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REGION XX CHAMPIONSHIP.
HOWARD COMMUNITY COLLEGE, HARFORD COMMUNITY COLLEGE, VYING FOR THE TITLE.
HOWARD IS THE REIGNING AND DEFENDING REGION XX CHAMPION.
COACH FOUST AND HIS DRAGONS, LOOKING TO WIN BACK-TO-BACK REGION TITLES FOR THE FIRST TIME
IN PROGRAM HISTORY.
HOWARD ENTERS WITH A 9-2 RECORD, AND WITH A 13-0 RECORD AGAINST REGION XX SCHOOLS DATING
BACK TO 2017.
HARFORD, 8-4 OVERALL RECORD, UPSET ANNE ARUNDEL IN THE REGION XX SEMIFINAL.
THIS IS THE FIGHTING OWLS FIRST REGION XX CHAMPIONSHIP APPEARANCE SINCE 2013.
HARFORD HAS LOST ITS LAST SIX MEETINGS AGAINST HOWARD DATING BACK TO 2015.
AND, THE DRAGONS HAVE ENDED HARFORD’S SEASON TWO YEARS RUNNING.
TODAY, THE WINNER SECURES THE FOUR SEED IN THE NATIONAL TOURNAMENT, AND WILL HOST THE
LOSER OF TODAY’S GAME NEXT SATURDAY, IN THE NATIONAL PLAY-IN GAME.
FIRST HALF, FIRST POSSESSION OF THE GAME, ELI DOYLE, HIGH TO LOW SHOT….
TJ ELLIS WITH THE SAVE FOR HOWARD.
POSSESSION FOR HOWARD, JAKE PYKE DRAWS THE SLIDE, FREES UP WILL SMITH…..
SCORES!
FAST START FOR THE DRAGONS.
CHRIS RINEHART BEHIND THE GOAL, CORRALS THE PASS AND HUSTLES ABOVE GOAL LINE EXTENDED
AND FINISHES THE BALL.
2-NOTHING HOWARD.
HARFORD IS WITHOUT ITS 59-PERCENT FACE-OFF SPECIALIST…DRAGONS FACE-OFF UNIT OF TJ ATTRILL
AND TRAVIS HARRISON COMBINED TO WIN FIVE OF NINE FIRST QUARTER FACE-OFFS.
SETTING THE STAGE FOR THE HOWARD OFFENSE TO STRING SOME GOALS TOGETHER IN THE EARLY GOING.
RINEHART, GOES LOW!!
GIVES HOWARD A 3 GOAL LEAD.
IAN DECKER DODGING, GOES DOWN…
PASS IS DEFLECTED…..GROUND BALL WIN FOR BRADEN MARTIN.
AND HE PUTS ONE ON TARGET.
SMITH BEHIND THE GOAL LOOKING TO FEED, NOPE, SMITH KEEPS IT AND EXECUTES ON THE DOORSTEP.
HOWARD’S OFFENSE, A STEP QUICKER THAN HARFORD AT THE MOMENT.
A LOOK AT THE DRAGONS IN TRANSITION, RINEHART….DECKER…BACK FOR SMITH.
DRAGONS PUTTING IN ONE OF THEIR BEST OFFENSIVE EFFORTS OF THE SEASON IN THE REGION FINAL.
6-NOTHING HOWARD.
HARFORD POSSESSION….
ELLIS, ALL OVER THE HIGH-TO-HIGH SHOT.
SAVE AND REBOUND FOR TRANSFER FROM D3 STEVENSON.
RINEHART DODGING, DRAWS THREE DEFENDERS, MOVES IT TO DECKER!
EXTENDS HOWARD’S LEAD TO SEVEN.
TEAM CAPTAIN ALEX STEPHANOS, GOING AFTER THE SHORT STICK, INSIDE ROLL, BURIES IT HIGH TO
LOW TO CAP OFF AN 8 GOAL FIRST QUARTER FOR THE DEFENDING REGION XX CHAMPS.
SECOND QUARTER, HARFORD’S MAN UP UNITES GOES TO WORK.
STEPHANOS PICKS IT OFF AND TAKES IT THE OTHER WAY.
HAFORD ATTACKING THE UNSETTLED SITUATION, REECE WISEMAN WIDE OPEN IN FRONT, BUT ELLIS
RISES TO THE OCCASION ONCE AGAIN…..
ELLIS HITS JARRED THOMPSON ON THE CLEAR, DRAGONS IN TRANSITION, THOMPSON….
RINEHART!
