Head coach Trajano Bastidas has been the girls' soccer coach at Catasauqua for eight seasons including this fall. He knows his title is head girls soccer coach, but he sees himself as a life coach.

"We teach soccer and ultimately being better people," said Bastidas. "Soccer is being in adversity. This is life here. We ask the girls this, 'how are you going to respond to this?' or 'how are you going to react?' If you react positively, that spills over in to how you are as a person in the real world."

The Rough Riders have to react to a tough 2013 campaign where they are still searching for their first victory after losing to Northwestern 6-0 Monday night to slip to 0-12 overall.

Although the victories haven't been coming, Bastidas has seen other production this fall.

"The best part that I have seen is that we are not giving up," Bastidas said. "We are still working really hard at practice and the most important thing is just staying positive. We need to keep encouraging each other. Our mantra is to play for each other."

Catty struggles both offensively and defensively, but due to low numbers, there are only 25 girls for both varsity and JV, a lot play both games and even volunteer to do it. Bastidas loves seeing that enthusiasm from his players.

Bastidas says that the senior class on his team including Megan Bahnick, Danielle Lilly, Laura Kaeppel, Samantha Miller, Christina Cawley, Janelle Roth, Megan Hahn and Miranda Bolton. He says Kayla Stauffer, who is a senior as well, has been the "glue" of the team even though she has been injured for most of the season.

"She was a huge loss for the team, but she inspires all of us. She honestly has kept the team together and kept them motivated. She hurt her knee falling, not in a game, but she still has been a positive influence to this team."

Stauffer made her impact this season through leading her teammates. Catty couldn't make a big impact on the Colonial League this season, but Bastidas is confident that he made an impact on these girls' lives this fall.