For six years, Matt Bohmann has been the assistant coach for the varsity boys and girls soccer teams at Antioch Community High School. He’s assisted both soccer teams through some tough wins and losses, but overall just strives to make his players the best that they can prepare for. At a young age, Bohmann grew up idolizing Ryan Giggs, striving to be just like his idol.

“I remember him dribbling through the opponents and scoring the game winning goal in a big tournament and ever since then I said, ‘I want to play like that guy,’” Bohmann said.

Coach Bohmann has always been a Sequoit—graduating with the class of 2005. Bohmann played on the varsity boys soccer team for his junior and senior years. After graduating, Bohmann later attended Carthage College in Kenosha for his freshman year, but transferred to Christian Life College for the last three years only playing soccer for freshmen year. Despite leaving mid-season, his love for the sport continued to grow.

Even as a coach, Bohmann continues to educate himself in what it takes to become a better athlete and coach. To Bohmann, education is the key to improving and one’s knowledge, especially if one would want to be the best and improve their own skills.

“I am constantly looking into different books, looking up different resources,” he said. “I try to take one coaching course every year, this past year I’ve taken three.”

Teaching and sharing his passion of the game with the soccer teams, the advice that Bohmann shares with his players is to be constantly working on bettering themselves.

“If you can show that you have a really good attitude and are willing to sacrifice yourself every single time you step onto that field, you’re going to get noticed by a college coach,” Bohmann said.

Bohmann has made an impact on several players, such as senior soccer captains Bart Krumpos, Rolando Vazquez, Jr., and Gabriel Tijerina. Bohmann leaves an impact on his team on and off the field, whether it be about the sport itself or his lifestyle.

“He always shows us something we did right as well as wrong,” Tijerina said. “He will often give us one-on-one advice if we ask him for it and it is easy to get along with him.”

Bohmann isn’t only influential in the soccer world, but also towards his players’ life in different aspects.

“He is very passionate about soccer, the team and his family,” Vazquez said. “I look up to him as a role model in my life.”

A lesson that Bohmann teaches his players and has learned over the years is that talent doesn’t always win.

“I think that teams that are less skilled can still beat superior teams if they stay organized and if they have that desire,” Bohmann said. “If the team can come together as a unit and really play for one another, you can overcome a team that might be better than you on the field.”

What separates a great player from the others is their attitude and determination. This is because, in college, those students made it and they proved to be superior.

One of Bohmann’s best memories was when the varsity boys soccer team beat Lakes Community High School for the regional championship in 2014. Bohmann hopes the team will make it as far as winning the conference championship and winning another regional title this season.

“We obviously want to win, but we want to grow and develop,” Bohmann said. “It’s a learning process, we don’t expect to win every single game.”

The best coaches teach that failure is feedback, and feedback is the best way to help improve an athlete’s performance; what the players do with it, is up to them. Coach Bohmann is a coach with determination and cannot wait to see improvement on the varsity boys soccer team through this year’s season.