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coladad9, I must agree with your selection! I do have one question that maybe someone could bring to light . Doesn't Cates play foward on his club team and defender on his HS team,ODP team, etc? What is the deal here,wonder why his club coach plays him at foward since I think he has played defense(top level I may add)for so many years. This kid is a natural defender, surely his club coach knows this. What position will he play in college?

Bear, youre correct but I thought Enzo was a given. I would have to say Enzo, Cates, Valasquez, Myers, and Benson may be the best Sophs in the state.

Mike,

Cates is a Junior.

Mike,

Just a difference of opinion, and don't necessarily disagree with your thinking. In addition to the difference of opinion, there is the difference of formations and tactics that the group is developing and playing in. I just can't in my mind boil it down to 5, and need about 10 or so. Kind of why I put the sophomore list out there. Lots of very good players in that class.

Enzo, Valasquez, and Meyers, all forwards. Kind of hard to leave Savage out of that group. Each of them have their strengths in comparison to each other. The 4 of them on the same team would make it both very dynamic and challenging for the coach.

Benson is your only pick of non forwards, and is a mid fielder for club, playing defense in HS. In my opinion, by positioning in the Palmetto Cup, he wasn't shown in his best light, and wasn't necessarily alone in that regard. Moving into the mid field, Lundy and Sweet deserve mention in the group, with Lundy being the only one playing in the same position in HS as club. Like the forwards, each has their relative strengths when compared to each other.

I just think that class is too deep and strong to boil it down to a point that total consensus could be reached.

the best freshman is zach acree or alex martinez, i have played against zach and joey demare i would much rather mark joey than zach, joey does a lot of unnessary play with the ball and does NOT work on defence at all

I've watched Zach. And I've watched Joey. I feel as though that Joey would Definitely be more of a target to mark in a game. He has all the attributes that a forward needs to have. The only thing I've seen from Zach is speed and good work rate. I think Joey can also play as a Winger so the "unnecessary stuff" with the ball that you speak of will work with the space out-wide. I've talked to so many people after watching games that Joey would be marked in and excel in and i ask the player that marked him if it was a tough task to handle and the usual reply would be of course, he's a top notch player. Joey and Alex are the top two players.