Sentence examples for Subpar team from inspiring English sources
Hampton learned that lesson in 1997, when he let down mentally against a subpar team and paid for it.
After last season's embarrassing Open Cup debacle in which a subpar team, coached by the assistant Mike Petke, was manhandled in the quarterfinals by the Chicago Fire, the Red Bulls vowed to take the tournament more seriously this year.
Faced with what appears a subpar team member or underperforming group, you need to work out to what extent the scapegoat is not up to scratch, and to what extent the rest of the team is simply labelling them incompetent so they can feel superior.
The problem with the price tag is that more than a few other owners are going to get it in their heads that their team is worth "Dodger money" and, aided by banks and television executives, buyers are going to overpay for subpar teams in subpar markets.
Portland, after all, was for much of the season a subpar road team before a late push got it to 21-20 on the road for the season.
Last season, the hard-hitting twosome of Goldson and Donte Whitner struck fear into the hearts of opposing receivers, which helped hide the team's subpar cornerbacks.
Following a subpar first season, his teams have shown steady progress, increasing their win totals and climbing in the Ivy standings.
Ryan, like his defensive players, scoffed at the suggestion that they had little influence on Brady's subpar effort in the teams' first meeting, a 13-10 victony on Sept. 12.
That year's game between the Chicago Bears and the Indianapolis Colts turned out to be a bit of a dud, marred by torrents of South Florida rain and sloppy, subpar performances by both teams.
When the Minnesota Vikings have entered the Trans World Dome this year, they have transformed themselves from a superior team into a subpar one.
Tino Martinez, who is playing in his eighth consecutive postseason, with his third different team, had a subpar season (.262, 21, 75), but he was a more productive hitter in the second half.
