The Boys JV Soccer team is doing great this year winning most games. In order for players to be able to join the Jv soccer team they need to have a passing grade in every class, your grade needs to be a D or higher for you to be passing. Grades matter to play soccer because coaches want their players to do well in school. Another reason coaches focus on grades is because it teaches athletes to balance their school work with their sport. Being able to do a sport everyday while maintaining good grades teaches players a valuable life skill.
Players on the junior varsity believe this year is better than last year. Thang Mung, a JV sophomore player, states, “This year is better than last year because I have more playing time and I have more confidence.”
Another sophomore player, Abel Brambila says, “This year is better cause we are undefeated.” Some athletes determine how good the team is doing based on their personal performance and others base it on team scores.
The junior varsity team sees games in different ways. Though they are winning most games this year, there are some rough games. Abel Bramiba says after playing Parkrose, “even though we won, we all played badly.”
On the other hand, there were some amazing games. Pedro Salinas said, “My best game this year was against Cleavland because I scored last minute and it was lit.” Thang Mung also says “Milwaukee was good because I was taking on my defender and scored a goal.”
With a new year, there are always new incoming freshmen. New members make a difference on the team. Thang said, “Some freshmen make the team worse due to their lack of experience”.
Abel Brambila said, “they are not as good and not disciplined”. Every player is different depending on their own skills, but due to the fact that it’s their first year playing on a highschool team, they tend to not be as good working in a team because they simply just started with the new team. No one can determine as a whole of the freshman performances but a fact is that they aren’t as experienced in school teams as the upperclassmen.
