The first half was us putting pressure on them. They were committed on defense, though. In the second half they opened up, which allowed our ball work to get through and get shots on goal.

Our defense is what really got us going. When we get stops, we were able to execute on offense. That's how you build leads. Milan has been working like that all year and it was nice to see it pay off.

Their defense really frustrated us a lot of times, and they were really active. It's very uncharacteristic of him to act like that and it's something I don't condone, and he knows it as well as I do, and he'll pay for it tomorrow at practice. That's a credit to their defense, because they really had us frustrated.

That's their greatness - they're a quality side that can put a ball on where it needs to go. We knew about it, but we got ourselves turned around and then we never recovered.

There's only so much you can do. Valley's easily got a couple all-state players. Those guys are going to play Division I soccer and to face that kind of precision as a keeper is tough.

I haven't really got a good look at some of those guys except for practice when they're going against the starting squad. I feel a lot better now after what I saw tonight. I think those guys off the bench can handle pressure and step in if we need them too.