Philly Area Boys Standouts: February 2024

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The month of February is ending and despite some up and down weather ended up being a soccer-filled month. Unfortunately with the Penn Fusion Girls Showcase being canceled it meant I mostly only saw boys games but here's a look at some players from the Philadelphia area that stood out to me in my travels over the course of the month. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["114057"],"_player_evaluations_0_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":["override_image"],"_player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_0_player_featured_image":165167,"_player_evaluations_0_player_featured_image":"field_62f141137ead9","player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"Anisse is anything but an under the radar prospect but what impressed me with him this month is how he was finding different ways to score and impact a game. 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