Check out the preview capsules for Tuesday’s opening round boys’ soccer games. Twelve SOL soccer teams will see action in this week’s District One AAA Tournament. Two received first round byes, but the remaining 10 will begin district play on Tuesday.
#1 GREAT VALLEY - WILL HOST WINNER OF PENNSBURY at WISSAHICKON
Great Valley
- 18-0 overall
- Won Ches-Mont American Conference (13-0)
- Beat #5 West Chester Henderson 2-0, #10 CB West 1-0, #18 Downingtown West 2-0, #20 Conestoga 1-0, #24 Sun Valley 2-0, #14 West Chester Rustin 2-0, #12 Unionville 2-1 and #22 William Tennent 4-1.
- Allowed only six goals all season and opened year with six straight shutouts.
Great Valley players to watch: Jay Nunez (sr., mid), Michael Sprinkel, Jake Miller, Jon Fuydal (keeper).
#17 PENNSBURY at #16 WISSAHICKON
Pennsbury
- 9-6-2 overall
- Third place SOL National Conference (7-5-2)
- Beat #9 Bensalem 3-1, #18 Downingtown West 3-0 and #19 Strath Haven 1-0
Wissahickon
- 13-5 overall
- Third place SOL American Conference (10-4)
- Beat #4 CB East 2-0
- Won four of last five games
Pennsbury players to watch: Zach Lobasso (Fr.), Eric Gagliardi (keeper), Kevin Hart, Alex Kardos, Charlie Rushing, Colin Marks, Connor Waters, Doug Chapuis, Keon Randolph, Greg Stam and Tony Rios.
Wissahickon players to watch: Neal Guaglianone (keeper), Cole Kropnick, Shane Fallen, Sam Hunt, Matt Knittel, Jason Bugis, John Carrozza (keeper), Alex Chiodo-Ortiz, Zach Scannapieco, Joe Maiale, Tommy McHale, Devon Memis and Alex Tappen.
#25 HARRITON at #8 PLYMOUTH WHITEMARSH
Harriton
- 8-6-2 overall
- Fifth place Central League (5-3-2)
- Tied #19 Strath Haven, 1-1, in season finale Oct. 15
Plymouth Whitemarsh
- 14-2-2 overall
- Tied for first SOL American Conference (13-1)
- Swept #16 Wissahickon and beat Upper Dublin 2-0
- Won last five games, three of which came in shutouts
Harriton players to watch: Jansen Aoyama, Sam Blumenthal (keeper), Zach Herman (defense)
Plymouth Whitemarsh players to watch: Alex Bilodeau (Jr., center), Brett Paul (keeper), Taij Rosen, Austin Betterly, Dylan Ensslin, Kenny Almack, Dominic Wlodarczyk, Cam Johnson
#24 SUN VALLEY at #9 BENSALEM
Sun Valley
- 11-7 overall
- Fourth place Ches-Mont American Conference (7-6)
- Beat #18 Downingtown West, 4-3, in season finale Oct. 17
- Has won four of last five matches
Bensalem
- 14-3 overall,
- Second place SOL Natioanl Conference (11-3)
- Swept #22 William Tenennt and beat #17 Pennsbury 1-0, and #14 West Chester Rustin 2-1
- Won last five games
Sun Valley players to watch: Matt Skwirut (keeper), Brandon Jenda, Aaron Kariuki, Ben Golder.
Bensalem players to watch: Chris Juergenson, Chris Kilcoyne (keeper) Alec Rosenfeld, Mike Henry, Jimmy McDowell, Elan Fingles (mid), John Torres, Jack Lee, Omar Luvigno, Brian Kilcoyne
Bensalem coach Joe Leone says: “I’m very proud. I’m happy for the boys, the school and look forward to the playoffs to see what we can do there.”
#4 CENTRAL BUCKS EAST - WILL HOST WINNER OF CONESTOGA at PERKIOMON VALLEY
Central Bucks East
- 14-3 overall
- Won SOL Continental Conference (12-2)
- Beat #7 North Penn 2-1, #10 CB West 1-0
- Swept both #15 CB South and #27 Souderton
- Won last seven matches
- Won 11 in a row in Continental Conference play after a 1-2 start.
Players to watch: Ryan Ware, Ryan Gleason, Kyle Clow, Broock Weiss, Dan Childson (keeper), Evan Wave
#20 CONESTOGA at #13 PERKIOMEN VALLEY
Conestoga
- 14-4 overall
- Tied for second place Central League (8-2-1)
- Beat #5 West Chester Henderson, 3-0, Oct. 5. Also defeated #25 Harriton 1-0, #23 Radnor 2-0 and #12 Unionville 1-0.
