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See looks more at the changing demographics in and around Richfield and the diversity that shows in the Holy Angels student body as a whole, not just the soccer programs.
“Our demographic, as someone who grew up in Richfield, has changed significantly in the last 20 years,” he said. “That certainly has been a positive, especially in the world’s game of soccer. You see it more in the boys program than you do in the girls program. For us, we love the change in demographic that we have. There is maybe less club affiliation and more of that innate, intrinsic desire to play. That in itself teaches a completely different style. That flavor comes into our program, and we’ve only benefited in the last two or three years. Even our teams in 2017 didn’t have that.”
The Stars don’t have a feeder program to develop players a certain way, but both coaches keep three-year plans in mind.
“We don’t want to do that whole rebuild. We always have succession planning in mind,” See said. “That is in tune with how we run our program. We do treat the varsity and [junior varsity] as a group of 30-plus. Those kids get to get in and see our scouts. They see our video analysis. They see our GPS unit data and how we leverage that to perform at a high level. They get exposed to all of it.
“We as a program have not fallen off. We pride ourselves on not taking the dips and the peaks and valleys. If we can stay level, awesome. Will we win the state title every year? Absolutely not. But at the same time, if we can be in the conversation and at that table, that’s what we pride ourselves on.”
Success drives more success.
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