A-A Game Preview: Girls Forwards

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Today, we size up the forwards who were selected to participate in this weeks’ Girls 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="29354" first="Brooke" last="Haarala"], Framingham (Mass.), Purdue</strong>
<strong>Coach:</strong> Jennifer DeFusco
<strong>Honors:</strong> Local and state postseason honors for the 2021 fall season have yet to be announced.
<strong>[player_tooltip player_id="29403" first="Shae" last="O’Rourke"], St. Mary’s (N.Y.), South Carolina</strong>
<strong>Coach:</strong> Brittany Heist
<strong>Career Goals:</strong> 128; <strong>Career Assists:</strong> 39
<strong>Honors:</strong> New York Gatorade Player of the Year in 2020. … Three-time Monsignor Martin Player of the Year. … Three-time Monsignor Martin All Catholic Division A. … Three-time All-Western New York. … Two-time All-WNY Player of the Year. … Three-time New York All-State first team. … New York State Player of the Year in 2020. … USA Today NYS Female Athlete of the Year. … USA Today NYS Soccer Player of the Year. … Two-time United Soccer Coaches All-Region. … Two-time MaxPreps Player of the Week. … Two-time Buffalo News Player of the Week. … Bee Newspaper Player of the Year. … Monsignor Martin Championship 2021, Most valuable player. … Other local and state postseason honors for the 2021 fall season have yet to be announced.
<strong>[player_tooltip player_id="23792" first="Kayla" last="Reed"], East Brunswick (N.J.)</strong>
<strong>Coach:</strong> Kevin Brady
<strong>Career Goals:</strong> 33; <strong>Career Assists:</strong> 17
Honors: GMC All-Red Division honoree in 2019 and 2020. … NJGSCA All-State in 2020. … Local and state postseason honors for the 2021 fall season have yet to be announced.
<strong>[player_tooltip player_id="24302" first="Summer" last="Reimet"], Ocean City (N.J.), Monmouth</strong>
<strong>Coach:</strong> Lisa Cuneo
<strong>Career Goals:</strong> 115; <strong>Career Assists:</strong> 21
<strong>Honors:</strong> All-State, All-South Jersey, All-Cape Atlantic League first team, Atlantic City Press Player of the Year and Courier Post Player of the Year in 2021. … Other local and state postseason honors for the 2021 fall season have yet to be announced. … Four-year varsity starter. … School record of 46 goals in a season and 115 career goals were as of Oct. 18. … Named NJ.com Midseason Forward of the Year in 2021.
<strong>[player_tooltip player_id="24457" first="Isabella" last="Hope Romano"], Syosset (N.Y.), Navy</strong>
<strong>Coach:</strong> Joseph Marchetta
<strong>Career Goals:</strong> 35; <strong>Career Assists:</strong> 18
<strong>Honors:</strong> All-County Class AA1 in 2021. … All-State in 2019. … All-County in 2018 and 2019. … All-Long Island in 2018. … Newsday’s Top 100 in 2018, 2019 and 2021. … AA1 county champion in 2018 and AA1 conference co-champion in 2019. … Other local and state postseason honors for the 2021 fall season have yet to be announced.
<strong>[player_tooltip player_id="20914" first="Sydney" last="Segalla"], Housatonic Valley (Conn.), Boston College</strong>
<strong>Coach:</strong> Steven Dodge
<strong>Career Goals:</strong> 70;<strong> Career Assists:</strong> 30
<strong>Honors:</strong> Four-time all-state honoree. … four-time all-conference honoree. … Nominated for Gatorade State Player of the Year for Connecticut.
<strong>WEST</strong>
<strong>[player_tooltip player_id="27475" first="Lily" last="Boyden"], Skyline (Utah), Washington State</strong>
<strong>Coach:</strong> Yamil Castillo
<strong>Career Goals:</strong> 34;<strong> Career Assists:</strong> 12
<strong>Honors:</strong> Desert News Ms. Soccer for Utah in 2021. … Class 5A First-Team all-state in 2021. … Led Skyline to a 20-0 season, ranked No. 1 by United Soccer Coaches Association. … Class 5A playoff MVP.
<strong>[player_tooltip player_id="27460" first="Kelly" last="Bullock"], Olympus (Wash.), Utah</strong>
<strong>Coach:</strong> Jamie Evans
<strong>Honors:</strong> Desert News Class 5A second-team all-state in 2021.
<strong>[player_tooltip player_id="27526" first="Seven" last="Castain"], Waterford (Utah), Texas Christian</strong>
<strong>Coach:</strong> Kimi Miyashima
<strong>Career Goals:</strong> 118; <strong>Career Assists:</strong> 34
<strong>Honors:</strong> Desert News Class 2A Player of the Year. … Scored a state-record 71 goals as a senior. … Class 2A first-team all-state in 2018, 2020 and 2021. … Set a state record in 2021 for scoring nine goals in a match.
<strong>[player_tooltip player_id="28454" first="Taylor" last="Krueger"], Portland Jesuit (Ore.), Saint Louis</strong>
<strong>Coach:</strong> Steve Fennah
<strong>Career Goals:</strong> 40; <strong>Career Assists:</strong> 29
<strong>Honors:</strong> Two-time state champion (2018 and 2019). … Academic All-American. … All-League second team in 2020. … Golden Boot winner in 2020-2021. … Player of the Week and Hat Trick Award honors. … Local and state postseason honors for the 2021 fall season have yet to be announced.
<strong>[player_tooltip player_id="30227" first="Libby" last="Majka"], Strongsville (Ohio), Duquesne</strong>
<strong>Coach:</strong> Todd Church
<strong>Career Goals:</strong> 36; <strong>Career Assists:</strong> 49
Honors: Greater Cleveland Conference first team in 2018, 2019 and 2020. … Greater Cleveland Soccer Coaches Association honorable mention in 2018 and 2019. … Greater Cleveland Soccer Coaches Association second team in 2020. … Other local and state postseason honors for the 2021 fall season have yet to be announced.
<strong>[player_tooltip player_id="29412" first="Nicole" last="Sidloski"], Strongsville (Ohio), Ohio State</strong>
<strong>Coach:</strong> Todd Church
<strong>Career Goals:</strong> 53;<strong> Career Assists:</strong> 37
<strong>Honors:</strong> Greater Cleveland Conference honorable mention in 2018. … Greater Cleveland Conference second team in 2019. … Greater Cleveland Conference first team in 2020. … Ohio Division I state championship player of the match. … Local and state postseason honors for the 2021 fall season have yet to be announced.
<strong>THE EDGE: </strong>WEST
Get ready goalkeepers -- they’re coming for you! East forward [player_tooltip player_id="29403" first="Shae" last="O’Rourke"] and West forward [player_tooltip player_id="27526" first="Seven" last="Castain"] are two of the most prolific high school soccer forwards in the nation and they will lead their respective teams this week. The West appears to have a slightly stronger surrounding cast, especially with [player_tooltip player_id="27475" first="Lily" last="Boyden"] and [player_tooltip player_id="28454" first="Taylor" last="Krueger"].
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