{"id":57,"date":"2023-04-03T18:19:58","date_gmt":"2023-04-03T18:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2023\/vleo\/?page_id=57"},"modified":"2023-05-08T16:59:59","modified_gmt":"2023-05-08T16:59:59","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2023\/vleo\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"57\" class=\"elementor elementor-57\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8739ea5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8739ea5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-865a120\" data-id=\"865a120\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c6301fc elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c6301fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1704\" src=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2023\/vleo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/menssoccer_vincentleo_e-headerimg-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-464\" alt=\"The real goal: Lessons in resilience on the soccer field By participating in club sports, these athletes have found something greater than just winning a match. By: Vincent Leo\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2023\/vleo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/menssoccer_vincentleo_e-headerimg-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2023\/vleo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/menssoccer_vincentleo_e-headerimg-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2023\/vleo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/menssoccer_vincentleo_e-headerimg-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2023\/vleo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/menssoccer_vincentleo_e-headerimg-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2023\/vleo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/menssoccer_vincentleo_e-headerimg-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2023\/vleo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/menssoccer_vincentleo_e-headerimg-2048x1363.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3c0034e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3c0034e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-af3e2d1\" data-id=\"af3e2d1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be41a32 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"be41a32\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Montserrat,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Down one goal to UCSD, the situation seemed bleak for the USC men\u2019s soccer team, but victory remained within their grasp.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><b id=\"docs-internal-guid-7538c26d-7fff-d16b-828e-6622098b9087\" style=\"font-weight: normal;\">\u00a0<\/b><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Montserrat,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Stuart Young was leading the USC team for a final push in the last few minutes of the match. Could he tie up the score? Young went in for a defensive tackle to clear the ball out, but his opponent came in late, straight on Young\u2019s ankle \u2014 and snap. The crunch left his foot at a 90 degree angle.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><b style=\"font-weight: normal;\">\u00a0<\/b><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Montserrat,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Young was quickly stretchered off and taken to the hospital, and USC fell short. Through the pain on the field, Young half-joked that he might not be able to play at next week\u2019s game.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><b style=\"font-weight: normal;\">\u00a0<\/b><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Montserrat,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">In the weeks that followed, reality set in: The team lost its leader and lacked motivation.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><b style=\"font-weight: normal;\">\u00a0<\/b><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Montserrat,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Young\u2019s injury seemed to be the end for the USC men\u2019s soccer team in 2017. They had no one at the helm and the players were going nowhere.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><b style=\"font-weight: normal;\">\u00a0<\/b><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Montserrat,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Most student athletes face such reality at various points in their brief athletic careers. Just 7% of high school athletes go on to play varsity in college, and a mere 2% make it into the highest level university sports, a Division I school, according to <\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/scholarshipstats.com\/\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Montserrat,sans-serif; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Scholarship Stats.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Montserrat,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Out of all men\u2019s soccer players, 99.93% do not make it to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/scholarshipstats.com\/pro-odds\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">pros<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">. With so much failure, an athlete\u2019s success must be redefined.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-adaa642 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"adaa642\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5584f90\" data-id=\"5584f90\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8c6809 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b8c6809\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Montserrat,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Perseverance yields success<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-17aafbd5-7fff-05d2-11ee-1e3c10cdd08f\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Montserrat,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Mario Jauregui Jr. rolls a stack of boxes 7-feet tall on his skateboard into an elevator at his off-campus apartment. After a few slow twists and turns, he maneuvers the boxes through the halls. He opens his apartment door and dumps them on the floor, immediately pulling out his keys to slice through the boxes\u2019 protective tape.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-08849a9 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"08849a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2023\/vleo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/menssoccer_vincentleo_e-1-1024x681.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-197\" alt=\"A man opens a box to reveal jerseys.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2023\/vleo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/menssoccer_vincentleo_e-1-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2023\/vleo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/menssoccer_vincentleo_e-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2023\/vleo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/menssoccer_vincentleo_e-1-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2023\/vleo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/menssoccer_vincentleo_e-1-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2023\/vleo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/menssoccer_vincentleo_e-1-2048x1363.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be085a5 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"be085a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\" role=\"presentation\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-e133720c-7fff-8805-e074-3edb642550d4\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Jauregui Jr. reveals the new set of gear for the upcoming season.