ONE ON ONE WITH THE GOALIE, AND RINEHART WINS AT THE MOMENT OF TRUTH.
TJ ELLIS, WITH 6 FIRST HALF SAVES, MANY OF THEM FROM POINT-BLANK RANGE.
MAKING IT TOUGH FOR HARFORD TO GET ANYTHING GOING OFFENSIVELY.
RINEHART, DODGING ON THE SHORT STICK BEHIND THE CAGE, TAKES HIM FOR A RIDE.
RINEHART, LOW TO HIGH!
THE ALL-AMERICAN ATTACKMAN, NOW 7TH IN THE NATION WITH 46 GOALS.
WILL SMITH AND CHRIS RINEHART, FORCING THE ISSUE.
SMITH TAKES IT TO THE RIM AND GETS THE GOAL.
A MAN-DOWN TALLY.
9 GOAL LEAD NOW FOR HOWARD.
DRAGON DEFENSE, HOLDING HARFORD TO TWO GOALS IN THE FIRST HALF.
DAYTON FISHER COMES UP WITH THE TURNOVER.
SECOND HALF NOW, AUSTIN NORTON COMES UP WITH THE LOOSE BALL, AND CATCHES COLLIN BECK BALL
WATCHING, NORTON HITS RINEHART IN HIS STICK ON THE BACKSIDE.
NICE EFFORT FROM NORTON.
THE DRAGONS MAY NOT HAVE A TOP-4 WIN, BUT THEY’RE CERTAINLY PASSING THE EYE TEST TODAY.
HOWARD GOES THE LENGTH OF THE FIELD IN THREE PASSES, SETTING UP SMITH FOR THE OPEN LOOK.
DRAGONS, 5-FOR-5 AT THE FACE-OFF X IN THE THIRD QUARTER, HERE’S ANOTHER HOWARD POSSESSION,
NORTON, GROUND BALL AND HE GETS THE GOAL.
8 MINUTES REMAINING, RINEHART, WITH HIS 6TH OF THE DAY.
THE MOST HE’S SCORED IN A PLAYOFF GAME DURING HIS TWO YEARS AT HOWARD.
HOWARD WINS THE REGION.
ERIK FOUST AND HIS DRAGONS DELIVER BACK-TO-BACK REGION XX TITLES FOR THE FIRST TIME IN PROGRAM
HISTORY.
DRAGONS WILL FACE HARFORD AGAIN ON SATURDAY, MAY 5TH IN THE OPENING ROUND OF THE NATIONAL
TOURNAMENT.
WITH A FINAL FOUR BERTH ON THE LINE.
MATT: COACH, BACK TO BACK REGION XX CHAMPIONSHIPS.
THE FIRST TIME MEN’S LACROSSE HAS EVER DONE THAT HERE AT HOWARD.
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS FOLLOWING THIS BIG WIN FOR THE PROGRAM?
ERIK: I’M JUST, I’M PROUD OF UHH MY PLAYERS, I’M PROUD OF MY COACHES.
YOU KNOW, WE’VE WORKED HARD TO GET HERE AND IT’S JUST, YOU KNOW, IT FEELS GOOD
MATT: SO, CORRECT ME IF I’M WRONG, BUT THIS SEEMED LIKE, IT WAS A BIG GAME FOR YOUR TEAM,
AND THEY LOOKED REALLY GOOD IN THE FIRST HALF.
DO YOU AGREE?
LIKE, THEY LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE PLAYING, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE BEST LACROSSE THEY’VE
PLAYED ALL YEAR.
ERIK: DEFINITELY.
I THINK WE PLAYED, I THINK THAT WAS EASILY OUR BEST HALF OF THE YEAR.
UMM, YOU KNOW, I, I CAN’T PUT IT ON ANY ONE THING.
WE’VE HAD ALMOST TWO WEEKS OFF AND THE GUYS WERE EXCITED TO PLAY.
MATT: SO WHAT’S YOUR MINDSET NOW HAVING, BECAUSE YOU’LL BE THE FOUR SEED, HARFORD
WILL BE THE FIVE SEED, YOU’LL HAVE TO PLAY HARFORD ON SATURDAY.
HOW DO YOU APPROACH THAT?
ERIK: THE SAME WAY WE APPROACHED THIS WEEK.
I DON’T THINK WE CHANGE REALLY MUCH.
YOU KNOW, WE OBVIOUSLY KNOW THEIR PERSONNEL, THEY KNOW OURS AND WE’RE JUST GONNA PLAY
SOME LACROSSE.
