HS All-American Games Become Westside Story

by Sheldon Shealer

December 2, 2017

High School All-American Game Coverage

OVERVIEW: Cassidy Lindley had two goals and three assists as the West girls cruised to a 6-1 victory over the East, tying the all-time series at 2-2-1. Two early goals for the West boys sparked the team's 4-1 victory over the East, the largest margin of victory in series history, as the West ran its record to 4-2-1 in the rivalry. The All-American Games are for fall-playing high school players only.

Boys Game Story: Illinois quick strikes | Boys Top Performers (Thursday)

Girls Game Story: Indiana stars deliver | Girls Top Performers

Previews: Defense might win the day | Top Uncommitted Players (premium)

ROSTERS

BOYS GAME

EAST

No.-Pos.	Name	High School	College
21-F	Jackson Becher	Lower Dauphin (Pa.)	UMBC
2-M	Payton Blynn	South Kent School (Conn.)	Undecided
19-M	Ibrahima Diop	Pennington School (N.J.)	Undecided
20-D	Vinicius Fernandes	South Kent School (Conn.)	Undecided
23-F	Gavin Ford	Salesianum (Del.)	Undecided
12-F	Justin Gielen	DeMatha Catholic (Md.)	Maryland
6-M	Nicholas Jennings	Conestoga (Pa.)	Lehigh
17-F	Seth Jordan	Nitro (W.Va.)	Undecided
1-GK	Shane Keenan	Christian Brothers Academy (N.J.)	Connecticut
18-F	Josh Luchini	North Allegheny (Pa.)	Lehigh
0-GK	Ryan Miller	C. Milton Wright (Md.)	St. John's
10-M	Mouhamed Ndiaye	Avon Old Farms (Conn.)	Undecided
11-M	Mohamed Omar	Berkshire School (Mass.)	Undecided
7-D	Nick Richardson	Archbishop Curley (Md.)	Maryland
16-D	Sanoussi Sangary	Martin Luther King (N.Y.)	St. John's
9-F	Seidu Shamsudeen	Canterbury School (Conn.)	Villanova
5-D	Ahria Simons	Berkshire School (Mass.)	Dartmouth
14-D	Brett St. Martin	Mount St. Joseph (Md.)	Maryland
8-M	John Strohlein	Delran (N.J.)	Undecided
3-M	Izaiah Vignali	A.C. Reynolds (N.C.)	Undecided

Coaches: Chad Bridges, Pennington School (N.J.); Mike McLaughlin, St. Ignatius (Ohio); Greg Winkler, United Soccer Coaches.

WEST

No.-Pos.	Name	High School	College
77-D	Shawn Azcueta	Whitefish Bay (Wis.)	Wisconsin-Milwaukee
3-D	Miguel Baca	Dodge City (Kan.)	Undecided
15-F	Eric Conerty	Forest Hills Central (Mich.)	Butler
13-F	Andrew Cross	Evansville Memorial (Ind.)	Undecided
23-D	Jayson Cyrus	McDonogh School (Md.)	Northwestern
7-M	Efrain Davila	Bradley-Bourbonnais (Ill.)	Undecided
16-F	Linden Eberle	Lakota West (Ohio)	Wright State
4-D	Jack Edwards	Christian Brothers College (Mo.)	Saint Louis
12-D	Corey Goede	Rockwood Summit (Mo.)	IUPUI(m)
8-M	Hector Gomez	St. Francis de Sales (Ohio)	Undecided
1-GK	Elian Haddock	Whitefish Bay (Wis.)	Yale
21-F	Billy Hency	Rockwood Summit (Mo.)	Loyola-Chicago
10-M	Johnny Rodas-Hills	Lakeridge (Ore.)	Undecided
11-F	Luke Kiley	Dublin Coffman (Ohio)	Georgetown
6-F	Noah Melick	H.D. Jacobs (Ill.)	Wisconsin
9-D	Miguel Mendoza	Chaparral (Nev.)	Undecided
19-M	Kelby Phillips	Springfield (Ill.)	SIUE
36-M	Ben Wendell	Mason (Ohio)	Cincinnati
2-F	Ryan Wittenbrink	Libertyville (Ill.)	Indiana
5-M	Ben Yeagley	Bloomington South (Ind.)	Indiana

Coaches: Chris Kappler, Rockwood Summit; Hardy Kalisher, Boulder (Colo.); Jason Turkington, O'Fallon (Ill.); Paul Vignocchi, Glenbrook North (Ill.).

