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Chargers SC News Release
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
CLEARWATER, Fla. – Chargers Soccer Club is proud to congratulate its 25 boys and girls players who have committed to play college soccer in 2014. A total of six U18 boys and 19 U18 girls were honored in a special National Signing Day Celebration tonight at Clearwater Central Catholic High School as they prepare for the next chapter of their academic and athletic lives.
“We are once again pleased to see such a fine group of young men and women achieving their goals both academically and athletically after all the hard work they have put in the past several years,” Chargers SC Director of Coaching Peter Mannino said. “Our coaching staffs at the Chargers SC locations throughout the Tampa Bay area are second to none and consistently produce players who are prepared to succeed in life, on an off the field.”
2014 Chargers SC College Commitments
U-18 Girls
Player | High School | College Attending |
Maggie Amos | East Lake | Delta State University |
Daryl Bell | Southeast | University of West Florida |
Caroline Booth | CCC | Auburn University at Montgomery |
Abigail Bravo | Tampa Prep | Florida Southern College |
Dominique Cirnigliaro | Hudson | University of West Florida |
Taylor Doeble | Charlotte | University of West Florida |
Katie Im | Palm Harbor | Davidson College |
Jessalyn Kinlaw | Manatee | University of North Florida |
Ashton Knopf | Palmetto | Coker College |
Hannah Lippincott | McKeel Academy | University of Wisconsin-Parkside |
Emma Mitchell | Plant City | Southeastern University |
Lindsey Perkins | Clearwater | Saint Leo University |
Leah Rapuano | Seminole | Nova Southeastern University |
Brianna Reda | Lakewood Ranch | Georgia Southwestern State University |
Sydney Ross | Bloomingdale | University of Tampa |
Hanna Seybold | Freedom | Robert Morris University |
Balea Schumacher | JW Mitchell | Nova Southeastern University |
Clancy Vaughan | Manatee | Carson-Newman College |
Ricki Vetzel | Bishop McLaughlin | Florida Southern College |
U18 Boys
Player | High School | College Attending |
Thomas Dieffenthaller | East Lake | Providence College |
Daniel Felman | Berkeley Prep | Lafayette College |
Logan Jones | Wiregrass Ranch | College of William and Mary |
Jordan Lue | Wharton | University of Central Florida |
Eric Mubang | Jesuit | Boston University |
Logan Paynter | Manatee | Lipscomb University |
Nearly 800 Chargers Soccer Club alumni have gone on to play college soccer since 1972, including more than 100 during the past four years alone.
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, and Ben Sweat was drafted in the first round in 2014 by the Columbus Crew.