The word "Holiday" can assume different connotations depending on how it applies to you and/or to a certain time of the year.

The obvious consideration is to call Holidays the "usual" ones coming up in a day to a couple of weeks, Christmas, Hanukkah, New Year's Eve, etc. and be done with that. But, to me, the word "Holidays" has a different and happier association this season.

First and foremost, I will be spending some time with my wife, something I haven't done in almost a year, and second, I will watch a lot of soccer! The fact that Florida is the final destination won't hurt either.

Three major tournaments are taking place in Florida during the Christmas break. The Tampa Bay Sun Bowl; The Disney Show Case in Orlando, and the Boca Beach Expo in Boca Raton, plus several friendly matches organized by some Miami Soccer Clubs, whose DOC are good contacts of mine. I will be traveling around recruiting for about two weeks and then I will, FINALLY, relax with my wife in Santa Maria Island, a beautiful isthmus of land along the West Florida Coast.

I am looking forward to bringing home several dozen names of good student/athletes who have what it takes to becoming a Little Soccer Giant!

Together with my recruiting contacts, I am also looking forward to bringing back a sun tan and recharged batteries. God only knows how low they really are right now. It has been a good year and it has been a tough year. I need a rest.

I want to wish everyone a healthy, loving, and peaceful Holiday Season...whatever that means to you! See you in 2007!