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Firebirds were a very, very good team. I think the...

2009-03-24T14:43:00.000-07:00

Firebirds were a very, very good team. I think the final season was a bit of a disappointment given the talent on the team. On the other hand, the players involved all had different ideas about what the team meant to them - Greg Howes was using it as a 'place-holder' against the next level. Spells disaster when the first play-off loss happens, because now some people are playing for pride, and

Thanks for commenting. As a member of the Firebird...

2009-03-01T08:39:00.000-08:00

Thanks for commenting. As a member of the Firebirds team were you happy with the team's success given the level of discipline or disappointed based on the incredible talent the team had?

I played on the team. I look back at that season a...

2009-03-01T05:27:00.000-08:00

I played on the team. I look back at that season and we did pretty good for practicing once a week with less than half the team showing up for practices.

And for the lack of excitement I must say that we scored a bunch of goals during the season. Should we have kept some of the games closer to create more nail-biting at the end of the games?

What I know is this: You don't want to go into you...

2009-02-24T09:01:00.000-08:00

What I know is this: You don't want to go into your biggest games of the season without your regular defensive line-up. If the Firebirds had to use a make-shift defensive line for their final two games of the season, it is no wonder they shipped more goals than usual.

Eric Wooten (OSU, 1996) was one of Corvallis' best...

2009-01-05T16:24:00.000-08:00

Eric Wooten (OSU, 1996) was one of Corvallis' best unknown soccer players. Too bad he's kicking pumpkins instead of soccer balls.

There are some very exciting players in the team photo. There might be a few overrated players there too...

Would have been different in Spokane if Eric Woote...

2009-01-02T13:19:00.000-08:00

Would have been different in Spokane if Eric Wooten would have shown up. He was a rock in the defensive line that would have helped a great deal.
I'm not sure what Anonymous was saying about having more and exciting players. Greg Howes, Joey Leonetti, JP Capodano, and Scott Tedder scored so many goals in 1999 -- they still haven't broken their single season scoring records. What is more

Kinda cool to run your mouth about the team that b...

2008-03-22T12:24:00.000-07:00

Kinda cool to run your mouth about the team that beat all comers in the Western United States, isn't it? Thank goodness for the internet and the blog option 'Anonymous'. I guess you were cut? Waaannnnhhhh!

I see a couple of US National quality players (Leonetti, Winters), some professionals (Kavanaugh, Howes (rookie of the year, player of the year, leading scorer NPSL), Cronkrite),

The coolest thing about the Firebirds for me was t...

2008-03-15T12:00:00.000-07:00

The coolest thing about the Firebirds for me was that they were primarily composed of local high school and university talent. You gotta love that, even if you didn't like their play.

you gotta have more exciting and creative players....

2008-03-15T00:44:00.000-07:00

you gotta have more exciting and creative players.

all I see in that photo are old crescent valley rejects and a few over rated OSU players.

I wonder what kinda turn out you would get if a te...

2008-02-13T21:43:00.000-08:00

I wonder what kinda turn out you would get if a team like this was brought back to C-town..... lots of potential in our area that aren't involved with schools!
Joel