4 — Sunday, October 9, 1988 - West Vancouver Villager

New soccer coach has
high hopes for team

NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD Patrick O'Shaughnessy, a gradu-
ate of Sutherland Secondary and a student at Langara Col-
lege, has hopes of leading the West Vancouver Secondary
School soccer team to the B.C. championships.

As the team’s newest coach,
O’Shaughnessy had stated one of
his goals was to be West Van's
first coach in 23 years to take the
soccer (eam across the water to
play a game.

And that goal was recently
reached when the West Van team
played agaainst Vancouver's
Windermere Secondary. Although
the team was defeated,
O'Shaughnessy said he achieved
what he was striving for: ‘‘It broke
down any egos my players may
have had and it turned a group of
players into 2 team."*

For O'Shaughnessy this is not
his first attempt at coaching soc-
cer. He spent his summer working
with Graham Adams at
Ambleside, SFU and. Jericho
Beach, teaching the basic fun-
damentals of the sport to children
ages three and over.

When it’ comes to coaching,
O'Shaughnessy says he has no
strict technique, except that he
wishes to be friends with his
players. He motivates them by tell-
ing them what they can be and

18 players for his team, and cut-
ting 22, O'Shaughnessy decided to
pick younger players and develop a
team that would do well for the
next few years. This, he said,
would inevitably make coaching
the West Van team an easier task
for the next coach who comes
along.

O*Shaughnessy himself started
as a goal keeper at the age of four

and since then has been active with

teams such as Grandview, Lynn
Valley Falcons, Frontenac High in
Kingston, Capilano College, HKG,

UBC Old Boys, Langara College,
Columbus Italia and Westminster
College in Utah (NCAA).

As far-as professional ' soccer
goes, O'Shaughnessy has been on
the Vancouver 86’ers reserve team
and -the Seattle Storm under-18
allstars.

Of the 18 players on his team,
the majority are 15 and 16 years
old. Much of O’Shaughnessy’s ef-
forts are concentrated on Eddie
Patrola, the team’s goalie, who
asked his coach to teach him
everything he knows. Other key
players for West Van are Kirk
Campbell, Darren Diligenti and
Simon Tate.

However, according to
O’Shaughnessy, teaching the group
of West Van students the essence
of teamwork is more important
than producing a few star players.

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