After preseason, the Northwood Boys U19 Soccer team was feeling good, not great. While they had earned some solid results with 2 wins and a draw, the performances weren’t what they were looking for. They were good matches, but riddled with shaky moments that cast an overcast shadow on their undefeated record. That meant that going into this past weekend, they knew they needed to make a statement, especially in their Sunday game against the #10-ranked prep school in the U.S, the Kiski School.
In their first match of the weekend, a warmup game of sorts, the Huskies handed Florida Prep a 3-0 trouncing, where domination was the only story to tell after the game. This gave the team a little momentum, which they surely would need going into their big clash on Sunday.
Sunday rolled around, and the match kicked off around noon. It wasn’t long before the Huskies went down 1-0; however, this time was different. Unlike in previous matches, the team kept its forward drive that it had come into the match with. After that cold awakening, the boys never looked back, and within 10 minutes they were blasted ahead 2-1 by brilliant goals from forwards Thiago Cesar ‘26 and Will German ‘27. Kiski fought hard but was ultimately outmatched against the Huskies, who added 3 more goals from Andres Castro ‘26 and Parker Borden ‘27 before the end of regulation.
After the match, Northwood was launched into the top 5 prep schools in the nation. Now with an even larger target on their back, the boys must defend their ranking against #14 in the nation, Pennington School, Combine Academy, and Kimball Union, in what is widely considered the most important showcase for college placement in Prep Soccer.
The games will not be easy by any means, and along with the matches, legs will play another part in the difficulty of the showcase. With 3 80-minute games in 3 days, the need for depth off the bench will be greater than ever. To add to that, there will be the ever-present pressure of coaches from all the nation’s top colleges who will be at the event attempting to find players from the Class of ‘26 as well as ‘27. With all the pieces in place, all that is left for the Huskies to do is play their game, and with the momentum from last weekend, the boys are sure to come out firing. The first game kicks off at 8:00 p.m. on Friday, September 19th, and under the lights, the team will test their mettle once again, hopefully coming out victorious and with a good report for Tuesday’s school meeting.
While the matches are sure to be the toughest yet, if the team flows as it did last weekend, the Huskies will be nearly impossible to beat.
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