TEMPE, Ariz. – Arizona State women's soccer coach Kevin Boyd understands why analysts and outsiders believe his team is in rebuilding mode.
"You mean because we lost 10 players and five of them went pro?" Boyd said with a smile.
Yeah. That.
"What I'm trying to make people understand is that the layer right underneath those players was good to very good," Boyd said. "They just were untested. They hadn't really gotten an opportunity so they needed a little time to grow into their roles; they needed a spring, but we internally knew they were very good.