- Lost to top two seeds in districts, Lower Merion and Great Valley, by 1-0 scores.
Perkiomen Valley
- 11-5-2 overall
- Second place Pioneer Athletic Conference Liberty Division (9-2-2)
- Beat #6 Spring-Ford, 3-0 on Sept. 30, #21 Boyertown 3-1 and #23 Radnor 1-0
- All five losses were by one goal and came to district playoff qualifying teams.
Conestoga players to watch: Thijs Everts (sr., mid)
Perkiomen Valley players to watch: Kyle Charlton (sr., defense), Alex Dove (keeper) Scott Neal, Matt Genuardi
#28 INTERBORO at #5 WEST CHESTER HENDERSON
Interboro
- 9-9 overall out of Del-Val League
- Beat Penn Wood, 3-2, on Oct. 3
West Chester Henderson
- 14-3-1 overall
- Won Ches-Mont National Conference (11-1-1)
- Beat three district playoff qualifiers in #14 West Chester Rustin, #18 Downingtown West and #24 Sun Valley in final two weeks of season.
Interboro players to watch: Fisher Sikorsky (fwd/mid), Dom Franchetti,
West Chester Henderson players to watch: Todd Morton (keeper), Anthony Daniele
#21 BOYERTOWN at #12 UNIONVILLE
Boyertown
- 12-4-1 overall
- Third place Pioneer Athletic Conference Liberty Division (9-3-1)
- Beat #25 Harriton 4-1, #28 Interboro 3-2, #13 Perkiomen Valley 1-0 and #8 Plymouth Whitemarsh 2-1
Unionville
- 10-4-4 overall
- Third place Ches-Mont American Conference (8-2-3)
- Beat #24 Sun Valley 2-1, #14 West Chester Rustin 2-0, #13 Perkiomen Valley 1-0
Boyertown players to watch: Barry Kabinoff, Matt Hudson, Tim Lawlor (keeper)
Unionville players to watch: James Crowley (sr., mid), Evan Dwyer, Henry Shafer (keeper)
#2 LOWER MERION - WILL HOST WINNER OF DOWNINGTOWN WEST at CENTRAL BUCKS SOUTH
Lower Merion
- 16-0 overall
- Won Central League (11-0)
- Beat #23 Radnor 2-0, #20 Conestoga 1-0, #19 Strath Haven 3-0, #25 Harriton 2-0, #10 CB West 3-0, #26 Ridley 2-0
- Shut out 15 of 16 opponents. Only two goals allowed this year came in 3-2 win over Garnet Valley Oct. 8.
Lower Merion players to watch: Will Rosenbaum (sr., keeper), Francisco Palma, David Baer.
#18 DOWNINGTOWN WEST #15 CENTRAL BUCKS SOUTH
Downingtown West
- 10-6-1 overall
- Second place Ches-Mont National Conference (8-4-1)
- Beat #12 Unionville and #14 West Chester Rustin, both by 2-1 scores in early September
Central Bucks South
- 10-7-1 overall
- Fourth place SOL Continental Conference (7-6-1)
- Beat #7 North Penn 3-0, #17 Pennsbury 2-0, #10 CB West 2-1, #27 Souderton 1-0.
- Winless in last three matches
Downingtown West players to watch: West Chester Henderson: Cameron Young, Evan Hermans, Luke Maruca, Josh Brain (keeper).
CB South players to watch: Danny Remick, Matt Weigner (keeper), Dan Busichio, Dean Helwig, Brian Davis, Colin McGonigal, Ian Betts (defense), Evan Falkowski (defense), Andrew Denno (defense), Kevin Regan (defense).
#26 RIDLEY AT #7 NORTH PENN
Ridley
- 12-4-2 overall
- Sixth place Central League (5-4-1)
- Beat #23 Radnor 1-0 and #28 Interboro 4-3
- Three of four losses were to district playoff qualifiers
North Penn
- 14-2-2 overall
- Second place SOL Continental Conference (10-2-2)
- Swept #28 Souderton and beat #4 CB East 1-0, #10 CB West 2-1 and #15 Central Bucks South 3-2
- Won last four matches
- Has shutout six opponents
Ridley players to watch: John Saunders, Andrew Kelly, Pat O’Neill (keeper), Romario Elbasani
North Penn players to watch: Alan Vernon (keeper), Dylan McMahon, Mike Kohler, Drew McMenamin, Nick Miller, Tim Langton, Kevin McKenna, Milan Szilagyi, Rob Terchek, Abdul Mohamed.
