Behind Enemy Lines: Drexel women's soccer coach Ray Goon

Daily Pennsylvanian: So far this year you’re 3-2-1, so you’ve seen some mixed results. What do you think of your team’s start to the season?

Ray Goon: I think it’s pretty accurate. We graduated a lot of players. We graduated nine players last year, so we knew that we’d be a little young and a little shorter on the experience side. So I think that the results so far are pretty indicative of where our team is right now.

DP: Freshman Shyanne Kimbrough has had a good start so far for you, scoring four goals in six games. To what do you attribute her success thus far?

RG: I think she has that scorer’s mentality. I guess a lot of coaches describe it in sports as that she has that instinctive element. A lot of times you say that scoring is a mentality as much as it is a skill and I think she has that instinctual mentality to finish goals.

DP: With that in mind, what do you see from your team’s offense in general and what do you project going forward?

RG: I think one of the good things about last year was that we didn’t rely on one player to score goals for us. It was more of a team effort. I think we see similar things this year in that the team is already used to that style or mentality. If there happens to be one primary player, that’s fantastic, but I think that doing it by committee from last season is flowing into this year as well.

DP: Talking specifically about facing Penn now, is there anything you’re concerned about when you face Penn, or do you handle it like any other opponent?

RG: We know they’re a very strong squad. They’re traditionally very good. And you can’t avoid the cross- block rivalry that is associated with it. So as much as I’d like to say that it’s just another game, I think you’d be foolish to say it’s just an- other game, since it’s Drexel-Penn. But we expect them to be very strong on Friday.