This post is about Taco

If you know anything about my family, you know that it is an absolute requirement that you play soccer. Also, you must play it well. Its no surprise, then, that all 4 of us will (once the youngest gets there) play college soccer.

Like any family, each of us kids has our strengths and our not-so-strengths. My youngest sister and I are the more athletic of the bunch. Taco is the smartest, and my brother... well, he's an idiot.

Taco played 2 years of junior college soccer, then decided that she wanted to look around for a small D3 or NAIA program in California. She ended up going to Chapman University in Orange, CA where she has it pretty good... she lives in SoCal, 15 minutes from the beach, who can argue with that? She plays soccer there, and though her first season had some ups and downs - like an ankle swollen to twice its size - she just started her second season as a Panther.

And this is why she rocks:

CHAPMAN UPSETS NO. 9 WASH U. IN HOME OPENER

ORANGE, Calif. – One out of three is not bad, especially when you’re talking about the unranked Chapman University women’s soccer team capturing one upset win in three tries against top-10 ranked programs in the team’s first three games. The Panthers did exactly that on Thursday night, defeating No. 9 Washington University of St. Louis 1-0 in their 2008 home opener at Wilson Field.

Chapman (1-2) received a late goal from senior D Tara Cozens in the 86th minute of play to clinch its first win of the season. Senior M Brittany Botterill centered a free kick from about 20 yards out and Cozens knocked the loose ball from inside the keeper box. The goal was the first of her career and the first for Chapman this season after back-to-back shutouts to begin the year.

Senior GK Madison Coffin was stellar on defense, particularly in the second half when she made four of her five saves to earn the shutout. Coffin was also the beneficiary of some good fortune as the Bears – which out-shot the Panthers 10-4 in the second half – hit the crossbar twice with two shots in the half.

Amanda Boe was equally solid in goal for Washington (2-1), making four saves in defeat.

The Panthers win over top-10 Washington comes after a pair of losses last weekend to No. 5 Puget Sound (Wash.), 1-0, and No. 10 Whitworth (Wash.), 2-0. Both losses came on the road.