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Coach Geoff O’Connell said morale and expectations are high for Valley Stream North’s girls soccer team, which won its last six regular-season games in 2011 and qualified for the Nassau Class A playoffs after finishing second in Conference A-III. more
Mark Romanowski joined the Albertson Soccer Club’s elite academy team in the fall of 2011, when he entered his junior year at South Side High School in Rockville Centre. The decision did not come easily for Romanowski, who is now 17 and a senior at South Side. He had played for the Rockville Centre Soccer Club since he was in third grade, and he loved his club. more
Inconsistency, injuries and unlucky bounces in overtime were all big reasons why Hofstra’s men’s soccer team went 7-10-1 a year ago (4-7 against Colonial Athletic Association rivals) and failed to meet expectations. more
A non-conference schedule that includes Ohio State, Temple, Georgetown and Wake Forest will provide Hofstra’s women’s soccer team with an early measuring stick and help it prepare for Colonial Athletic Association foes. more
Few bounces went Molloy’s way on the men’s soccer pitch a year ago, and the result wasn’t pretty. The Lions suffered eight shutouts, lost four times in OT and struggled to a 2-14-1 mark. However, an influx of newcomers and the return of 90 percent of last year’s offense have coach Danny Longo excited to turn the page. more
While many athletes from the U.S. were competing in the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London, a few athletes from England made their way to Valley Stream. However, these young adults didn’t come to compete. They came to teach. more
I was shocked to see myself in the Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch last summer. I wasn’t literally in the newspaper, but I saw myself reflected in the parents profiled in the brilliant investigative piece “Children may be vulnerable in $5 billion youth-sports industry: Parents and athletes feel the pressure to compete at all costs” (Aug. 29, 2010). more
After four consecutive first-round exits in the Nassau Class A boys’ soccer playoffs, Valley Stream North finally got the monkey off its back last Friday afternoon when it upset third-seeded Hewlett, 2-0. more
A year after missing the Nassau Class A boys’ soccer playoffs for just the second time in 17 seasons under coach Rich Boyd, Valley Stream South locked up a postseason berth more than a week ago. more
Despite a young roster that includes six freshmen, Valley Stream South remains in contention for a playoff spot in Nassau Conference A-III girls' soccer. more
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