Word: knightly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...friends in England, soccer was a way of life. But for Knight, who has lived in many places, soccer had always meant something else: a way of adjusting, a means of fitting...
...after two years at Harvard, Knight found that he no longer needed soccer to define himself...
After playing his first two seasons for a Harvard men's soccer team that made consecutive NCAA Final Four appearances, Knight opted to take a break from the sport his junior year--the same year the Crimson was expected to capture the elusive national championship, And it was the year that Knight--a fast, creative player--was expected to replace All-America Nick Hotchkin '88 at midfield...
...immediate reasons for Knight's departure seem obvious. The pressure to play for a rising national power could have been too much--forcing Knight to make a full, not -stop commitment to the team. The arrival of a new corps of recruits--many from California and the Northeast--hinted that the team might be headed in a different direction...
...longer would the Crimson look overseas for the bulk of its talent, a policy ex-Coach Jape Shattuck had espoused during his tenure from 1981 to 1986. Now, with current Coach Mike Getman at the helm, the team was changing. Instead of the fast and physical game Knight had grown used to in England, Harvard was gradually beginning to emphasize the skill and patience which characterize the American school of play...