“THIS GROUP HAS A LIFELONG BOND TO EACH OTHER AND left looking for greener pastures. The rest of the girls to Chiefs FC,” says proud Coach Joe McNab. “Ten of the girls have decided it was more important to stick together and get been on the team their whole club careers. Three former players back into the regional league by working their way back who are college freshmen always come back to see the girls and than to jump ship,” he points out. It took two years of grit train with them. The players go see them play in college.” and an unmatched team spirit — and a little bit of fate — to Consistent with the Chiefs’ club mission, “team camaraderie get back into the regional league. Besides being a close is higher on the pole than winning games,” McNab says. group, the girls are also good players, eligible for State “However, if we get them feeling like they belong and become a Cup in the summer. “We let them decide if they want to team, the soccer success goes up tremendously. They’re very participate,” McNab said. “If there are enough girls, they’ll complimentary with each other’s skill set. They played in the go. We’ve never made anyone do certain events; we highest state league and regional league, but that’s never been always put it up to them.” the goal,” he emphasizes. “It’s been more important that they The coach is quick to praise the parents for buying into realized that they have something special going on with the the club philosophy and bonding as tightly as the team. people they’ve surrounded themselves with. “We have a really good group of parents in the club in