2023 Boys Soccer Season Preview
American Conference
Head Coach: Ryan Conner
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Season outlook: The players have worked very hard this off-season. We have a good balance of seniors and underclassmen with several players returning with varsity experience last year.
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Head Coach: David Antal
Players to watch: Mathew Luecke, senior, #10, Forward– Landon Antal, junior, #20, midfield/forward– Enio Hoxha, senior, #1, goalkeeper
Season outlook: Copley returns 6 starters from last year’s league runner up squad. The team is poised to make a run at the league title and compete for a district championship!
Head Coach: David Ortopan
Players to watch: Senior Jared Davidson #5 Def– Senior Chri Tha #16 Fwd– Junior Noah Adkins#8 Mid
Season outlook: Returning a strong core with varsity experience, CF looks to bounce back with competitive expectations.
Head Coach: Chris Schaefer
Players to watch: Junior Max Gargano, 6, Central Midfielder– Senior Max Wuchter, 10 Defensive Midfielder– Senior, Caden Davis 24, Defender
Season outlook: Highland is looking to build on a successful 2022 fall campaign. Were a senior laden squad, looking to defend, build possession and score goals.
Head Coach: Nick DePompei
Players to watch: AJ Catlett, Junior, 14, Forw– Dylan Halm, Senior, 11, Forw– Jeffrey Boyle, senior, 10, MF
Season outlook: After losing 13 seniors and 8/11 starters we look to form a new identity and shoot for the same standards and goals as previous teams did.
Head Coach: Garyn Daniels
Players to watch: Amir Spratt (Senior, 11, Striker)– Finn Obraza (Junior, 7, Midfielder)– Simon Khan (Sophomore, 9, Winger)
Season outlook: We return 2/3 of our roster from last year and despite being young are deep at most positions. We are looking forward to competing against some of the top programs in the area.
Head Coach: David Shahata
Players to watch: Brett Goodell– Zack Barker– Dawson Crum
Season outlook: The Tallmadge boys have been putting in a great deal of work in throughout the whole off- season. What was a young crew is now maturing, and we are looking forward to seeing the fruit of the labor of this group’s work on the field and their connection off the field as they serve and give everything for each other.
National Conference
Head Coach: Brad Dean
Players to watch: Anthony Sarti, Senior Captain, MF– Owen Lumpkin, Senior, Forward– Nathan Cain, Senior, MF
Season outlook: Looking to improve on a successful ’22 Season. Talented group of hard working players with depth coming off the bench.
Head Coach: Steve Knapp
Players to watch: Sam Robledo – Junior – #14 – forward– Will Hallis -sophomore – #7 – forward– Gavin Mertes – Senior – #10 – center midfield
Season outlook: After losing 17 players to graduation, team is looking to grow and mature quickly! Team is young and talented.
Head Coach: Kal “Steve” Toth
Players to watch: Senior, Connell Rafferty, 10, Midfield/Forward– Sophomore, Riley Edgehouse,4, Midfield Forward– Senior, Brett Rapp, 18. Goal Keeper
Season outlook: We are a senior heavy team, giving us a solid foundation for this year. How well they play will decide the success of the team.
Head Coach: Drew English
Players to watch: Sasha Sunjevaric– Dionysios Tsirambidis– Guiseppe Iascone
Season outlook: Looking to be competitive in every game and be able to play at a high level consistently is the key for us. Tough schedule but games that will help us get better and closer as a team.
Head Coach: Dani Giulvezan
Players to watch: 00 Ari Friedman (C) 12 GK– 3 Eric Boykin (C) 12 Def– 10 Rowan Hirsh (C) 10 Mid
Season outlook: I have a great group of kids, that are willing to pay the price for what they want to achieve.
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Head Coach: John Johnson
Players to watch: Senior, Alex Innocenti, 2– Senior, Michael Watson, 10– Senior, Harrison James, 7
Season outlook: We are looking forward to a new season in a very competitive league. The addition of Solon makes our league even better. We are hoping to compete for a league championship but the league is very well rounded and it will be fun.