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef3cb0e elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ef3cb0e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Montserrat,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">\u201cThat\u2019s so sick,\u201d he says in awe.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><b id=\"docs-internal-guid-39ed66c5-7fff-42da-356a-064812bfe537\" style=\"font-weight: normal;\">\u00a0<\/b><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Montserrat,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">The work Jauregui Jr. put in is finally paying off. After he and Nate Brody became co-presidents of the USC men\u2019s soccer team in 2022, they quickly realized it wasn\u2019t going to be an easy task. A year earlier, the team attempted to restore their winning identity and culture after players had been sent home during the COVID-19 lockdowns. They didn\u2019t come back for two years.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><b style=\"font-weight: normal;\">\u00a0<\/b><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Montserrat,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">The previous presidents were leading a team with new players making two-thirds of it. Jauregui Jr. and Brody were among these new recruits, listening and watching as the team sought to build chemistry.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><b style=\"font-weight: normal;\">\u00a0<\/b><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Montserrat,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">There were other issues though. Without the knowledge of senior members who left during the pandemic, university funding for the club decreased drastically. For the past two years, the presidents did not know the club only receives more money if they spend what they get from the university, Jauregui Jr. said.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><b style=\"font-weight: normal;\">\u00a0<\/b><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Montserrat,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">The team has resorted to charging their members around $400 to cover everything from jerseys to travel costs. However, they ran low on cash last semester and couldn\u2019t make ends meet. Luckily, their coaches were there to lend a hand.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><b style=\"font-weight: normal;\">\u00a0<\/b><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Montserrat,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">\u201cWe went to Texas last semester for the nationals and we weren\u2019t able to fully cover everything. Transportation was roughly two grand that we didn\u2019t have and our coaches covered it for us so we\u2019re still in the process of paying that back,\u201d Jauregui Jr. said.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><b style=\"font-weight: normal;\">\u00a0<\/b><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Montserrat,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Back at home, they also have to deal with another challenge: Practice times and facilities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\">\u00a0<\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Montserrat,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Although they were saved from last semester\u2019s 10 p.m. to midnight practice slot, this spring\u2019s 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. slot is still difficult on players and coaches after a long day. Even worse is that Allyson Felix Field, where practices and games take place, isn\u2019t even a full length soccer field. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96d9041 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"96d9041\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2023\/vleo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/menssoccer_vincentleo_e-5-1024x681.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-202\" alt=\"A man gives a sealed jersey to another man on a track.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2023\/vleo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/menssoccer_vincentleo_e-5-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2023\/vleo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/menssoccer_vincentleo_e-5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2023\/vleo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/menssoccer_vincentleo_e-5-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2023\/vleo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/menssoccer_vincentleo_e-5-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2023\/vleo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/menssoccer_vincentleo_e-5-2048x1363.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d8c73a elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7d8c73a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;\" role=\"presentation\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-96e530b8-7fff-6e9e-c84c-32f775867611\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">After practice, Jauregui Jr. hands out the gear to his players.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be3de53 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"be3de53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Montserrat,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Even with the lack of resources, Jauregi Jr. maintains a grateful attitude about his time as president.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><b id=\"docs-internal-guid-b99552f7-7fff-6f9a-9c77-bd0e0da77517\" style=\"font-weight: normal;\">\u00a0<\/b><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Montserrat,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">\u201cIt\u2019s taught me a lot and helped me to grow as a person to just be appreciative of everything I do have and not be envious of the things I don\u2019t have,\u201d Jauregui Jr. said.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><b style=\"font-weight: normal;\">\u00a0<\/b><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Montserrat,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Brody said that he\u2019s learned a lot more about leadership and creating a team that can push forward through adversity.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\">\u00a0<\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Montserrat,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">\u201cI can\u2019t tell you how many times last fall, this spring, we\u2019ve scored game winners in the 80th minute and beyond. Other teams are breaking down and we\u2019re still able to keep going. It\u2019s things like that where in the moment, it sucks, but you\u2019re doing it all for this purpose,\u201d Brody said.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-66204b7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"66204b7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-48195de\" data-id=\"48195de\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c98344 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4c98344\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Montserrat,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Repaying a favor<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><b id=\"docs-internal-guid-ac39aff7-7fff-a2d8-74bb-bfef1fb3fb3b\" style=\"font-weight: normal;\">\u00a0<\/b><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Montserrat,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">In 2017, the USC men\u2019s soccer team was stuck in a coaching carousel \u2014 five coaches had rotated in and out the last four years. Morale was low and players had trouble motivating each other to get the team into shape.