YOU KNOW, I DON’T THINK WE HAVE TO RE-INVENT THE WHEEL OR DO ANYTHING THAT DIFFERENT.
UMM, YOU KNOW WE JUST GOTTA MAKE SURE THAT WE’RE DISCIPLINED AND WE SHARE THE BALL
ON OFFENSE AND WE COMMUNICATE AND, AND YOU KNOW, MOVE WELL ON D.
MATT: SO WHY DO YOU THINK, YOU MENTIONED THE TIME OFF, LIKE, IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, HOW
THE GAME WENT, WHY DO YOU THINK TODAY WAS THE DAY THAT YOUR TEAM REALLY PLAYED ITS BEST
FIRST HALF?
ERIK: I THINK THEY WERE JUST EXCITED TO PLAY.
UMM, YOU KNOW, THEY WANTED TO GET THIS CHAMPIONSHIP.
HARFORD IS OBVIOUSLY A TEAM IN OUR REGION AND, AND YOU KNOW, IT’S A TEAM THAT WE WANT
TO BEAT, LAST TIME THEY PLAYED US HERE, IT WAS 10-8 AT THE HALF AND UHH YOU KNOW I THINK
THEY HAD A BAD TASTE IN THEIR MOUTH IN REGARDS TO THAT FIRST HALF THAT WE HAD, YOU KNOW,
THE INITIAL CONTEST, SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK A LOT OF IT GOES BACK TO THESE GUYS, YOU KNOW,
LOVE PLAYING WITH EACH OTHER AND IT’S UHH THE POSTSEASON AND YOU KNOW FOR SOME OF THESE
GUYS IT’S THE LAST TIME THEY’RE GONNA PLAY COLLEGE LACROSSE AND THEY JUST YOU KNOW
WANT TO PLAY TOGETHER AND PLAY FOR EACH OTHER AND, AND, AND YOU KNOW THEY WANTED TO BRING
ANOTHER CHAMPIONSHIP TO HCC.
MATT: REAL FAST COACH, LAST ONE, I KNOW THE PROGRAM GOAL ISN’T EVEN CHAMPIONSHIPS, IT’S
TO GET THESE PEOPLE PLAYING AT THE NEXT LEVEL WHERE THEY CAN CONTRIBUTE.
CAN YOU UPDATE US ABOUT THAT, ANY EXCITING NEWS ON THAT FRONT?
ERIK: YEAH, UHH JARRED THOMPSON’S LIKELY GONNA END UP PLAYING DIVISION ONE AT STONY
BROOK, YOU KNOW, IAN DECKER IS CONSIDERING WALKING ON AND TRYING OUT AT MARYLAND.
HE HAD A, A COUPLE OFFERS FROM OTHER DIVISION ONE SCHOOLS, BUT HE WANTS TO GO TO COLLEGE
PARK.
UMM, AND THEN THERE’S A NUMBER OF GUYS JUST THAT ARE GONNA GO D-1 OR D-2 OR D-3 AND NOBODY
I KNOW IS FULLY COMMITTED YET.
NATE LEISHER WHO GOT INJURED AND DIDN’T PLAY THIS SEASON, BUT WAS WITH THE TEAM HAS
COMMITTED TO MCDANIEL AND HE’S GONNA PLAY FOOTBALL AND LACROSSE UMM.
CHRIS RINEHART’S LOOKING AT ST.
MARY’S AND UMM YOU KNOW, THERE’S A LOT OF SCHOOLS CALLING AND REACHING OUT TO GUYS
AND SO I THINK SOME GUYS ARE JUST WAITING TILL THE END OF THE SEASON TO MAKE THEIR DECISION.
WE SHOULD HAVE A NICE GROUP OF GUYS THAT MOVE ON TO A FOUR-YEAR THAT’LL PLAY.
MATT: DAYTON, CONGRATS ON THE CHAMPIONSHIP.
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS FOLLOWING THIS BIG WIN?
DAYTON: TODAY WAS A GREAT DAY THIS WAS MY FIRST TIME BEING WITH THE TEAM BUT, IT WAS
A GREAT DAY TO COME OUT HERE AND PLAY WITH MY TEAM.
MATT: SO AFTER, HAVING A MUCH BETTER DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE COMPARED TO SOME OTHER BIG GAMES
THIS YEAR, WHAT DO YOU THINK WAS THE CAUSE FOR THE STRONG DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE FROM
THE UNIT?
