Soccer Time!

**15thRegionSlamaBamma** · 07-16-2006, 01:31 AM

The thing with Belfry is they are only a 2nd year program in a tough district and regionâ¦They have a few good players being Daniel, Shannon and the 2 Calebs the problem lyes in their defenceâ¦I have had the chance to play my Spring ball on the same team as them and they are coming along very wellâ¦The Chemistry is getting there but they will struggle IMOâ¦

The girls teams are always harder to get into the groove of things considering most are new to the sport while the guys have played most of their lifeâ¦The girls team will be good but they cant compete with Pikeville and Perry Central this yearâ¦

Pike Central did lose 7 seniors I being oneâ¦The trouble will lye every where with them besides in the forward and goaley positionsâ¦They lost their 2 main defence players a great right outside mid and two center mid all of which signed soccer scholarshipâ¦Four to Pikeville college and one to the University of the Cumberlandsâ¦

Valley will be tough in the guys but they lost their source of goals being Tyler Tackettâ¦Tackett was their field commander with great speed and foot work, took a lot of dives which made many ppl upsetâ¦Will could be their heart and soul this year and is a great soccer playerâ¦The thing with Valley is they always get those foreign exchange studentsâ¦

But like I said earlier it will once again be Pikeville and Perry at the topâ¦Pikeville has been training hard I worked out with them on a few occasionsâ¦They have had a camp that was done through Cumberland in which I watched very closelyâ¦They have a great mid/striker in Max Pafunda who is being recruited right now by Lee University a top notich soccer programâ¦Their problem will also lie on the defencive endâ¦They do have a great class coming up of freshman who will land a lot of playing time and will get a lot of experienceâ¦

Perry Central is my fav to win district this year they have the majority of players coming back with the exception of midfielder Anderw Lungsfurdâ¦Lungsfurd signed to play ball at the University of the Cumberlandsâ¦Perry has the depth and team to go along ways as they did this year making it to the regional finals they only team to do that in our districtâ¦

My Problem with soccer around here is that it is played like glorified kick ballâ¦Teams in this area need to learn to play for possession and not just boot the ball up the field this is not how it is meant to be playedâ¦But with everyone watching the World Cup I feel as if soccer will turn around in this area