Coach Louis Thorpe says the players are a motivated group who and been playing together on one team or another over several work hard for each other and are a very close-knit team who spend years, it would seem that success would be a given. With the age a great deal of time together, even when not on a soccer field. The group changes, many of the 2002 Premier Boys teammates have team knew they had the capability of having a special season — the been playing together since they were 9 years old. Even for those who aim for the fall was to capture the Tennessee state championship haven’t been together from the beginning, many of them have been and move on to Southern Regionals in June of 2017. The long-term together for at least three to four years. That expectation of success vision for this team from the players to the parents was always has become a reality, but it has arrived through hard work and focus. about reaching the team’s potential while not sacrificing the The fall season started with a championship at the Vestavia development of the players in the early stages of their careers for a Invitational in August and the team went on to win three other result-oriented environment. tournaments over the course of the fall, including the Chattanooga Now, as the players have started to mature, the results of focusing Fall Invitational. They also captured their division at the CASL College on having the right technical and tactical mindset are starting to pay Showcase. However, the team’s greatest success came in going off and the team is looking forward to playing and competing together undefeated in state league and State Cup play by capturing Tennessee over the course of the coming years. Soccer’s USYS Division I State Championship.
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