San Diego FC held its first official full-team training session at its new training facility in El Cajon.
San Diego FC’s new training facility — the first professional soccer entity built on tribal lands — still has a few construction projects going on. But, the five training fields and soccer performance areas are all ready to go, and the folks who get to use them every day are more than a bit impressed.
Monday was the first time the majority of the roster, which is still not entirely complete as a few final pieces fall into place, was together on a soccer pitch. Head coach Mikey Varas has to install an entire system in a short time. His philosophy?“Keeping things simple,” says Varas. “We're going to be focusing on the basics, not trying to rush things, taking things step by step, getting them to talk, putting them in positions where they're just interacting at a casual level.
“For us, it was really important to find that balance, not only in the in the position groups but also the whole team,” Heaps said. “Because, you mentioned it, we're building a culture from scratch. We need to make sure that we have people in good moods and confident to go enjoy themselves because that's also what the sport is about.”While an organization can try to preach chemistry, ultimately, the vibe of a team falls on the personalities of the people in the locker room.
If the talent and the personality both click, the expectations for this expansion team have been set very, very high.
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