NORTH PENN BOYS’ SOCCER PREVIEW
Coach: Chris DePeppe
Last year’s record: 8-7-5 overall, 6-5-5 SOL After a slow start we finished lsst season playing well and we bring back a talented core group of 8-9 starters.
Key returners: "Our senior captains will be impact players. Demetri Ilovski is a terrific attacking midfielder/forward, and Ian Balisalisa is a strong central midfielder who will be joined by senior Bruno Brnardic and junior Fionn Regan. Our fullbacks are very good - juniors Ryan Smith and Eoin Regan. Senior Nino Brnardic is returning from injury and will help us defensively as will Ahmaar Godhania (senior). Junior Matt Haines can play a few positions, and he is an important player for us. We lost one key player to injury in senior Caden Myers, but we are getting senior Ryan Miller back after a year playing MLS Next.
Outlook: “We expect to return to form this season and compete for the conference title, but our conference is very strong again. I don’t think any team is going to run away with it, so I expect it to be nip and tuck until the final game. Our opening stretch is tough with three away games, including LaSalle out of the gate, so we will have to play with some urgency immediately. But this team has experience and depth, and our overall technical ability is quite good. It will be an exciting session.”
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