Tag: Boys Soccer
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Lions fill out boys soccer roster as season approaches
By Wayne Witkowski Eight players return to Jackson Liberty High School’s boys soccer team, but coach Brett Malinson decided to extend tryouts to a second week concluding Aug. 23, with some positions still up in the air until the end of the week. “We have a lot of open spots, so we’ve been figuring cuts,”…
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Marlboro’s Nigro among Preseason All-MAAC soccer picks
It is players like Marlboro’s Dave Nigro who keep the Monmouth University men’s soccer team at the top every year. A former standout at Marlboro High School, Nigro didn’t have an immediate on the program right away, although he was named to the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) All-Rookie Team in 2013. By his sophomore…
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Jaguars look to build skills, bond at Gettysburg College soccer camp
By Wayne Witkowski Twenty-four Jackson Memorial High School boys soccer players this week are continuing an annual tradition developed over recent years during the offseason of attending a week-long soccer camp at Gettysburg College. It’s an opportunity for players to further develop their individual and team skills and to bond as a unit. With a…
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Warriors’ boys soccer team inspired to challenge bigger opponents
By Wayne Witkowski When tiny Iceland stunned England, 2-1, in one of the greatest upsets of European Championship soccer history a few weeks ago, it was a talker for many fans and the New Egypt High School boys soccer team with head coach Matt Carroll. It also was an inspiration to the Warriors, seeing a…
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Adjustments being made for new youth soccer rules
By Wayne Witkowski Youth soccer practices are a few weeks away and most are adjusting to the changed age alignment, says one director of a local league finishing tryouts for the upcoming fall season. “Everybody fought through it. They’re dealing with it. It is what it is,” said Tyler Isaacson, head of the Aberdeen/Matawan Soccer…
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Franco’s soccer success helps him break through cultural barrier
By Jimmy Allinder It is a soccer goalie’s worst nightmare. The opposing team is awarded a free kick outside the penalty box and usually the player with the strongest leg places the ball on a spot while a wall of defenders 10 yards away blocks the goal. There is no way a straight boot will…
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Matawan to rely on experience, depth for better soccer season
By Wayne Witkowski When Matawan Regional High School’s boys soccer team was eliminated last November in its NJSIAA Central Jersey, Group II opener to Bernards High School, 2-1, on the last shot of the first round of penalty kicks, it was a microcosm of the season. Matawan ended up 6-8-5, with five losses coming by…
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South River’s Miranda living the dream on soccer field
By Jimmy Allinder Nark Miranda enters his senior year as one of the best soccer players to ever wear a South River High School uniform. But before he steps onto the pitch to play for the Rams, Miranda has other business to attend to, like playing for the Marlboro Warriors U17 team when it travels…
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Donnelly’s athletic, academic success paying off at St. Joe’s
By Jimmy Allinder Owen Donnelly is a rising senior at Saint Joseph High School of Metuchen and a key member of the Falcons’ soccer and golf teams. The gifted student-athlete says the sports couldn’t be more different. “Both golf and soccer demand that I utilize what I have practiced, but that’s where it ends,” Donnelly said.…