DAYTON: WE’VE HAD SOME ROUGH GAMES THIS YEAR WITH OUR DEFENSE . UHH, I BELIEVE TODAY
WE JUST HUNKERED DOWN AND KNEW WHAT PLAYERS WE HAD TO GUARD TODAY.
SO, WE DID REALLY GOOD ON THAT.
MATT: SO, THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE TO NOW PLAY HARFORD NEXT WEEKEND TO ADVANCE TO THE FINAL
FOUR, WHAT’S YOUR MINDSET IN TERMS OF HAVING TO PLAY HARFORD THREE TIMES
DAYTON: YOU KNOW, IT’S A CHALLENGE TO PLAY A TEAM BACK TO BACK CAUSE YOU’RE GONNA KNOW
WHAT PLAYERS ARE WHO BUT WHEN WE COME BACK OUT NEXT WEEK, WE’RE GONNA KNOW WHAT THEY’RE
GONNA COME AT US WITH AND THEN UHH WE JUST GOTTA MAKE SURE TO COUNTER THAT AS WELL AS
POSSIBLE.
MATT: SO ARE YOU ENJOYING THIS MOMENT RIGHT NOW, REGION XX CHAMP?
DAYTON: OH YEAH, I’M ENJOYING THIS A LOT UMM IT’S A GREAT TIME TO BE OUT WITH MY
BOYS HERE AND PLAYING LACROSSE.
MATT: SO WHEN YOU CAME HERE TO HOWARD WAS THIS THE EXPECTATION FOR YOU ALL TO TAKE THIS
HOME?
DAYTON: YEAH, UMM I ALWAYS LOOK TO WIN EVERY TIME I, AND THE BOYS THEY ALL HAVE THE SAME
MINDSET AND IT WAS GREAT TO COME HERE AND HAVE EVERYONE HAVE THE SAME MINDSET OF WINNING
THE REGION.
MATT: TALK A LITTLE ABOUT YOUR ONE-ON-ONE MATCHUP WITH HARFORD, DOYLE I BELIEVE HIS
NAME WAS.
WHAT WAS YOUR MINDSET TO COME IN AND REALLY HAVE A FAVORABLE MATCHUP FOR HOWARD WITH YOU
ON HIM.
DAYTON: YEAH, I JUST WANT TO SAY I RESPECT THE KID COMPLETELY.
HE’S A GREAT KID ALL AROUND.
I’VE HAD CONVERSATIONS ON THE FIELD WITH HIM BOTH GAMES THAT WE PLAYED.
HE’S REALLY GOOD, HE HAS A FAST SHOT, VERY QUICK OFF WHEN HE DODGES AND ALL SO TODAY
WAS A LITTLE CHALLENGE CAUSE HE KNEW WHAT I WAS GONNA THROW AT HIM.
BUT I WAS PRETTY GOOD AT COUNTERING WHAT HE WAS GONNA THROW AT ME.
MATT: ONE THINK I KNOW COACH FOUST HAS ALWAYS STRESSED IS THE TEAM JUST TO BE SUCCESSFUL
HAS TO STAY TOGETHER AND YOU KNOW JUST EVERYBODY CARING ABOUT EACH OTHER ON AND OFF THE FIELD.
HOW DO YOU FEEL RIGHT NOW THE TEAM’S DOING WITH CARING ABOUT EACH OTHER AND STAYING TOGETHER?
DAYTON: YEP, SO UHH FOUST HAS BEEN PUSHING IT TO US, BEING TOGETHER AS ONE AND WE ALWAYS
BREAK THE HUDDLE WITH TOGETHER.
AND I FELT LIKE TODAY WE WERE ALL TOGETHER AND AS THE SEASON HAS GONE ON AND PROGRESSED
WE’VE ALL COME TOGETHER AS ONE AND DONE OUR BEST.
MATT: SO WHAT’ HOWARD LOOKING TO DO NEXT WEEKEND AND ANYTHING YOU WANT TO CHANGE OR
ARE YOU HAPPY WITH THE WAY THINGS ARE GOING RIGHT NOW?
DAYTON: I’M VERY HAPPY WITH HOW THINGS ARE GOING.
NEXT WEEK WE’RE STILL GONNA HAVE TO COME OUT AND WORK OUR HARDEST AND THEN YOU KNOW
OUR, OUR BIGGEST GOAL IS TO WIN NEXT WEEK AND THEN MOVE ON TO THE SEMIFINALS.
