Five dynamic players from Southern California
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These five players, who reside in the southern part of the country’s most populated state, are players who are dynamic, versatile, athletic and committed to improving. They cover a wide variety of positions and graduation years, showing the overall balance…
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Continue ReadingThese five players, who reside in the southern part of the country’s most populated state, are players who are dynamic, versatile, athletic and committed to improving. They cover a wide variety of positions and graduation years, showing the overall balance and depth in the state.
Savannah Enriquez Savannah Enriquez 5'4" | M Mission Hills | 2026 CA , Central Midfielder, Mission Hills, Class of 2026
Enriquez is a sophomore center mid from Mission Hills High in San Diego and plays for San Diego’s City SC on the 2007 GA team. She played her second varsity season this past winter with her high school team, leading the team in tackles, interceptions, successful passes and pass completion rate. Mission Hills won the league, made the San Diego Section Open Division semifinals, reached the SoCal Regional finals and had an 18-2-5 record on the year. Now her focus is back on club, and she is looking to build on what she learned this winder. She’s growing in terms of her speed of play, her texturized passing and her physical strength. Enriquez is a disruptive midfielder, one who distributes and moves the ball well. She’s a playmaker, a dynamic box-to-box mid and she is very good at anticipating play.
Lauren Jesic Lauren Jesic 5'8" | D N/A | 2028 CA , Central Defender, Chaminade, Class of 2028
Jesic is a very talented young player, one that hasn’t even started high school yet, but will attend Chaminade High next season, which is an excellent girls program. She plays club at LAFC for the 2009 ECNL team. Jesic is building a nice resume already as she trained with the SoCal PDP team this winter where she is playing in Holland against teams like the Ajax youth team and the Dutch U15 team. Jesic is one of just three girls not in high school who made this team. As a center back, she is working on playing with the back line as a unit, learning new teammates. She’s adjusting to the pace of play nicely, and that is helping her make even quicker decisions. She is looking to carry these things, as well as better communication, with her into the club season. Jesic is a very fast player, with great agility and passing ability. She shows great field awareness, she is very competitive and is incredibly coachable. She really thrives in being a great teammate as well.
Kaitlyn Lee, Central Defender, Huntington Beach, Class of 2026
Lee plays at Huntington Beach High, a very good high school program, and plays for the SoCal Blues 2008 ECNL team. She is a center back who shows great leadership with the back line, and is a very good 1v1 defender as well as a good group defender. She’s also recently started scoring goals off corners, making her a dual threat. She’s good in possession, she passes well and shows great decision making. This is because she’s calm on the ball. She’s also very good at communicating.
Avery Oder Avery Oder null | F Oaks Christian | 2025 State #10 Nation CA , Forward/Attacking Midfielder, Oaks Christian, Class of 2025
Oder is a very special player. She was selected to PrepSoccer’s All-Los Angeles Area team, she made the CIF Southern Section Open Division team and as a junior is already committed to Duke. She plays high school at Oaks Christian and plays club at Beach FC. She led her high school team in goals in assists and was selected as the Ventura County Girls player of the year in addition to the Marmonte League MVP. Oder is a very skilled player, who shows amazing quickness and agility. She’s really hard to handle when she gets 1v1 and is really good about helping break down a defense by delivering a precise pass, by finding space and timing her runs well. She’s a versatile player that can play as a forward or a No. 10 and she shows great soccer IQ.
Kobe Teofilo Kobe Teofilo 5'8" | D San Pedro | 2027 CA , Central Defender, San Pedro, Class of 2027
Teofilo is a freshman at San Pedro High where she just played as a varsity player. She plays club for Beach FC. A gifted center back, she showed great ability to transition into the midfield where she was needed more during the high school season, showing great versatility and the ability to be dynamic. She maintained possession well, along with helping build up the attack. She’s looking to be an even better communicator and a more aggressive defender this club season, and wants to be a bigger threat on set pieces. She is a strong player, one who is calm on the ball and has great vision. She positions herself well in order to be the most effective player she can. Teofilo continues to work on being more vocal as she also looks to get even faster, improve her slide tackling and her range of passing.