1-0 Has A Nice Ring To It

The humidity soared, but the rain held off, allowing our full squad to see minutes during a 7-0 rout of a depleted Cougars squad.

The Foresters scored early and often in the first half and spent the second working more on possession and ball movement. All in all a pretty successful way to begin the 2010 season.

Full recap and boxscore are available here

Game Day, part I

After a short but intense and fun practice yesterday, your Lake Forest Foresters are ready to protect their home field against the visiting Concordia College of Chicago Cougars.

No webcast available for this non-conference game, but positive thoughts and energy sent our way are always greatly appreciated. Results will be available on Twitter and the Athletics website following the game.

Preseason Ends, Is Autumn beginning?

The temperature after sunrise this morning in Chicago was 57 degrees. It is beginning to feel a whole lot like September, meaning that summer may be in our rear-view mirror. So as our players head to their first classes of the year this morning, I'm guessing few of them are wearing shorts and tee-shirts and more are leaning towards long-sleeves and jeans.

The switch to a "normal" college schedule, with classes and without freshman orientation, means that we are in our "normal" practice schedule. You'll see us out on Wasylik field between 4:30-6:30 most days. This Saturday we will hold our annual Red/Black intrasquad scrimmage on the Farwell Field turf in anticipation of Wednesday's season opener...Whew. I just got nervous.

2010 Season Is Underway

The first three-a-day and two-a-day practices are over. The first scrimmage is under our belts. The soreness is ever-present but the blisters are fading. The freshmen are meeting their roommates and dormmates and classmates and the upperclassmen are eagerly anticipating the arrival of their friends. In other words, another season has begun.

We are loving the new Sports and Recreation Center, getting to know our new Athletic Trainer, and getting used to the fact that our conference peers expect us to contend for the Championship this season.

Our full and official roster will soon be posted on the Forester Athletics website.

In the meantime, we will be busily preparing for our first game on September 1 vs. Concordia College of Chicago.

Mira Trebilcock, this one's for you

Happy Canada Day!

From The Mitten (Michigan) to The Boot (Italy)

Incoming senior and team captain Christine Sorensen (AKA Sea Sore) has spent the past semester in Rome, where she just finished up her finals. She sends us a message and a few photos.

Ciao from Roma!

I cannot believe my time abroad is almost over. It has been one of the most wonderful experiences of my life. I've been able to travel around Europe too which has added to the experience. Everyday on my walk to school I pass ruins, Piazza Navona and St. Peters Basilica. Everywhere I go in Rome there is tons of history and also tons of people. The Roman people are a special breed which has taken time to get used to, but I know when I leave I will miss them. For instance, on my run the other day I saw a man walking around in regular man clothes, but with high heels on. He rocked them.

The Roman people also make intense soccer fans. Rome won against Lazio (it is kind of like a White Sox vs. Cubs game) and EVERYONE in Rome went wild. Wild is an understatement actually. The streets were not silent until 1 am. People were waving flags on their Vespas, out their car windows etc. It was madness. I did go to a Roma soccer match. It was the coolest thing to experience. A lot of that had to do with the fact that David Beckham played and he took off his shirt. ;)


Rome has been great, but I am looking forward to my return and to a wonderful season coming up!

Arrivederci,
Sea Sore

Greece, part II

From Webby:

Cliff diving has happened multiple times.

Hostels are okay at best--I have 45 bug bites from our last one which is not ideal..We also are not allowed to flush toilet paper down most of the toilets in them, so that's fun.



Coolest thing I've done is play pick up soccer against cocky Bulgarian guys who thought they were gonna own us and then when we started playing and BEAT them they shut up, it was legit.

Nafplion and Mykonos have been our favorite places I'd say and we've done some pretty sick hikes to see some cool views/sunsets. I attached a couple of pictures. The first is from Nafplion and the second is from the island of Delos which is right off of Mykanos. Third is our view from our hotel:Paradise Beach.

Foresters, The Greece Contingent

Four of our players are in Greece this quarter, touring the country and learning about Greek culture, politics, and history along with 20 other Lake Forest students and professors.

Above is a photo of a couple of them cliff-diving. Below is a short summary of what they have been up to. (Since they wrote it to their coaches it's heavy on the "we have been working out, promise!" type stuff.)

From C.C.:

All is well over here in Greece! I'm working on postcards right now in the lounge of our hostel, about to go on a jog around the Acropolis. Yes, really.

Us soccer girls have been really busy in Greece: we just got back from a 2-day stay in Olympus (Webs and I received the silver and bronze medals in the sprint competition at the site of the first Hellenic games in 776 B.C.E...Joc and BZ were unable to compete due to illness but had they participated the races would have been much closer) and now we have a few days in Athens before we head off to Mykonos for about 4 days. The weather has been wonderful here so we've all been working out quite a bit, relaxing on the beach, and enjoying the fine Greek cuisine--Webs and I tried snails while we stayed on Crete!--but nothing can keep us away from a good ol' Starbucks fix once in a while. Don't fret though, as it is not all fun and games: we have been on-site at sanctuaries, temples, palaces, and have visited a plethora of museums during our stay here.