MATT: SO HAVING A GREAT DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCE TODAY, HOLDING HARFORD TO, YOU KNOW, BELOW
FIVE UNTIL THE LAST FEW MINUTES THERE, WHAT DOES THAT DO FOR THE WHOLE DEFENSE’S CONFIDENCE?
GETTING A BIG PERFORMANCE LIKE THAT.
DAYTON: YOU KNOW, HAVING NUMBER FIVE IN GOAL ALL THE TIME YOU KNOW THAT’S A BLESSING.
HE JUST, HE SAVES US SO MANY TIMES.
I KNOW TODAY HE’S HAD SO MANY ON THE CREASE SHOTS AND SO YOU KNOW HAVING HIM IN OUR GOAL
YOU KNOW SAVES US AND HE’S LIKE A CAPTAIN OUT THERE DIRECTING US WHAT TO DO.
SO HAVING HIM THERE MAKES OUR DEFENSE THE BEST.
MATT: CHRIS RINEHART, YOU’VE NOW WON BACK TO BACK REGION XX CHAMPIONSHIPS HERE AT HOWARD
AS ONE OF THE LEADERS ON THE TEAM.
JUST EXPRESS YOURSELF, WHAT DOES THIS DAY MEAN TO YOU?
CHRIS: IT’S AMAZING.
IT FEELS GREAT TO COME OUT HERE AND KEEP PLAYING.
I JUST WANT TO GET TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP AND WIN IT ALL.
THAT’S THE GOAL HERE.
SO BUT IT’S AWESOME.
GREAT FEELING
MATT: SO, ONE, I THINK, YOU SEEM TO GET FIRED UP DURING GAMES.
YOU KNOW, IT’S A GOOD THING, IT CAN BE A BAD THING.
HOW ARE YOU MANAGING WITH, IT SEEMS LIKE YOU’RE TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, KEEP YOUR FIRE UNDER
CONTROL A LITTLE BIT.
CHRIS: I MEAN, YEAH, SO I GET VERY EXCITED WHEN I SCORE AND I DO SOME CRAZY STUFF BUT
I MEAN, THAT’S ALLOWED BUT SOMETIMES I GET A, LIKE THE DOLPHIN DIVE I DID A COUPLE WEEKS
AGO, THAT WAS TOO MUCH, GOTTA CONTROL MYSELF, ESPECIALLY COMING IN THE PLAYOFFS AND ALL
OF THAT SO, YEAH.
BUT I GET EXCITED (LAUGHS)
MATT: I DIDN’T MEAN TO BE A DOWNER WITH THAT SECOND QUESTION THERE, SO, JUST, THIS,
WINNING BACK TO BACK TITLES, IT’S NEVER HAPPENED HERE AT HOWARD.
SO, BEING ONE OF THE KEY CONTRIBUTORS BOTH SEASONS, ALL-AMERICAN LAST YEAR, LIKELY TO
BE ALL-AMERICAN THIS YEAR, JUST, PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE, IS THAT WHAT YOU WERE EXPECTING
TO DO WHEN YOU CAME HERE?
CHRIS: HONESTLY, NO, I DIDN’T KNOW WHAT I WAS EXPECTING.
I DIDN’T EVEN KNOW IF I WAS GONNA START OR NOT.
CAME OUT HERE, GAVE IT MY ALL, GOT TO THE REGION, WON IT, I WAS LIKE “WOW, THIS IS
AWESOME” SO THAT WAS THE WHOLE MINDSET COMING BACK THIS YEAR WAS DO IT AGAIN.
AND JUST, KEEP PUSHING.
GET BETTER EVERY DAY.
MATT: COACH FOUST WAS TELLING US BEFORE THE SEASON EVEN STARTED, THAT YOU AND THE GROUP
OF RETURNERS COMING BACK JUST HAD A BAD TASTE IN YOUR MOUTH FROM LAST YEAR.
DO YOU AGREE?
CHRIS: YEAH, SO, FOR OUR FIRST GAME, NASSAU, I DIDN’T PLAY WELL, I WAS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT,
EVERYONE, THE TEAM WASN’T CLICKING AS MUCH, LAST YEAR THE TEAM CLICKED A LOT.
THIS YEAR, IT JUST WASN’T, WASN’T THERE YET, BUT YOU KNOW, WE PROGRESSED AND GOT TO
KNOW EACH OTHER BETTER AND WE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A TEAM, YOU CAN ONLY WIN AS A TEAM SO.
WE HAD TO PLAY AS A TEAM AND THAT’S WHAT WE DID. AND THAT’S WHAT WE KEEP DOING.
