2017 East-West Soccer TONIGHT at MacPherson Stadium
Women’s game at 6:30 p.m. Men’s game at 8:30 p.m.
The East-West All-Star Games have lived up to their billing of seeing tomorrow’s stars today, as many former all-star players wear NCAA National Championship rings, Super Bowl rings, NBA Championship rings, or have participated in soccer’s World Cup.
Men’s and Women’s soccer were added to All-Star Week in 1992. Legendary coaches Bob Catapano, Zack Osborne, and Herk DeGraw were featured that year.
Matches have been played at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. In 2015, renovations there necessitated a move to MacPherson Stadium, home of the professional Carolina Dynamo.
On six occasions, five or more goals have been scored in a match.
Most player participants have gone on to compete in college and several have played professionally. As with football and basketball, these games are a great showcase for the best players, coaches, and officials in the state of North Carolina.
2017 East West Women’s Soccer
East
# Player Pos. Ht. High School 2 Taylor Cammarata M 5'1 Green Hope 3 Lillian Dunn G 5'6 Green Hope 4 Rachel Golden D 5' 9 Leesville Road 5 Brianna Kropinack M 5' Swansboro 6 Brianna Morris M 5'6 Millbrook 7 Katie Quinn D/M 5'3 Heritage 8 Natasha Turner D/M 5'10 Carrboro 9 Laura Sparling M 5'5 Carrboro 10 Lauryn Taiwo D 5'4 Cardinal Gibbons 11 Abbey Campbell D 5'9 New Hanover 12 Haley Garrett M 5'4 Cardinal Gibbons 13 Madison Hoopes F 5'6 Jacksonville 14 Madison McNally G 5'4 Wake Forest 15 Robin Pollard F 5'6 West Johnston 16 Tori Riggs F 5'6 Croatan 17 Siara Southerland F 5'7 Hoggard
Head Coach: Scott Sloan Heritage
West
# Player Pos. Ht. High School 2 Madelyn Becker D/M 5'5 Newton Conover 3 Skyler Chillson F 5'3 Lake Norman 4 Katie Kearns D 5'7 AC Reynolds 5 Kenzie McDowell F 5' Asheville 6 Alivia McKelvy G 5'7 Piedmont 7 Elizabeth Neblett D 5'8 West Forsyth 8 Maddie Capel 5'1 Hickory Ridge 9 Jovanna Sanchez M 5'5 Hickory High 10 Meaghan Quinn F 5'11 South Iredell 11 Ashley Rumley F 5'6 Northern Guilford 12 Molly Boda D/M 5'3 Central Academy of Tech & Arts 13 Brooke Freeman M 5'8 South Iredell 14 Cori May D 5'10 SW Guilford 15 Molly McGarry M 5'5 Providence 16 Claire Michaels D 5'3 Page 17 Abigail Stapleton G 5'7 Charlotte Catholic
Head Coach: Angelo Palozzi Newton Conover
Player Bios from the West team:
Cori May(Southwest Guilford HS)
Cori…Southwest Guilford…5-10…D…coached by Robert Szitas…as senior, named All-Conference, All-Region…10 goals, 6 assists…as junior, named All-Conference, All-Region…12 goals, 6 assists…as sophomore, named All-Conference…2 goals, 6 assists…member of FCA, Yellow Ribbon Club, Student Council, NHS, Beta Club…Breakfast Buddies volunteer…plans to attend UNC Chapel Hill…favorite pro athlete is Abby Wambach…says “I am very excited, honored, and shocked to be participating in this game. I had no idea that I would make the team, so I felt very accomplished as a player. Even though I am not playing soccer in college, I am excited to play this game because it will be my last real game of my soccer career.”
Claire Michaels(Page HS)
Claire…Page…5-3…D…coached by James Pielow…as senior, named All-State, All-Conference, All-Area…as junior, named All-State, All-Region, All-Conference, team MVP…as sophomore, named All-Conference…member of NHS, Spanish NHS, Key Club (vice president), Service Learning Club (Executive Board member)…plans to attend UNC Chapel Hill…favorite college athlete is Kelsey Chamberlin…favorite pro athlete is Sydney Leroux…says “I am really excited and honored to participate in the all-star game! I am looking forward to playing both against and with many talented girls and hopefully play well in the game. By participating I hope that I can better myself as a player and teammate.”
Ashley Rumley(Northern Guilford HS)
Ashley…Northern Guilford…5-6…F…coached by Wes Lewis…as senior, named All-State, All-Region, All-Conference, Academic All-Conference…member of NHS, Beta Club…Congressional Award Bronze Medal recipient…Congressional Award Gold Certificate, Congressional Award Silver Certificate, Congressional Award Bronze certificate…plans to play at Elon University as a walk-on…considering a career as a pediatric dentist…favorite college athlete is Tori Baliatico…favorite pro athlete is Xavi Hernandez…says “I feel honored to be given this opportunity, and I will take in this experience. I expect to learn how to play at a high pace and how to get along with new teammates.”
2017 East West Men’s Soccer
East
# Player Pos. Ht. Wt. School 2 Dillon Parker M 5'4 115 Corinth Holders 3 Zach Curtis D 6'3 170 Green Hope 4 Declan Payne M 6' 160 New Hanover 5 Cooper Dean M 6'1 170 Hunt 6 Josh Siggers M 5'11 150 Swansboro 7 Brendan Holly D 6'2 182 Chapel Hill 8 Gray Sutter G 6'2 200 Clinton 9 Wesley Dunn G 5'10 155 Leesville Road 10 Cadence Tootle M 6' 175 Swansboro 11 Sam Linker M 5'9' 140 Chapel Hill 12 Ian Walston D 5'11 150 North Johnston 13 Dashaun Brown F 6'1 160 White Oak 14 Turner Wells D 6'3 175 Clinton 15 Connor Munz F 6'2 180 Green Hope 16 Jose Anguiano F 5'10 150 Hunt 17 Tristan Nelson F 6'3 180 Laney
Head Coach: Joe McCarthy Northern Nash
West
# Player Pos. Ht. Wt. School 1 Reed Hunnicutt M 5'9 145 South Mecklenburg 2 Triston Barbour M 5'10 155 Western Alamance 3 Aiman Hussein F 5'11 160 Patton 4 Konner Brown D 6'3 185 AC Reynolds 5 Preston Walker F 5'8 140 Chase 6 Michael Davidson F 6'2 165 Weddington 7 Brendan Mann M 5'9 145 AC Reynolds 8 Ethan DeSilva D 5'10 157 South Mecklenburg 9 George Ellington F 5'9 140 Williams 10 Weston Edwards D 5'10 180 Forbush 11 Henry Cochrane M 5'8 158 West Forsyth 12 Kenneth Gentry G 6' 205 Mt. Tabor 14 Dani Halbing D 6'1 165 East Meck 16 Tyson Hichman M 5'10 155 West Henderson 17 Seth O'Neal G 5'11 150 Southern Alamance 18 Karl-Heinz Reichert M 5'10 140 Porter Ridge
Head Coach: Jeremy Krist Williams