From Jocelyn:

Tonight, I played soccer with some locals with Emily and Devin (CC was doing laundry, and BZ has been sick). Didn't realize the plan was to jog over to a field to play, so I went in khacki shorts, a fleece, and a regular bra. I looked as ridiculous as the people who ski in jeans, but we won a game and kept up fairly well.

From Webby:

Look at us reppin our LFC soccer gear!






More updates on spring practice and off-campus players to follow! Happy Spring everyone.

Spring Has Sprung!

The Forester Soccer Blog has been quiet lately but the players have been hard at work: in the classroom, in the weight room, on the basketball court, the handball court, and on the (hockey) ice. But the always-indoors time of year in the Midwest has come to a close--it's 70 degrees in Chicago today, so blog and outdoors activity will be picking up quickly.

And now that Spring Break is over, and the end of the semester and the academic year are in sight, the real work begins.

Our Conference recently approved a spring season, so for the next few weeks the Foresters will be out practicing twice a week--getting a chance to officially run around in the sun with their teammates. More on this to come...

Four of our number (Jocelyn, BZ, CC, and Webby) are in Greece for a couple months with an off-campus program. Hopefully we will have a blog update from them in the coming weeks.

So come back soon!

#3 Emily Sadler, '10

How'd you end up at LFC? Long story. I came to the Chicago area for a Leadership Convention I was chosen to participate in the summer going into my senior year of high school. When I came to the city I fell in love with it and wanted to look into schools in the area. I had never really been dead set on a certain college or university growing up so my options were open. I looked into colleeges in the the area and happened to stumble upon Lake Forest. I got more information, had a great admissions director, saw theat there was a good chance I could play soccer here too, which was a great opportunity to meet people coming from so far away. I only applied to one school in Illinois and that was Lake Forest. The rest I applieed to were back in my home state of Washington. After getting into several back home as well as LFC, I decided to go for it, take the risk and see how I like it. I've never regretted my deicison to come here.

Best soccer memory? Beating Grinnell my sophomore year and scoring the game-winning goal. Such an overeall good team feeling.

Nickname? How'd you get it? My nicknname is E-Money. Now I'm not exactly sure how I got this name, you'd have to ask T.R. "Em" was too ordinary, "Sadler" was overused, so "E-Money" naturally follows that succession.

Team you most like to play? Least like to play? Most like to beat? For me, Grinnell has always been a team that was a love/hate relationsjip. I love to play them and love to beat them, but hate playing them all at the same time. If I had to choose another one I'd say St. Norbert is up there too. It's a team you love to beat. I don't really have a team I least like to play, other than maybe Beloit or Monmouth, because those games always end up being too close for comfort. We always end up winning because they're must win, but they're usually not the prettiest games, which probably contributes to why I least like to play there.

Favorite practice drill or game: Thunderdome or any fun shooting drill or something that is competitive and upbeat

Words of wisdom for Freshmen or recruits: If you're looking to play soccer at a competitive level, for a fun and hard-working group of girls, while going to a school that gives you so many options for academics and involvement, Lake Forest is probably your best option. The City of Chicago is a train ride away and has endless opportunities within it. make sure you can choose a school that's right for you? Have fun and enjoy the four years while you can because they go by faster than you can imagine. Soccer was such a great addition to my Lake Forest experience and gave me four very memorable seasons. It was a great way to make lifelong friend and compete as a team to succeed on the field.

Favorite class or Professor: I'm an English and Communications major so all of my classes involve a lot of reading and writing...but overall favorite classes have been Post-Modernism, Rhetoric of Humor and Visual Communications. Favorite Prof is probably eithere Prof. Schneidereman in the English dept and Prof. Park or Prof. Benacka in the Communications Dept. It's a toos up. I can't pick favorites.

Other organiziations, activities, etc...you are involved in: Senior Steering Committee. Leadership Scholar.




Favorite teammate? Why? Speaking of not picking favorites...This is going to be cheesy, but I've really enjoyed the past four years with my fellow seniors, Jocelyn and Monica. They've always worked hard and have been supportive of me throughout the years and I'm so happy that we finished up our soccer careers together and had a great four years on the field togther.

Regrets? None that I can think of, I only wish I had more time on the team after having such a great culminating season with the girls this year. We worked hard on the field and had a great teeam relationship off the field. Leaving the field after our tough loss against St. Norbert was a sad moment, but I know that next year will be a great year for the team and I can only hope that we can take it to SNC next year and make it to the NCAA tourney. Good luck ladies!