MATT: SO DAYTON WAS SAYING THAT HE FEELS THE TEAM’S STICKING TOGETHER THE WAY THEY’RE
SUPPOSED TO BE DO YOU AGREE?
CHRIS: YEAH, OH YEAH, 100-PERCENT.
AND, LIKE DAYTON SAID ABOUT TJ, I JUST WANT TO GIVE TJ A HUGE SHOUTOUT, HE PLAYED AMAZING
LIKE UNBELIEVABLE, COUPLE DOORSTEP STOPS, I DON’T EVEN KNOW HOW HE SAVED IT BUT THAT
WAS HUGE SO.
YEAH.
MATT: ONE THAT STOOD OUT I THOUGH, WAS THE BEGINNING OF THE GAME, WHEN HARFORD GOT THAT
FIRST POSSESSION, THAT SORT OF SET THE TONE FOR EVERYBODY, HOW DO YOU THINK YOU WERE ABLE
TO BUILD THAT 5-NOTHING START EARLY ON?
CHRIS: OH, THAT WAS ALL, WE COME OUT, SO HARFORD, WE KNEW WE GOTTA COME OUR FIRING ON THEM AND
THEY WOULD SHUT DOWN AND, I MEAN, THAT’S WHAT THEY DID AND THAT’S WHAT WE DID.
WE CAME OUT 5-NOTHING, THAT WAS AWESOME.
MATT: SO TALK ABOUT THE WHOLE TEAM’S CONFIDENCE, CAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE IN THE BIG GAMES, THEY
HAVEN’T REALLY GONE YOUR WAY YET THIS YEAR.
AND IN THE GAMES AGAINST LIKE HARFORD AND ANNE ARUNDEL, THEY WERE A LITTLE TIGHTER THAN
THEY WERE LAST YEAR, SO WHAT DOES THIS YOU KNOW, COMING OUT AND REALLY LOOKING GOOD TODAY,
WHAT DOES THIS DO FOR YOUR CONFIDENCE AND THE WHOLE TEAM?
CHRIS: OH YEAH, I THINK THIS JUST BRINGS OUR CONFIDENCE TO A WHOLE NEW LEVEL.
I MEAN, WE REALIZE AFTER TODAY LIKE, WE GOTTA PLAY AS A TEAM, AND JUST TRUST EACH OTHER.
TRUST IS A HUGE PART IN LACROSSE AND YOU JUST GOTTA JUST PLAY YOUR GAME SO
MATT: SO DO YOU FEEL LIKE, OR WAS THAT JUST SOMETHING THAT I SAW, DO YOU FEEL LIKE TODAY
WAS DIFFERENT WITH THE TEAM, LOOKING REALLY GOOD TODAY?
CHRIS: YEAH, IT WAS DIFFERENT.
LIKE I SAID, WE CAME OUT 5-NOTHING THAT WAS HUGE, EVERYTHING WAS CLICKING, LIKE, AND WE
CALMED DOWN ON THE FIELD, THERE WAS NO LIKE STUPID PENALTIES AND STUPID PLAYS.
WE WERE ALL JUST KNEW WHERE EVERYONE WAS SO YEAH.
MATT: SO, WAS THERE ANY DETAIL, YOU HAD A BIG GAME, A LOT OF GOALS TODAY, IS THERE ANY
DETAIL THAT STICKS OUT IN YOUR MIND THAT YOU KNOW, FIVE YEARS DOWN THE ROAD YOU’LL LOOK
BACK AND THINK ABOUT WITH THIS DAY?
CHRIS: OH YEAH, HUNDRED PERCENT.
I WILL.
AND I JUST WANT TO GET TO THAT CHAMPIONSHIP NOW SO I CAN THINK ABOUT THAT (LAUGHS)
MATT: SO, I WANNA TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE WHOLE REF DYNAMIC, WITH THE TEAM,
I KNOW, I KNOW THE TEAM’S FRUSTRATED AT TIMES IN THE LAST YEAR, BUT IT SEEMS IT’S
GOTTEN A LITTLE BETTER.
CHRIS: YEAH, WE GET FRUSTRATED AT THE REFS BUT WE CAN’T CONTROL THEM SO WE GOTTA LET
THAT GO, AND WE’VE BEEN, WE’VE BEEN SAYING THAT BUT, YOU KNOW, IT’S A GAME, IT GETS
TO YA.
BUT, WE GOTTA LET THAT EVERYTHING GO I MEAN, YOU CAN’T ARGUE WITH THE REFS.
IT COMES DOWN TO THAT.