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><b style=\"font-weight: normal;\">\u00a0<\/b><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Montserrat,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">That\u2019s when Adam Maier realized something needed to change. Having played from 2010 through 2014 as an undergrad, he knew the team had potential, but didn\u2019t run like it used to and decided to join the players again, this time as a coach.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><b style=\"font-weight: normal;\">\u00a0<\/b><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Montserrat,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">\u201cThe guys were self-coaching sometimes and that&#8217;s where the program started to dip a little bit.\u201d Maier said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><b style=\"font-weight: normal;\">\u00a0<\/b><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Montserrat,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Since then, Maier has overseen the men\u2019s team for seven years, eventually taking a backseat to let Nick Leach take over as head coach last fall. Leach also played on the team during the same years as Maier, both serving as presidents in their junior and senior years.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><b style=\"font-weight: normal;\">\u00a0<\/b><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Montserrat,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Even though it was a tough decision to step down, Maier knew that having a former teammate like Leach run the show was the necessary step.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><b style=\"font-weight: normal;\">\u00a0<\/b><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Montserrat,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">\u201cIt\u2019s like we\u2019ve been in the trenches together. And we know that at the end of the day, we both just want what\u2019s best for this team,\u201d Leach said.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><b style=\"font-weight: normal;\">\u00a0<\/b><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Montserrat,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Their down-to-earth attitude and approachable personalities have led to a strong bond between the coaches and presidents.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\">\u00a0<\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Montserrat,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">\u201cThey are some of the best coaches I\u2019ve had my entire life. They know when to be serious. They know when to have a good time,\u201d Jauregui Jr. said. \u201cSo, it\u2019s very easy to look up to someone who\u2019s a great person.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d255ce elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4d255ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"962\" src=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2023\/vleo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/menssoccer_vincentleo_e-8-768x1154.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-203\" alt=\"Two men talk to each other on a soccer field. One has a backpack on.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2023\/vleo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/menssoccer_vincentleo_e-8-768x1154.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2023\/vleo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/menssoccer_vincentleo_e-8-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2023\/vleo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/menssoccer_vincentleo_e-8-681x1024.jpg 681w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2023\/vleo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/menssoccer_vincentleo_e-8-1022x1536.jpg 1022w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2023\/vleo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/menssoccer_vincentleo_e-8-1363x2048.jpg 1363w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2023\/vleo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/menssoccer_vincentleo_e-8-scaled.jpg 1704w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f7e5b5 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3f7e5b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;\" role=\"presentation\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-0266eb09-7fff-5214-7c25-d41717a8ec70\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Leach and Jauregui Jr. discuss the next games and duties after practice finishes.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-09759db elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"09759db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Montserrat,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Brody has seen various styles of coaching, playing at Claremont McKenna\u2019s Division III team before transferring to USC. He said that Leach and Maier\u2019s ability to instill accountability, yet provide a place to have fun and grow is what makes the team a perfect environment.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><b id=\"docs-internal-guid-27c70e41-7fff-c6b7-5e73-933ce6570c39\" style=\"font-weight: normal;\">\u00a0<\/b><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Montserrat,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">\u201cIt\u2019s just a perfect balance of respect as well as someone that you want to be around. Because I\u2019ve been in a position where I\u2019ve had coaches who\u2019ve been super serious and they may have gotten the best out of us as players. But outside of that, they don\u2019t get the best out of you as people,\u201d Brody said.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><b style=\"font-weight: normal;\">\u00a0<\/b><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Montserrat,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Even though Jauregui Jr. recognizes the coaches have full-time jobs, they choose to stay for their love of the team. Leach said he will be connected to the club forever.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\">\u00a0<\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Montserrat,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">\u201cYou just care about them, and you want them to succeed, you want them to do well. And you want to remain connected to them,\u201d Leach said.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-28fced4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"28fced4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6ddaaca\" data-id=\"6ddaaca\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4009097 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4009097\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"962\" src=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2023\/vleo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/menssoccer_vincentleo_e-1-4-681x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-207\" alt=\"Portrait of Nick Leach.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2023\/vleo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/menssoccer_vincentleo_e-1-4-681x1024.jpg 681w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2023\/vleo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/menssoccer_vincentleo_e-1-4-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2023\/vleo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/menssoccer_vincentleo_e-1-4-768x1154.