A-A Game Preview: Girls Goalkeepers

In recent years, the West girls goalkeepers have found themselves under quite a lot of pressure at the High School All-American Game. That very well could be the case again in 2021 as the East is loaded with finishers. Here are the goalkeepers for this year’s event, which will be held Saturday, Dec. 11, in Knoxville, Tenn. The match will be live-streamed on PrepSoccer.net. <strong>EAST</strong> <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="22555" first="Caroline" last="Duffy"], River Hill (Md.), Duke</strong> <strong>Coach:</strong> Brian Song <strong>Career Shutouts:</strong> 37 <strong>Honors:</strong> MACS first-team All-State in 2021. … Howard County Player of the Year in 2021. … All-County first team for the abbreviated spring 2021 season. … 2020 All-Decade Team Honors for Howard County by the Baltimore Sun. … All-County second team and All-State honorable mention in 2019. … All-County second-team and Baltimore Sun second team in 2018. … Other local and state postseason honors for the 2021 fall season have yet to be announced. <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="29413" first="Abby" last="Reisz"], Upper Arlington (Ohio), Tennessee</strong> <strong>Coach:</strong> Andrew Kessinger <strong>Career Goals:</strong> 37; <strong>Career Assists:</strong> 17 <strong>Honors:</strong> TopDrawerSoccer No. 1-ranked player in Ohio. … Gannett Newspapers’ Ohio’s Best Girls Soccer Player. … Two-time all-state and the only player in Ohio history to be all-state as both a forward and a goalkeeper. … Two-time All-District; 3x All-Conference; 2x Captain; 2x Team MVP; Team Defensive Player of the Year. … Team Offensive Player of the Year. … Two-time leading scorer; four-time Ohio Soccer Coaches’ Academic Excellence Award. … National Honor Society member. … Other local and state postseason honors for the 2021 fall season have yet to be announced. <strong>WEST</strong> <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="23745" first="Jordan" last="Brown"], Faith Lutheran (Nev.), Southern Cal</strong> <strong>Coach: </strong>Bob Chin <strong>Career Shutouts:</strong> 38 <strong>Honors:</strong> Scholar-Athlete for 2020-2021. … Gatorade Player of the Year for Nevada in 2019-2020. … Class 4A Nevada state champion. … Southern Nevada Coaches Association Goalkeeper of the Year 2019-2020. … TopDrawerSoccer all-region and state star in 2019. … All-Mountain Region in 2018 and 2019. … All-Southern Nevada first team in 2018 and 2019. … Four-year varsity starter. … Holds state records for most shutouts in a season and most consecutive shutout games. … Local and state postseason honors for the 2021 fall season have yet to be announced. <strong>[player_tooltip player_id="27538" first="Taygan" last="Sill"], Davis (Utah), BYU</strong> <strong>Coach:</strong> Jimmie Powell <strong>Honors:</strong> Four-time all-state honoree. … Davis won a state championship in 2020. … Named the Desert News 6A all-state keeper after allowing only three goals this past season. ... She had nine shutouts in 2021. ... Holds the state record for 46 career shutouts. <strong>THE EDGE:</strong> WEST The West gets the edge for this simple reason -- the nominated West keepers were so strong the event organizer is using one of them on the East team! Reisz might be the most talent of the lot, and she has an interesting back story. In addition to being a high-level keeper, she's also a field player who has received all-state mention in that role, as well. Pairing Reisz and Duke-bound Duffy on the East makes for a strong keeper combo. Brown and Sill both have had storied high school and club careers. Between them they have logged more than 50 career shutouts while playing at the top levels in their respective states. [table id=106 /] [table id=107 /]