| | It was a good team with some strong players, but obviously being carried by one person…John Grant Jr. The rest of the attack - Jason Lavey and Sean Carney, helped out Grant, but he did all the work either playing or forcing a team to set a defense around him, then the team (Delaware) just had to adapt and finish. That team also had some strong defensive players - Ron Jedlicka in goal, John Ciliberto LSM, Marc Traverso and Jeff Krafft. (I saw the game against Towson and if Ciliberto wasn’t all over the Towson midfielders, then Towson never would have thumbed the ball in over time, giving the ball to Delaware, which caused them to become – The Delaware Team of 1999. If it wasn’t for his tenacious D, then it would have been -The Delawho of 1999). - One thing that is over looked from that year was the smart move of placing Kevin Lavey at midfield. He and other guys like Dennis DeBusschere and Ken Carrington had a great year, especially adapting with no real FOGO. |