{"id":2448118,"date":"2019-08-28T22:08:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-29T04:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/rams-going-for-wsl-title-again\/"},"modified":"2019-08-28T22:08:00","modified_gmt":"2019-08-29T04:08:00","slug":"rams-going-for-wsl-title-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/rams-going-for-wsl-title-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Rams going for WSL title again"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Roaring Fork varsity soccer players go through a practice in Carbondale prior to the start of the regular season.<\/strong>
Chelsea Self \/ Post Independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

Coming within a whisker of last year\u2019s state championship game, the Roaring Fork High School boys soccer team will be hard pressed to duplicate the success of the 2018 squad that lost to Liberty Common 2-1 on penalty kicks in a double overtime heartbreaker.<\/p>\n

That semifinal loss is still fresh in the memory of sixth-year Rams coach Nick Forbes, and it serves as daily motivation to keep his Roaring Fork group working hard and looking ahead to big things this season.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis year\u2019s team is going to have to work hard,\u201d Forbes said. \u201cThis is a new team with only four players coming back that have much varsity experience. The talent is there to win the league, but we will just have to see how they apply themselves in practice. The open spots on the team will most likely be filled by the hardest workers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Forbes also points to the fact that with last year\u2019s success, his team will have a proverbial target on its back with each and every team they face on the upcoming schedule.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe hardest part of repeating as champs is to keep that desire to go out and win it again,\u201d Forbes said. \u201cThere are some big shoes to fill on this team, but the ability is there to be as good as last season.\u201d<\/p>\n

Forbes sees the 3A Western Slope League as being, \u201cUp in the air and wide open to many teams.\u201d Forbes cited stiff competition from rival Basalt as being a key game on the 2019 slate.<\/p>\n

\u201cBasalt has a good program,\u201d Forbes said. \u201cThe players on each team know each other and it will just be a great game.\u201d<\/p>\n

Aspen and Delta also look to be strong contenders in a league that doesn\u2019t provide for many nights off.<\/p>\n

If Forbes can get his young and talented team to gel to his liking, look for the Rams to be right in the thick of things in the tough Western Slope League once again this season.<\/p>\n

sports@postindependent.com<\/a><\/p>\n

via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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