21 Chargers SC Players to Play College Soccer
Chargers SC News Release
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
CLEARWATER, Fla. – Chargers Soccer Club is proud to congratulate its 20 boys and girls players who have committed to play college soccer in 2013. A total of 10 members of the U18 USSF Development Academy Boys team and 10 members of the U18 Clearwater Elite Girls team were honored in a special National Signing Day Celebration tonight at the Safety Harbor Resort & Spa as they prepare for the next chapter of their academic and athletic lives.
“At Chargers SC we take great pride in preparing our players to move on to play both collegiately and professionally, and it’s exciting to see another strong group of boys and girls achieving their goals and embarking on the next adventure in their lives,” Chargers SC Co-Director Peter Mannino said. “The time and effort they’ve put in the past several years will prepare them for the challenges they will face both on and off the field.”
The U-18 Boys U.S. Soccer Development Academy team is coached by Garth Pollonais, Roberto Lopez, Tim Mulqueen and Peter Goulish. The U18 Clearwater Elite Girls are coached by Siggi Nagele.
Chargers Soccer Club provides soccer opportunities to players throughout the Tampa Bay region with programs and fields in the Clearwater, Lakewood Ranch and Tampa communities, covering all sides of Tampa Bay. Chargers SC has approximately 90 competitive teams, a USSF Development Academy Program, three recreational programs, TOPS Soccer and an adult recreational league totaling nearly 3,000 players utilizing 50 soccer fields.
The merger that formed Chargers SC brought together a pair of clubs established in the 1970s – the Clearwater Chargers (encompassing the former Countryside Lightning Soccer Club) and Fusion Futbol Club of Tampa Bay (formerly Black Watch Soccer Club and the New Tampa Soccer Association).
In addition to the NCAA, former Chargers can currently be found playing in MLS, European professional leagues and for U.S. National Teams. Recent Chargers SC alums Zac MacMath and Jeff Attinella currently play for the Philadelphia Union and Real Salt Lake of the MLS, respectively.
Note: Names will continue to be added below as commitments continue to occur.
2013 Chargers SC College Commitments
U-18 Boys
Player High School College Attending
Jesse Caron Palm Harbor University Boston University
Drew Corcoran Freedom Erskine or Wofford
Nicholas Day Countryside University of Tampa
Jeffrey George Countryside East Tennessee State University
*Bakie Goodman Pine View School Georgetown University
David Gray East Lake Liberty University
David Kuckkahn Countryside Rollins College
Scott Levene New Canaan (Conn.) University of Connecticut
Hunter Loyden St. Petersburg Georgia Southern University
Cameron Thomas Countryside University of South Florida
U-18 Girls
Player High School College Attending
Annie Barrett Bloomingdale Mercer University
Amber Coca Bloomingdale Wagner College
Brittany Coca Bloomingdale Belmont University
Dougie Dingess Ensworth (Tenn.) Furman University
Kristy Legoas East Lake Florida Southern College
Morgan Lorenti Palm Harbor University University of Tampa
Melinda Lukas North Ft. Myers Georgia Southern University
Eleni Mavres Clearwater Maryville College
Ruth Seleznick Robinson Rice University
Karina White East Lake Palm Beach Atlantic
U17g Tampa Elite
Player High School College Attending
Jessica Lime Brandon Barton College
