Medical Lake girls soccer roster thin

MEDICAL LAKE – Like the game he has coached as either that of being the head man, or before that as a longtime assistant, Dan Collins knows the ebbs and flows.

Same goes for the soccer program at Medical Lake, where it is either feast or famine when it comes to participation and results.

"I mean, we've in the past had groups of girls," Collins said. "I mean, they live eat, breathe. Sleep soccer and we just don't have that anymore."

Entering his fourth season as head coach of the Cardinal girls, Collins will walk a tightrope hoping not to tumble off with any injuries. His team - make that progr...