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<p>As previously written about, the Beach FC 2007 ECNL girls team won the national title in the U17 Division, and several players who are DI commits from the class of 2025 were highlighted. However, there are four 2026 graduates playing up on this team who also made a big impact during the season or in the playoffs.</p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='82437' first='Jennah' last='Black'], Central Defender</p>
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<p>Black will be a junior at Torrance High and is a center back. She has the skills of an outside back in terms of how she receives the ball, how she possesses it and how she moves it. When you see her, you see an active center back who covers the outside nicely because Beach FC outside backs love to push up. Black is there to fill in and pick up any slack left and does so with energy and desire. She's a physical defender who does not shy away from contact, and will seek to make a challenge and shows excellent timing. With strength and speed, she can sit back and be a traditional center back but also has the skills to possess and move the ball forward. </p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='19911' first='Mechal' last='Green'], Forward</p>
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<p>Green is a forward who can play all three spots across the top. She attends Palisades High where she is a rising junior, and was an impact player for the 2007 Beach FC team. Watch Green in person or on tape and one thing that really pops is how clever she is with her runs. She knows where weak points are, she knows when to flatten out and she times them so well. She is also very fast, but does not look like she is moving that fast. She just gets past defenders with ease. She is very clever and creative and her comfort at playing any of the forwards spots is so apparent, and she does not confuse the roles. She gets down the boundary quickly and keeps her head up, looking to cross. She does not send them in blindly, and because of that they are accurate. She knows when to cut in and continue on with the ball or when to lay it off and make a run. When she's playing as a striker, she shows a great first touch, a calmness in traffic and really good finishing ability.</p>
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<p>[player_tooltip player_id='63990' first='Finlee' last='Mills'], Forward</p>
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<p>Mills is a rising junior at Palos Verdes High and she is a forward who can play as either a No. 7 or No. 11 and can do both with great skill. She can use either foot, she has excellent speed on the outside and what really stands out about her when you watch her play is her game-changing ability to change direction. She wrong foots defenders all of the time and uses that skill to open up space. She is a clever player with great vision and passing ability to go with her determination when she's in the final third as she is always looking to deliver a good ball or mix it up in the box with defenders and get a shot on goal.</p>
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<p>Kate Ryan, Forward</p>
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<p>Ryan is a teammate of Mills' at Palos Verdes and is also a forward, giving that team two excellent scoring threats from the same class. She is very versatile and dynamic but seems to be most dangerous playing as a No. 7, where she has the ability to beat her defender to the outside and send in a cross, which she is very good at, or, with her blazing speed, continue into the box. She is also quite good at cutting inside and either laying a ball off for an overlapping run and continuing on into the box, or dragging on the edge of the area and sending in a powerful shot.</p>
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As previously written about, the Beach FC 2007 ECNL girls team won the national title in the U17 Division, and several players who are DI commits from the class of 2025 were highlighted. However, there are four 2026 graduates playing up on this team who also made a big impact during the season or in the playoffs.
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