GIRLS GAME

EAST

No.-Pos.	Name	High School	College
9-D	Christina Bacon	Pomfret School (Conn.)	Wagner
4-D	Tory Bike	St. Joseph (Conn.)	Rhode Island
8-M	Emily Clorite	Choate Rosemary Hall (Conn.)	Yale
13-M	Sara D'Appolonia	Yarmouth (Maine)	Delaware
3-M	Giovanna DeMarco	Penn Charter (Pa.)	Wake Forest
19-D	Emily DeNunzio	Darien (Conn.)	Colgate
6-F	Kayla Duran	Buckingham Browne & Nichols (Mass.)	Boston College
5-M	Cara Eastern	John Stark Regional (N.H.)	Southern New Hampshire
29-F	Molly Feighan	Arlington (N.Y.)	Virginia Tech
12-F	Elayna Grillakis	Central Catholic (Mass.)	Providence
23-F	Emily Harrigan	Norwin (Pa.)	Rutgers
22-F	Alison Heckman	Manheim Township (Pa.)	James Madison
25-F	Kayla Lee	Colts Neck (N.J.)	Columbia
7-D	Grace Moore	Rocky Hill (Conn.)	Northeastern
66-M	Amelia Paternoster	Wall Township (N.J.)	Princeton
11-M	Mackenzie Pluck	Germantown Academy (Pa.)	Duke
17-M	Margot Ridgeway	[Rumson-Fair Haven Regional nj-w] (N.J.)	UC Davis
18-D	Jenna Royson	Toms River North (N.J.)	Georgetown
1-GK	Holland Stam	Pingree School (Mass.)	Duke
0-GK	Mimi Stines	Summit Country Day (Ohio)	Dayton
20-F	Payton Sullivan	Toledo St. Ursula (Ohio)	Toledo
24-M	Lauren Tangney	Fairfield Warde (Conn.)	Wake Forest

Coaches: Tara Madigan, Northern Highlands (N.J.), Kieran McIlvenny, Arlington (N.Y.), Carey O'Brien, Loomis Chaffee (Conn.).

WEST

Pos.	Name	High School	College
0-GK	Ana Aguado	Robbinsdale Armstrong (Minn.)	Minnesota
11-F	Lexi Baca	Cibola (N.M.)	New Mexico
15-M	Ambere Barnett	Owensboro Catholic (Ky.)	Undecided
20-D	Lexa Bauer	Toledo Notre Dame (Ohio)	Toledo
8-M	Sophia Braun	Portland Jesuit (Ore.)	Gonzaga
3-D	Marissa Carpenter	Skyline (Wash.)	Pacific
00-M	Makayla Christensen	Centennial (Idaho)	Utah
19-D	Sydney Collins	Portland Jesuit (Ore.)	California
6-F	Vanessa Dinardo	Strongsville (Ohio)	Cincinnati
13-D	Madison Ellsworth	Hillsboro (Ore.)	Oregon State
14-M	Meredith Haakenson	Maple Grove (Minn.)	Michigan
24-M	Janiece Joyner	Medina (Ohio)	Michigan
2-F	Cassidy Lindley	Guerin Catholic (Ind.)	Florida
23-M	Claudia Longo	Issaquah (Wash.)	Washington
4-F	Kristina Lynch	Penn (Ind.)	Florida State
10-D	Erin Keefe	Ridge (N.J.)	Lehigh
12-M	Lauren Rakytiak	Strongsville (Ohio)	Undecided
9-F	Katherine Soderstrom	Carmel (Ind.)	Butler
22-F	Maria Van Halm	Issaquah (Wash.)	Washington
1-GK	Mackenzie Wood	Penn (Ind.)	Northwestern