OK—one more time—"hot" for me is not as negative thing! The two teams I pulled for that both won state cups were HOT Sunday. And individual players were hot.

As I stated above, I do not use that term as a negative. I will say that on Sat U17B Lexington was playing with fire and pace; I was pulled to watching that match because a team was hot.

I hate the focus has been on the "hot" comments because I am more interested in SC looking beyond single matches and to sustained quality. I believe shooting ONLY for state cup is asking too little of our soccer in SC. BUT winning state cup is great!

"Hot" (defined): In sports, a player or team that successfully combines talent and passion in a sporting moment that raises the level of results. And often inspires other athletes and the fans.

Last edited by purpleandyellow; 12/11/06 06:05 PM.

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