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2023\/vleo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/menssoccer_vincentleo_e-1-4-1022x1536.jpg 1022w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2023\/vleo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/menssoccer_vincentleo_e-1-4-1363x2048.jpg 1363w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2023\/vleo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/menssoccer_vincentleo_e-1-4-scaled.jpg 1704w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-81ad854 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"81ad854\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Nick Leach, USC men&#8217;s soccer head coach<\/strong><\/p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-57-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/terms\/spring-2023\/vleo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/nick-clip-story.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/terms\/spring-2023\/vleo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/nick-clip-story.mp3\">https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/terms\/spring-2023\/vleo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/nick-clip-story.mp3<\/a><\/audio><p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-452f2b3 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"452f2b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"962\" src=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2023\/vleo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/menssoccer_vincentleo_e-1-2-681x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-205\" alt=\"Photo of Mario Jauregui Jr.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2023\/vleo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/menssoccer_vincentleo_e-1-2-681x1024.jpg 681w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2023\/vleo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/menssoccer_vincentleo_e-1-2-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2023\/vleo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/menssoccer_vincentleo_e-1-2-768x1154.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2023\/vleo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/menssoccer_vincentleo_e-1-2-1022x1536.jpg 1022w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2023\/vleo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/menssoccer_vincentleo_e-1-2-1363x2048.jpg 1363w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2023\/vleo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/menssoccer_vincentleo_e-1-2-scaled.jpg 1704w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3106247 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3106247\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Mario Jauregui Jr., USC men&#8217;s soccer co-<\/strong><b>president<\/b><\/p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-57-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/terms\/spring-2023\/vleo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/mario-clip-story.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/terms\/spring-2023\/vleo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/mario-clip-story.mp3\">https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/terms\/spring-2023\/vleo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/mario-clip-story.mp3<\/a><\/audio><p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-927327b\" data-id=\"927327b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59408a2 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"59408a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"962\" src=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2023\/vleo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/menssoccer_vincentleo_e-1-1-681x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-204\" alt=\"Portrait of Adam Maier.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2023\/vleo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/menssoccer_vincentleo_e-1-1-681x1024.jpg 681w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2023\/vleo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/menssoccer_vincentleo_e-1-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2023\/vleo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/menssoccer_vincentleo_e-1-1-768x1154.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2023\/vleo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/menssoccer_vincentleo_e-1-1-1022x1536.jpg 1022w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2023\/vleo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/menssoccer_vincentleo_e-1-1-1363x2048.jpg 1363w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2023\/vleo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/menssoccer_vincentleo_e-1-1-scaled.jpg 1704w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad4689d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ad4689d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Adam Maier, USC men&#8217;s soccer assistant coach<\/strong><\/p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-57-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/wav\" src=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/terms\/spring-2023\/vleo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/adam-clip-story-2.wav?_=3\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/terms\/spring-2023\/vleo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/adam-clip-story-2.wav\">https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/terms\/spring-2023\/vleo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/adam-clip-story-2.wav<\/a><\/audio><p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18d20bc elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"18d20bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"962\" src=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2023\/vleo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/menssoccer_vincentleo_e-1-3-681x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-206\" alt=\"Photo of Nate Brody.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2023\/vleo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/menssoccer_vincentleo_e-1-3-681x1024.jpg 681w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2023\/vleo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/menssoccer_vincentleo_e-1-3-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2023\/vleo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/menssoccer_vincentleo_e-1-3-768x1154.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2023\/vleo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/menssoccer_vincentleo_e-1-3-1022x1536.jpg 1022w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2023\/vleo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/menssoccer_vincentleo_e-1-3-1363x2048.jpg 1363w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2023\/vleo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/menssoccer_vincentleo_e-1-3-scaled.jpg 1704w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ddfcb2a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ddfcb2a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Nate Brody, USC men&#8217;s soccer co-<\/strong><b>president<\/b><\/p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-57-4\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/terms\/spring-2023\/vleo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/nate-clip-story.mp3?