HS: TeamSnap Girls All-America update

by Sheldon Shealer

March 1, 2017

More than 750 fall-, winter- and spring-playing high school girls players made the cut for the Fall TeamSnap All-America Watch List, Winter TeamSnap All-America Watch List and Spring TeamSnap All-America Watch List.

Players, through coaches recommendations and TopDrawerSoccer staff observations, will be added each week to the list as performances warrant. The only players that will be removed from the list will be athletes who are no longer playing high school soccer or sustain a season-ending injury that will take them out of all-state consideration.

The TeamSnap All-America teams are not announced until the end of the school year.

Complete list of TeamSnap All-America Update articles.

Here are recent performances and updates from players on the TeamSnap All-America Watch Lists:

GIRLS

* F SaraJayne Affleck, Aliso Niguel (Aliso Viejo, Calif.), So.: There's no rest for some of the elite. Affleck helped Aliso Niguel to the section quarterfinals last week. This week, she's be playing for the Cal-South 2000s in the US Youth Soccer ODP National Championships. Affleck was among the leading goal scorers for Aliso Niguel, which went 20-2-1.

* F Madison Alloway, Pleasant Valley (Chico, Calif.), Sr.: Alloway's final high school goal -- the 126th of her career -- was a penalty kick that launched Pleasant Valley's 2-0 victory over Chico in the Northern Section Division I final. For Alloway and her teammates, it was the fitting end for a trying season. Pleasant Valley's head coach, Brett Silva, died as a result of injuries sustained in a car crash, just after midseason. Pleasant Valley regrouped under interim coach Eric Snedeker and won its final nine matches after the incident.

* F Devyn Gilfoy, [Liberty ca-w] (Brentwood, Calif.), Sr.: Gilfoy closed out a stellar high school season, scoring twice and assisting on a goal, all in a five-minute span, to help Liberty rallied past Carondelet (Concord, Calif.) 3-2 in the CIF North Coast Section Division I final. Gilfoy has signed with Pepperdine.

* F Sophia Serafin, Bishop Amat (La Puente, Calif.), Sr.: Serafin unleashed six goals in Bishop Amat's 8-1 win over previous nationally ranked Chaminade in a playoff game. Serafin, who has signed with Stanford, also had an assist.

* F Rachel Wasserman, Highland Park (Texas), Jr.: The Penn State commit scored four goals last week as Highland Park pushed its record to 16-0. The perfect mark allowed the Lady Scots to move into No. 1 in this week's SIMA FAB 50.

NOTE: The fall All-America watch list includes only players from high school teams that compete during the fall season. The Winter All-America watch list was released in November and includes players from the seven winter-playing states, and the Spring All-America watch was released in February.

Related Topics: HS All-America, Big Ten, Pacific 12, West Coast