We are preparing for the joint team, which is going much further than just two teams parading together.

All the injuries that we went through, not too many teams could stay together the way we did. Our team could have easily fell apart but Coach Sherman kept a positive attitude. We stayed together through thick and thin. It was rough. We're watching players go down one after another but we continued to battle.

The team is coming together now. We showed how far we have come against Lyon.

Unless something unforeseen happens, they are going to make it if they keep up this pace.

They gave standing ovations to every single athlete.

You have to know what's happening in the locker rooms, you have to know what's happening at the grass-roots level. That's the best way to work.