Coming out of last season, Southern Regional boys soccer head coach Robert Muñoz had plenty to look forward to. Sure, the Rams lost a bunch of seniors to graduation, six in all, but the excitement generated from winning nine of their final 12 games provided a lot of promise for the future of the program.

Throw in the fact the Rams finished 9-6 and lost by only one goal in four of their six defeats – the other two were two-goal games against divisional opponents similar in strength – the…