Sometimes, it's more important what a player learns about teammates off the field than on the field.
A preseason trip up north for Western Michigan University's men's soccer team has helped meld nine new players with the returners into a squad which has started off the season on fire.
Like, really on fire.
After dropping the season opener to Butler, WMU has run off five straight victories, four of them clean sheets, which will give the Broncos a lot of momentum heading into Friday's Mid-American Conference opener against defending league champion Northern Illinois, beginning at 5 p.