_=4\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/terms\/spring-2023\/vleo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/nate-clip-story.mp3\">https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/terms\/spring-2023\/vleo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/nate-clip-story.mp3<\/a><\/audio><p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-804bf4a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"804bf4a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-09ebf46\" data-id=\"09ebf46\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-93ba887 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"93ba887\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Montserrat,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Life after Allyson Felix Field<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><b id=\"docs-internal-guid-960e9eac-7fff-133a-6410-c076d6a49e1a\" style=\"font-weight: normal;\">\u00a0<\/b><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Montserrat,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Located 30 minutes west of USC and tucked into a small corner outside of the Santa Monica Airport sits a small park with three soccer fields.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\">\u00a0<\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Montserrat,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">On the furthest field, a small group of guys don purple Hawaiian shirts, preparing for their match. They go by Mahalo, Hawaiian for expressing gratitude. All of them are USC men\u2019s soccer alumni.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f8b36f elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2f8b36f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2023\/vleo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/menssoccer_vincentleo_e-6-1024x681.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-211\" alt=\"Photo of a soccer field surrounded by palm trees and airport parking lots. Players in purple Hawaiian shirts and black shirts are playing on the field.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2023\/vleo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/menssoccer_vincentleo_e-6-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2023\/vleo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/menssoccer_vincentleo_e-6-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2023\/vleo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/menssoccer_vincentleo_e-6-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2023\/vleo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/menssoccer_vincentleo_e-6-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2023\/vleo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/menssoccer_vincentleo_e-6-2048x1363.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2dabbf4 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2dabbf4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;\" role=\"presentation\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-5b2ca31f-7fff-2e56-affb-845935d80af0\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Mahalo plays their games at Airport Park, a field surrounded by lush palm trees and airport parking lots.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe119fc elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fe119fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Montserrat,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Even though players graduate from USC, they don\u2019t have to say goodbye to their coaches. Mahalo is currently run by Maier, with Leach as an occasional player.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><b id=\"docs-internal-guid-2021319e-7fff-3345-5770-316f69ed7b33\" style=\"font-weight: normal;\">\u00a0<\/b><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Montserrat,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Giving the alumni a chance to strengthen their relationships, Maier describes Mahalo as an extension of the USC men\u2019s soccer community.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><b style=\"font-weight: normal;\">\u00a0<\/b><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Montserrat,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">\u201cI really think one of the biggest things the [USC men\u2019s team] can give anyone is a community \u2014 to give you brothers, to give you friends\u2026There are a number of guys that I play men\u2019s league with to this day [that] I coached with Nick. It can form a very tight knit group. It can give you friends for life,\u201d Maier said.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><b style=\"font-weight: normal;\">\u00a0<\/b><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Montserrat,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Gabe Maceo, now part of Mahalo, graduated from USC in 2017 after playing on the team for three and a half years. He still keeps in touch with many of his former teammates and has celebrated plenty of milestones together.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><b style=\"font-weight: normal;\">\u00a0<\/b><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Montserrat,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">\u201cI\u2019ve been to several weddings from the USC team. I can name off 10 guys that I know I want at my wedding. No question\u2026 It&#8217;s just this rolling thing. I&#8217;m sure there&#8217;s gonna be plenty more weddings in the future. But these are guys that I know. Whether it&#8217;s just me playing soccer with them for the rest of my life, that&#8217;s no question,\u201d Maceo said.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><b style=\"font-weight: normal;\">\u00a0<\/b><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Montserrat,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Maceo describes the brotherhood the USC men\u2019s soccer team and Mahalo bring as special, not only for kindling old friendships but meeting people from different generations whom he never played with.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\">\u00a0<\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Montserrat,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">\u201cMaybe it&#8217;s your backpack, right? That has the USC men&#8217;s logo on it. \u2018Oh, shoot, you play? What years did you play?\u2019 You&#8217;re automatically hitting it off. You&#8217;re friends right away,\u201d Maceo said.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-49240c7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"49240c7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d15edc9\" data-id=\"d15edc9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c670fac elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"c670fac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/dFrUxFT5O38&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a21cdc0 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a21cdc0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Montserrat,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Winning<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><b id=\"docs-internal-guid-75443f45-7fff-584b-8a79-d3478cca563f\" style=\"font-weight: normal;\">\u00a0<\/b><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Montserrat,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Shouts and cheers rang out on Allyson Felix Field on a cold Monday evening as the men\u2019s team scrimmaged with the women\u2019s Division I squad.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\">\u00a0<\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Montserrat,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">USC was running on a high, having won seven of their eight games and finishing third in their League division. Coming within the top four meant they automatically qualified for the Spring Showcase, a revamped tournament deemed more important since the League season now covers the full calendar year instead of only the fall. With their eyes set on taking home a trophy, the team was amped and ready to hone their skills before the big weekend.