#23 RADNOR AT #10 CENTRAL BUCKS WEST
Radnor
- 10-4-3 overall
- Fourth place Central League (8-3)
- Beat #19 Strath Haven 2-1 and #25 Harriton 1-0.
Central Bucks West
- 10-5-3 overall
- Third place SOL Continental Conference (8-3-3)
- Beat #4 CB East 1-0, #11 Upper Dublin 3-1 and #28 Souderton 1-0
Radnor players to watch: Ryan Freedman (keeper), Max Barish.
CB West players to watch: Joel Klapper, Jared Kelly, Redd Brown (keeper), Stephen Werner, Conrad Urffer, Brady Boylan, Kyle Schechter, Chris Van Pelt, Ethan Acaster.
CB West coach Stefan Szygiel says: “It’s definitely exciting for the boys and for West. I think that they’re ready. I think they’re prepared.”
#3 NESHAMINY - WILL HOST WINNER OF STRATH HAVEN AT WEST CHESTER RUSTIN
Neshaminy
- 15-0-3 overall
- Won SOL National Conference (11-0-3)
- Swept # 17 Pennsbury and #9 Bensalem and beat #15 Central Bucks South 1-0, #22 William Tennent 2-1, #16 Wissahickon 2-1 and #18 Downingtown West 2-0
- Allowed only one team (Holy Ghost Prep) to score one than one goal against it in a match
Neshaminy players to watch: Kenny Herrmann, Chris Watson (keeper) Dylan McDonald, Nick Tucci, Dan Grinrod, Devlin Mettee, Jamen Rowan, Pat Raykovitz, Zach Rider, Bobby Lutz, Dan Martin, Zach Albarran
Neshaminy coach Tom Foley says: “I told the kids - it was a great accomplishment going through our league undefeated. They were excited about the [SOL National] championship, but they realized they have some work to do.”
#19 STRATH HAVEN AT #14 WEST CHESTER RUSTIN
Strath Haven
- 10-5-2 overall
- Tied for second place Central League (8-2-1)
- Beat both #20 Conestoga and #23 Ridley by 1-0 scores
- Winless in last four matches
West Chester Rustin
- 13-5 overall
- Second place Ches-Mont American Conference (9-4)
- Beat #19 Strath Haven 2-0 and #24 Sun Valley 3-0
- All five losses were to district playoff qualifiers
Strath Haven players to watch: Sean Myers, Matt Eiel (keeper).
West Chester Rustin players to watch: Jesse Martinez (keeper), Jay Balch, Brendan Garcia, Bryan Boro, Alex Cohn, Justin Lucker.
#27 SOUDERTON AT #6 SPRING-FORD
Souderton
- 7-9-2 overall
- Fifth place Continental Conference (5-8-1)
- Beat #13 Perkiomen Valley 2-1 and #15 CB South 2-0
- Won final four matches of the regular season
Spring-Ford
- 15-2-1 overall
- Won Pioneer Athletic Conference Liberty Division (12-1)
- Beat #11 Upper Dublin 2-0, #21 Boyertown (twice at 2-1 in both matches), #13 Perkiomen Valley 1-0
- Won last six matches by a combined 14-2
Spring-Ford players to watch: Dan DiLiberto, Pat Swartz (keeper)
Souderton players to watch: Tyler Eckardt, Tylor Strozeski, Nick Stulb, Justin Rodzewich, Dan Sullivan, Jordan Rawa, Nate Verso, Jack O’Leary,
# 22 WILLIAM TENNENT AT # 11 UPPER DUBLIN
William Tennent
- 8-7-2 overall
- Fourth place SOL National Conference (6-5-3)
- Swept #17 Pennsbury and tied #3 Neshaminy, 1-1, Sept. 18
Upper Dublin
- 13-4 overall
- Tied for first place SOL American Conference (13-1)
- Swept #16 Wissahickon, beat #8 Plymouth Whitemarsh 2-0
- Allowed three goals in last eight games
Tennent players to watch: Johnny Ciarlante, Tony Ciarlante, Brian Note, Ben Zeitz (keeper), J.R. McCabe, Andrew Hughes, Jeremy Hefle, Dan Miller
Upper Dublin players to watch: Sam Ecker, Alex Demchick, Cole D’Andrea, Scott Wexler (keeper), Glenn Van Orden, Charlie Van Orden (keeper), Alex Browndorf.
Tennent coach Luke Gibson says: “We’re excited to have the opportunity to play in districts against an exceptional Upper Dublin team.”
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