upon hearing what the message man just said Ethan was shocked his eyes widened in disbelief.
Knowing He had never been on the team before and even trained with them, he only watched from afar, and take notes of the coach instructions and his game plans, then when they were done he cleaned every mess they left behind, after doing that for a long time the coach didn't even recognize him. And the coach has never spoken to him once, but how come all of a sudden he's on the team for today's important match.
Ethan then faces his friend, and the look on their face shows they were still worried about Marcus, and he couldn't bring himself to tell them not to worry that Marcus wouldn't do them any harm again, none of them would believe him so he's going to keep it quiet and deal with Marcus.
Ethan did not tell his friend about his plans. He just followed the message man and went to the field.