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24d7d22 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"24d7d22\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2023\/vleo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/menssoccer_vincentleo_e-7-1024x681.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-221\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2023\/vleo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/menssoccer_vincentleo_e-7-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2023\/vleo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/menssoccer_vincentleo_e-7-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2023\/vleo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/menssoccer_vincentleo_e-7-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2023\/vleo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/menssoccer_vincentleo_e-7-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2023\/vleo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/menssoccer_vincentleo_e-7-2048x1363.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c3d5379 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c3d5379\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-9c5786a4-7fff-0e30-a2b3-ce7604294931\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">USC men\u2019s soccer player Zach Hasksins fights to maintain possession during a scrimmage with the women\u2019s Division I team.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21b5f93 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"21b5f93\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Montserrat,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">This moment was a culmination of their hard work from the previous semester. Under Leach\u2019s coaching, the USC men\u2019s team had some of its best performances, including a 9-0 blowout win, and solidified themselves as returning regional champions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><b id=\"docs-internal-guid-239434d2-7fff-a3b7-1904-dc8d144f21a5\" style=\"font-weight: normal;\">\u00a0<\/b><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Montserrat,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Internally, Leach realized there were key changes he needed to make when it came to consistency \u2014 first tackling fitness by integrating running, sprinting and other agility work into every practice.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><b style=\"font-weight: normal;\">\u00a0<\/b><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Montserrat,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Discipline is one of things Leach scored big on. Before, players were showing up late to practices or not showing up at all, completely ruining Leach\u2019s elaborate drills sometimes minutes before they started. Leach made every player sign a new code of conduct to hold them accountable, ensuring they must remain active and communicative with coaches so that practices and games don\u2019t fall apart.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><b style=\"font-weight: normal;\">\u00a0<\/b><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Montserrat,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">\u201cThese guidelines are now keeping the guys honest, in terms of being there and if they\u2019re not going to be there, communicating, and doing so in a timely manner\u2026 Having discipline [during practices] will allow us to be more disciplined in the games,\u201d Leach said.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><b style=\"font-weight: normal;\">\u00a0<\/b><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Montserrat,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Even in this club setting, players are expected to show up to all practices and give their best if they want playing time. It may seem harsh, but this is where Leach shines best, supporting the players through pointers and suggestions or providing hands-on experience when he\u2019s playing goalie.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\">\u00a0<\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Montserrat,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">\u201c[Nick really excels in] giving them that help, that support and advice on how they can get that playing time\u2026 [He focuses on] \u2018here&#8217;s what we can work on.\u2019 He looks out for that in the practices and we try to look out for that as much as possible in the practices to help the guys grow,\u201d Maier said.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f60426b elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f60426b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2023\/vleo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/menssoccer_vincentleo_e-2-1024x681.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-225\" alt=\"A group of guys in soccer jerseys huddle together to conduct a chant.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2023\/vleo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/menssoccer_vincentleo_e-2-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2023\/vleo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/menssoccer_vincentleo_e-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2023\/vleo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/menssoccer_vincentleo_e-2-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2023\/vleo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/menssoccer_vincentleo_e-2-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ascjcapstone.com\/spring-2023\/vleo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/menssoccer_vincentleo_e-2-2048x1363.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04a4070 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"04a4070\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-93b77527-7fff-ee71-5e88-5df895cab84c\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Maier leads a chant to hype up the team before their match against UCLA.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d12374c elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d12374c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Montserrat,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">The team won their first two games and lost their third on a technicality in the Spring Showcase. Even if it ended on a dim point, the coaches remain filled with hope and see the tournament and this season as a springboard for next year\u2019s bright future.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-624b5366-7fff-c3d1-d5b0-d821518b4b47\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Montserrat,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">\u201cFor such a young team, that\u2019s very impressive. We\u2019ve seen a lot of teams come through over the years and I would say this is one of the best teams that we\u2019ve seen in terms of quality across the board. There\u2019s nobody on the team that we\u2019d be shy about putting on the field. Every player kind of pushes the player next to them to a higher level,\u201d Maier said.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Down one goal to UCSD, the situation seemed bleak for the USC men\u2019s soccer team, but victory remained within their grasp. \u00a0 Stuart Young was leading the USC team for a final push in the last few minutes of the match. Could he tie up the score? 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