Trinity Boys Soccer

Wishing our Trinity Family and Friends a Very Merry Christmas!

Today #Browns QB Deshaun Watson hosted around 300 kids from several local organizations and groups to celebrate the holidays with his inaugural Christmas Around the World event in Cleveland. Kids got to taste globally inspired food, play games, dance and take home gifts.

@fasc1nate Near Tam Ky in 1966

Insane traps used during the Vietnam War

@MichaelHirnPBP @OHADNewsHS Why?

So the OHSAA is considering adding more divisions in the following sports: girls volleyball, girls and boys soccer, girls and boys basketball, softball and baseball. This should be interesting, buckle up.

Huge congratulations to Grant Keilin (11) on becoming the 1st Beachwood Soccer player ever to earn All American honors. He is one of 80 boys soccer players in the USA to earn this honor. This is the highest individual honor a HS player can achieve. connect.unitedsoccercoaches.org/webmail/791853…

OHSAA thank you for providing passes to tournament games for head coaches and for increasing the number of players being able to dress for tournament games from 22 to 25!

Happy Birthday, Marines!

Congratulations to Trinity’s Azaan Johnson for participating in yesterday’s CVC’s All-Star soccer game. Azaan: “Now this was fun! It was also more fun to play WITH these guys and not against them!”

My prep column this week It felt appropriate, with what has been going on at Euclid this fall, to defend one of our proudest NH area HS sports communities The actions and behavior of a few should never outweigh the quest for the greater good by the whole news-herald.com/2023/10/24/euc…

Congratulations Jonathan Rosa, an October 12th CVC Player-of-the-Week!

60 years ago. Before NIL deals & sponsorships, one college football star: Won the Heisman Trophy, then served in Vietnam, then won 2 Super Bowls as a QB, made 2 HOFs, started a company & sold it for $600+ million. And it almost didn't happen. This is the story of how one decision turned a Cincinnati kid into an NFL & business icon: 1/ Spring. 1958. A HS football coach in Cincinnati wants to revamp his team. He's got players but not a leader. He surveys his roster. He needs a new QB. His eyes settle on one name. A tall, athletic junior who had never played quarterback in his life: Roger Staubach 2/ Young Staubach is confused about the change. He asks why they want him to be quarterback. "Because the other guys listen to you," the coach says. "That conversation changed my life," Staubach says now. "If they hadn't seen me in that role, you wouldn't be talking to me." 3/ Staubach goes full bore all summer. Kills himself during two-a-days to win the starting job as a senior. Loves running the huddle. Leading his peers. Feels natural. He graduates and plays QB for one year at the New Mexico Military Institute... 4/ In 1961 Staubach enters the Naval Academy. He sits as a freshman. Early in his sophomore year the Midshipmen's offense is sputtering. Flat. Lifeless. Staubach gets his shot. He leads Navy to 6 TDs and a 41-0 victory over Cornell. The job is his... 5/ Junior year. Staubach is 21 and becomes a household name. He leads Navy to a 9-1 regular season record. Plays for a National Championship. Wins the Heisman Trophy. Gets the cover of Time Magazine when that was a life-changing honor... 6/ After an injury-filled senior year, Staubach is drafted by the Cowboys. "I know I sound corny but there is no way in the world I was going to break my commitment to the Navy," Staubach says. "They could have offered me a billion dollars." The NFL is on hold. For 4 years. 7/ Instead of commanding Dallas' offense for Tom Landry, Staubach is in charge of several dozen enlisted men in Vietnam. He's a Supply Corp officer. Practices leadership daily. "There's a way to do things in life," he says. "And there's power in setting a good example." 8/ Staubach quarterbacks a few squads in the service to keep up his skills. He spends a year in Chu Lai... He has the Cowboys playbook and uses his military leave to practice with the team. In 1969, he officially joins the Cowboys as a 27-year-old rookie. He earns the starting spot in his second season. 9/ 1972. This is the year it all happens for Staubach. A 10-game winning streak. A Super Bowl victory against the Dolphins. Super Bowl VI MVP. "Captain America" becomes the face of the NFL... 10/ Roger Staubach goes on to play in 4 Super Bowls. He wins 2 and loses 2, both to the Steelers. He's a 6x Pro Bowler. A member of the 1970s All-Decade Team. But quarterbacks (even stars) in that era didn't make big money. Far from it... 11/ By the end of his career in the late 70s, Staubach has 3 kids and is thinking about his post-football life. He'd been working in real estate in the off-season for the esteemed Henry S. Miller company, preparing for this moment. He launches The Staubach Company... The Staubach Company starts off strong. A few office buildings. Regional tenants. But Roger thinks bigger. He starts working with major corporate clients. Residential development. Apartment complexes... Quarterbacks his business. For 31 years the Staubach Company grows. Roger works with Jerry Jones. Ross Perot. All the iconic Dallas magnates. Then, in 2008, he sells the company for a whopping $600+ million. He becomes the wealthiest retired NFL player. All because a HS coach moved him to QB. If you enjoyed this column, please share it and follow me @Jon_Finkel for more like it. And don't forget to join my Books & Biceps newsletter in my bio for updates on my Macho Man biography.

Thanks to CSA Soccer and the Chagrin Falls Booster Club for the new soccer record board at Harris Stadium. @falls_club

Congratulations Damian, a CVC Player of the Week!

Men’s High School Soccer Trinity HS v Cardinal HS 4:1 (3:1) Goals (Assists) J. Rosa (UA) L. Hamilton (Winning Goal) (D. Warnock) D. Warnock (N. Nevels) J. Rosa (N. Nevels) Keeper (Saves) M. Lewis (5) Congratulations!

Congratulations to the following Trinity players for being included among the stat leaders: Damian Warnock, #10 in scoring with 11 goals, Jonathan Rosa, #8 in assists with 8 assists, Markaio Lewis, #5 in saves with 69. chagrinvalleyconference.com/cvc-boys-socce…

Men’s HS Soccer Trinity v Clearview 4:3 (4:3) - An exciting game, too exciting for the coaches. Scoring: Goals (Assists) D. Warnock (A. Johnson) D. Warnock (J. Rosa) D. Warnock (UA) D. Warnock (J. Rosa) Saves: M. Lewis (4) Go Trojans, beat Brooklyn this afternoon!

@TrinityHSSports @CVC_Athletics @TrinityHS The Goals (Assists) v Martin DePorres: L. Hamilton (UA), A. Johnson (D. Warnock), A. Johnson (D. Warnock), J. Rosa (UA), D. Warnock (A. Johnson), S. Boyd (J. Rosa), T. Jones (UA), K. Washington (J. Gibson) Keeper, M. Lewis had one save.

Nice win tonight by our @TrinitySoccer5 8-0! Senior Azaan Johnson lead the way with two goals. Other goals by Lucciani Hamilton, Jonathan Rosa, Damian Warnock, Serenity Boyd, Tre’Sean Jones & Kimora. @CVC_Athletics @TrinityHS

Men’s High School Soccer Trinity at The Lawrence School 6:3 (4:1) Trinity Goals: Johnson (2), Warnock, DeJesus, Rosa, Washington Assists: Rosa (3), Warnock, Johnson Saves: Lewis (4)

@CLillstrungNH I still check the OSSCA website to view local daily game schedules. The problem is that the information is incomplete as many soccer coaches have stopped submitting their schedules.

I don't mind saying - & yes, it's in part I'm cranky because I don't feel well 😅 But it's 9/9, & I've already had it with this Dragonfly schedule interface not being used well/at all Rhetorical, but is an accurate schedule site everyone uses well THAT much to ask in Ohio?! 😡