Groton-Dunstable Boys Soccer Preview
Coach: Sean Wisbey- 6th season at GD, Coaching Record at GD (73-20-11)
Last Season we went 8-1-1(13-5-2) in Midland Group B league play, 2nd Place.
Lost in Div 1 District Quarters to Westborough 4-2 on Penalty Kicks.
Lost to Graduation Forward Matt Tornaritis (UMass Lowell), Defender Tim Hilbrunner (Conn College) and Midfielder Matt Straw (Fairfield University)
Captains: Jason Dingle, Patrick Keating
Returning starters: (12)Jason Dingle, (12) Matt Krikorian, (12) Mitchell Wheeler, (12)Patrick Keating,(12). Eric Niemoller, (11)Dean Tornaritis
Key Players: (12)Michael Ho,(12). Jason Pang, (11)Matt Warren, (12)Andrew Karasevich, (12)Chris Werner , (11)Nate Martinez, (11)Joey Zinkann, (11)Nicholas Resca
Games to watch: Thursday Sept 17th Home vs Westboro 4pm, Saturday Sept 26th Home vs Sutton 11am, Saturday October 17th Home vs Bromfield 11am.
The 2015 teams will return 16-18 players from 2014 squad. Despite have six returning starters the team lost key central players to graduation. With many spots up for grabs among those starters it will be interesting to see who fills the roles and what new players will find the starting lineup. Chris Werner, Nicholas Recsa and Mitchell Hardy will compete for starting keeper..
Strengths: Experience and Organization
Improvements: Speed of Play
Team Goals - The Goal for the program will always be to take the next step as a program which will be reaching the Div 1 Central MASS District Championship Game for the first time in School history. GD lost to Wachusett Regional on Penalty Kicks in the Semi Finals in 2013 after leading the game with less than a minute to go. To reclaim the Midland B League Title.
Pre-season!
Monday Aug 31st GD will be hosting Royal Grammar School from Newcastle, England for a 12:00pm scrimmage!
2015 Crusader Soccer Jamboree will be hosted at GD on Saturday Sept 5th from 8am-2pm. Opening game Tue Sept 8th at Home vs Sheppard Hill 4pm.
Groton Dunstable Boys Soccer started at the High School in 1972 and is currently 7 wins short of 500 in programs history. This season the Boys will try to claim their mark in history by winning the programs 500th game.
