HeinekenLacrosse.com: Matt, congratulations on being named the Redstar Player of the Game for your win over Michelob Light. Once again you guys played with a small squad, but you made some great early saves to keep their offense in check. How does it feel to be playing at the top of your game?

Matt Pugh: It feels great to be on top, Glen. In terms of my game, I feel like I'm really seeing the ball well. My special HD contact lenses are really doing the trick. It's all about focus and being on the edge of things. This is a fast game, so to be on top, you really need to see the whole picture. I see it, Glen. I see it all.

HeinekenLacrosse.com: In the past you have had trouble clearing the ball (of course the infamous clear in overtime vs. Single Source at the OC tourney comes to most peoples mind), but today you appeared to have a newfound confidence and patience with the ball. Is this something you have been working on with the coaching staff?

Matt Pugh: Honestly, my coaching staff has done nothing but tear down my confidence and make me feel like a complete failure. That in turn has motivated me to relax a bit more when I'm outside of the cage. So in that respect, I guess the coaching staff has been helping me. Really what it boils down to, though, is expectation. I'm a great goalie. There's no doubt about that. Seriously, I'm the best, and chics love me. Because I'm the best, people's expectations about my performance are so high. So when Pug throws an errant pass, a floater, sun-pellet or whatever you want to call it, people will notice and quickly point the finger. It's not easy being the top dog. Everyone wants a piece of me...including that chic right over there. God, I wish these ladies would back up off me and let a playa play. Don't they know that this pimp is retired?

Goalie Matt Pugh is known for his stringent offseason conditioning program. However, a rare skin condition prevents him from exposing his face to the sun.

HeinekenLacrosse.com:You have played the role of Journeyman for most of your career. Spending time at AACC, UMASS, Towson, and the former Swamp Dawg LC. Are you happy with your current contract and do you expect to be wearing Heineken green for the foreseeable future?

Matt Pugh: I am happy with my current contract. For years I sort of bounced around, searching for that perfect fit. Now that I'm back here playing with Weez, Phipper, Booger Tooth, Scabby, Skidmark, Butt-Sauce, Titties, Pickle-Sniffer and my other homies, I feel like I'm home where I belong. Heineken is definitely in my future. In fact, I've got this crazy dream where I impregnate my beautiful wife and she gives birth to a set of twin boys who grow up to follow in their Dad's footsteps by splitting halves in Heineken's cage at the OC tourney. They're going to have to get by me first, however.

HeinekenLacrosse.com: There’s an old story (some would say Anne Arundel County urban legend), about you sporting a pair of women’s underwear in goal for one of your games at Severna Park High School? Please set the record straight; did this happen, and have you thought about breaking them out again?

Matt Pugh: Glen, I'm glad you brought that up. This "legend" has been destroying my family for years and causing a lot of personal anguish for me. Let me set the record straight once and for all. No, I did not wear women's underwear in one game. I wore women's underwear for my entire lacrosse career at Severna Park. Not a game went by in which I wasn't wearing panties or a thong--which by the way were rare back then.

I often think about breaking them out some time. But honestly, this is a tradition that is very personal and private to me, and frankly, I would need to check with my wife first. I know she has a whole set of underwear that she wouldn't want me soiling in one of my games.

HeinekenLacrosse.com: Is there a rivalry between you and fellow goalie John Martino? Who is the better goalie? Who is the better looking goalie?

Matt Pugh: There is no rivalry between John and me. Clearly, I am the better goalie and I think John appreciates learning from me. On the flip side, John is my attorney, and clearly I am in need of one at all times so I guess it works out. Obviously, I will tell you that I am the better looking one. Why don't we ask my girlfriend...I mean, um...his fiance and see what she thinks?

HeinekenLacrosse.com: Do a lot of shots bounce off your head? Do you have a specially ordered helmet?

Matt Pugh: Yes, a good portion of shots bounce off my head, because it is large. Thank you for pointing that out. No, I do not have a special ordered helmet. Jock strap, yes, but not a special ordered helmet.

HeinekenLacrosse.com: Can you tell the fans something they don’t know, but would love to know, about one of your teammates?

Matt Pugh: Sure, I would love to. David Livingston's kids are really mine. I'm just kidding. On a serious note, Rob Bates is a closeted deal-closer. On the outside, he acts like he can't close the deal with the ladies. According to Bate, he just "cuddles with them" or "watches a movie" or "makes unanswered booty calls" or "makes them run out screaming," but we know it's all a front that he's got down to a science: he keeps his breath really stinky, he remains dangerously out of shape, wears jean shorts and loafers, you name it.

We all know the truth, however. Bates is really out there every night, working the ladies like it's his freakin' job. There are hearts broken all over Canton as we speak. Don't let Bates fool you, he is a MAC, pure and simple. I know for a fact that he's got women lined up out the door and blowing up his cell 24/7. I even had to keep my own wife away from him for God's sake! He's that much of a playa.