Good news is hard to come by in 2020 as the world fights the coronavirus, but Arizona soccer players received some a few weeks ago when head coach Tony Amato asked them to bring shin guards to their next practice.
“That was one of the best texts I got from him all semester,” said forward Kayden Heinrich.
It meant they had been cleared for full contact practices after almost three months of non-contact practices—if you can call them that.
The Wildcats were training eight hours a week, doing drills that were, more or less, shooting and passing while maintaining at least six feet of distance.