will be there for the final as well. If there’s any IMS readers there and you see my ugly mug at the game, please stop by and say hi.
Last minute change of plan and I won’t be there.
Good luck to Augsburg guys.