Holness, RSL's No. 5 overall pick from the 2016 MLS SuperDraft, stood there as Petke told him he needs to show it every day. Petke told the North Carolina product that every training session needs to be "the final tryout for the World Cup team."
"He has the talent, he has the tools and he needs to raise his game as far as an effort level and as far the eagerness level," Petke said. "He needs to be eager. He needs to want it."
The waiting game hasn't been easy. Yet he finally was rewarded last weekend, earning his first start of 2017 in an eventual 4-0 road loss at New England.