Wissahickon Boys' Soccer Preview

WISSAHICKON BOYS’ SOCCER PREVIEW

Coach: Stuart Malcolm (16th season)

Last year’s record: 18-1-1 (12-0 SOL American Conference). The Trojans went undefeated in the regular season and secured the no.1 seed in AAA District playoffs. After defeating Radnor in the second round we fell to Pennsbury in the quarter final to end our season.

Assistant coaches: Chris McDaniels, Nick Kempf, Fred Lomady.

Notable losses: Oluwole Amudipe (Defender), Javier Puga (midfielder), Erik Riefenstahl (GK) (defender).

Key returnees: Seniors— Joe Farrell (midfielder/forward), Stefan Dasbach (defender/midfielder), Dan Matthews (midfield/forward).

Others to watch: Juniors—Jimy Martinez (midfielder).

Strengths: The Trojans will build around their talented senior core using their experience from last season to help the squad.

Question marks: “We are trying during the pre-season to look at the formation to best utilize the talent on the field and establish the starting line up from the new squad members.”

 Overall outlook: “As always, the first priority is to make playoffs. We have a very competitive non-league schedule again and are hoping to secure some notable results in those games.” 

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