A-A Game Preview: Boys Defenders

Today, we take a look at the defenders who were selected to participate in this week’s Boys High School All-America Game, which will be held Saturday in Knoxville, Tenn. The match will be live-streamed on PrepSoccer.net. <strong>EAST</strong> <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="32281" first="Wayne" last="Frederick"], St. Albans (D.C.), Duke</strong> <strong>Coach:</strong> Brian Schultz <strong>Career Goals:</strong> 10; <strong>Career Assists:</strong> 5 Honors: All-ISL selection. … Local and state postseason honors for fall 2021 have yet to be announced. <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="32325" first="Sebastian" last="Green"], Northwood School (N.Y.)</strong> <strong>Coach:</strong> Jon Moodey <strong>Honors:</strong> Local and state postseason honors for fall 2021 have yet to be announced. <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="29189" first="Calvin" last="Lemley"], Rivers School (Mass.), Colgate</strong> <strong>Coach:</strong> Steve Schechter <strong>Honors:</strong> All-America Watch List in 2021 for PrepSoccer.net and High School All-America Game. … Honorable mention NEPSAC Best XI in 2019. … There was no 2020 high school season. … Started every match at center back as a freshman in 2018 and was rated among the Top 50 underclassmen by the New England Soccer Journal as Rivers reached the Class B final. … Local and state postseason honors for fall 2021 have yet to be announced. <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="29191" first="Henri" last="Richter"], Milton Academy (Mass.), Northwestern</strong> <strong>Coach:</strong> Chris Kane <strong>Career Goals:</strong> 4; <strong>Career Assists:</strong> 5 Honors: NXT LVL Showcase Best XI in 2021. … All-New England Underclassmen Best XI. … All-ISL Best XI in 2020. … All-ISL Preseason Best XI in 2021. … Boston Preseason All-Metro. … PrepSoccer.net All-America Watch List. … Local and state postseason honors for fall 2021 have yet to be announced. <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="12853" first="Ari" last="Rosu"], West Orange (N.J.)</strong> <strong>Coach:</strong> Doug Nevins <strong>Career Goals:</strong> 23; <strong>Career Assists:</strong> 21 <strong>Honors:</strong> First-Team All-Conference and All-county. … SCANJ First-Team All-State. … NJ.com All-State first team. … 2021 Midseason Defender of the Year for New Jersey. … NJ Dream Team. … Local and state postseason honors for fall 2021 have yet to be announced. <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="12234" first="Zachary" last="Sardi-Santos"], Milton Academy (Mass.), Harvard</strong> <strong>Coach:</strong> Chris Kane <strong>Career Goals:</strong> 3; <strong>Career Assists:</strong> 7 Honors: PrepSoccer.net All-America Watch List. … Local and state postseason honors for fall 2021 have yet to be announced. <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="32286" first="Adrian" last="Trott"], South Kent School (Conn.)</strong> <strong>Coach:</strong> Owen Finberg <strong>Honors:</strong> A member of the Bermuda National Team player pool since 2017. … Played for Black Rock FC in New York and the Robin Hood FC in Bermuda. … Part of South Kent’s 2021 Class B championship team that resulted in a final Prep Top 10 Co-No. 1 finish in 2021. … Local and state postseason honors for fall 2021 have yet to be announced. <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="13153" first="Ryan" last="Yang"], Pennington School (N.J.)</strong> <strong>Coach:</strong> Chad Bridges <strong>Career Goals:</strong> 8; <strong>Career Assists:</strong> 2 Honors: Local and state postseason honors for fall 2021 have yet to be announced. <strong>WEST</strong> <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="11410" first="Ryder" last="Barrett"], Rockhurst Jesuit (Mo.)</strong> <strong>Coach:</strong> Matt Darby <strong>Career Goals:</strong> 10; <strong>Career Assists:</strong> 5 <strong>Honors:</strong> First-team all-district, first-team All-Metro and second-team All-State in 2020. … First-team all-district in 2019. … Local and state postseason honors for the 2021 fall season have yet to be announced. <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="18476" first="Langdon" last="Gryglas"], Arrowhead (Wis.), Brown</strong> <strong>Coach:</strong> Jeff Staus <strong>Career Goals:</strong> 15; <strong>Career Assists:</strong> 5 Honors: Two-time Wisconsin Journal Player of the Year nominee. … First-team all-state in 2019 and 2020. … United Soccer Coaches All-Region in 2020. … First-team all-conference in 2019 and 2020. … Local and state postseason honors for the 2021 fall season have yet to be announced. <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="18509" first="Sam" last="Magner"], Milwaukee Marquette (Wis.)</strong> <strong>Coach:</strong> Steve Lawrence <strong>Career Goals:</strong> 2; <strong>Career Assists:</strong> 2 Honors: Three-time conference champion as of 2020. … Greater Metro Conference Scholar-Athlete. … First-Team All-Greater Metro Conference in 2020. … 2020 All-State selection for a state championship team. … Local and state postseason honors for the 2021 fall season have yet to be announced. <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="12596" first="Alex" last="Peters"], Christian Brothers (Mo.)</strong> <strong>Coach:</strong> Tery Michler <strong>Career Goals:</strong> 0; <strong>Career Assists:</strong> 5 Honors: Team captain as a junior and senior. … Ambassador Hall of Fame in junior year. … First-team all-region and first-team all-conference in 2020. … Only sophomore to make second-team all-conference in 2019. … Local and state postseason honors for the 2021 fall season have yet to be announced. <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="13337" first="Kaden" last="Schufft"], Rio Rancho (N.M.)</strong> <strong>Coach:</strong> John Shepard <strong>Career Goals:</strong> 8; <strong>Career Assists:</strong> 13 <strong>Honors:</strong> Team captain in 2021. … First-team all-district for 2020 and 2021 seasons. … First-team All-State in 2020 (2021 has yet to be announced). … NMHSCA All-Star selection in 2021. … Two-time Academic All-District. … NMAA All-Conference first team in the spring as Rio Rancho was the conference and state champion. … All-State honorable mention in 2019. … Rio Rancho was a state semifinalist and Metro Tournament finalist in 2019. <strong>THE EDGE:</strong> EAST The East team features several outstanding, athletic defenders who can be offensive game changers, as well. In recent years, the West defenders have stayed organized under a lot of East pressure. This year’s defense will need to do that same. Look for [player_tooltip player_id="11410" first="Ryder" last="Barrett"] and [player_tooltip player_id="18476" first="Langdon" last="Gryglas"] to lead that effort. Gryglas locked down every assignment he had during the high school season and he’ll need to do that again for 45 minutes for the West to have a chance to win Saturday. On the East team, some of the more exciting defenders to watch are players who have yet to commit -- [player_tooltip player_id="32325" first="Sebastian" last="Green"], [player_tooltip player_id="32286" first="Adrian" last="Trott"], and Ryan Yang. All will end up at NCAA Division I programs, along with the other already-committed East defenders. <p class="p2"><span class="s1">[table id=108 /]</span></p> <p class="p2"><span class="s1">[table id=109 /]</span></p>