HS Soccer Recaps ‘24
First of all, it was another historic day for our Network as ATVN broadcast for the first time in our history the District XI boys – and girls – soccer championship live!
The student-athletes did not disappoint with the Northampton girls winning their first ever title (more on this team in a moment) and the Parkland boys team outlasting the K-Kids through 2 overtimes and a sudden death shootout.
It was yet another example of a continuing theme for us at the Astound Television Network as we continue to broadcast more high school sports to our viewers than ever before once again this year!
If you missed the outstanding efforts by both playoff teams, here’s highlights of both the girls and boys 4A championship games…
Astound TV Network Sports: Northampton vs. Emmaus (11/24)
Astound TV Network Sports: Parkland vs. Northampton (11/24)
Northampton girls Head Coach Mike Missmer shared a story with me which I retold on a recent edition of “SportsTalk” prior to the soccer playoffs commencing and I wanted to highlight the accomplishment of his team from earlier in the year, here in an email he shared with me…
My 2007 Western Lehigh United girls, probably the smallest club to ever earn a spot at the US Soccer National Presidents Cup, finished 5th in the Country.
1st time in our club history since 1989 for any team to make the National Championship.
Our entire goal this season was to compete for our first PA State Championship. We achieved that goal after 120 minutes of overtime and a PK shootout in Philadelphia. After winning the State title we went to WV for the US Regional Championships where we went undefeated against other State champions until the final, losing 1-0 to WV. With 4 US Soccer regions in the country they take the finalists from each to create the 8 team National Championship tournament in KS.
After flying to Kansas (our first time we flew anywhere as a team) we went 1-1-1 beating the US Southern regional champions and earning a draw with the very talented US Far West Regional Champions (Who are in the final being played as I write this)
The teams we faced were all academy and ECNL kids – all stacked with high level college commits… we have no kids committed to college yet and only a few even looking to play after HS. We are just a bunch of HS players, some who have yet to, and some who didn’t even make their HS teams.
Through the entire State, Regional, and National tournaments we lost a total of TWO games.
Congratulations to both the Northampton girls and Parkland boys programs on an outstanding year!
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