

She was taking the advice and using it to help make the correct substitutes, something that not all coaches would do.Īnother person of note for the iSchool Soccer team is team leader Theo Haythe. She took advice from the students to know who was the right person for the job to be substituted in. “Well, I think that’s kind of a hard decision to make because a lot of the time it would be the students who step up and take that role,” she said. Ly was excellent at it and got help from the players as well. Managing players can be a hard role, but Ms. And then I ended up playing in college.” Soccer has always been a passion for her, and this season she got to watch the players in action. She said, “I mean, I played from a young age, but played in a more competitive high school environment. Playing soccer in college, she has always loved the sport. Ly, who has had a passion for soccer for a while. With every great soccer team comes a great coach. Looking back, the iSchools had some impressive players, including players like Theo Haythe, who tied for top scorer in the league in the regular season with seven goals and four assists, Nicolas Lopez-Reitzes, the center-back who still managed to score four goals (most with his head), Kelvin Jarama, the center-back who was always behind Nico when he scored a goal, Langston Byrd, the star striker with four goals this season, and Blake Vanderfelt who managed a goal and two assists despite playing full-back for most of the season. They are in amazing form and we can’t wait to see them thrive this spring. Despite this rough start to the season, the iSchool showed that they deserved to be in the playoffs even if they didn’t make it, beating the top teams of first and third place. Despite NYC iSchools amazing performance in a 4-0 win against Law & Tech, WHSAT managed to beat Pace 4-1.ĭespite the four game winning streak NYC iSchool had strung together, they didn’t make the playoffs. WHSAT was facing seventh place Pace while NYC iSchool was playing third place Law & Tech. This meant that going into the final game, NYC iSchool needed to do better than WHSAT.

If the season finishes with two teams being tied, it is left up to who won their head to head game, which in this case, WHSAT won. In the New York Independent Schools League, they have different tiebreaker rules.

Lyons Community go out early as they lose 4-1 to Brooklyn Latin. This leaves NYC iSchool, WHSAT and Lyons Community to fight for the final playoff spot. Eighth place and Seventh place are secured as well as Orchard Collegiate finish bottom of the league and Pace grab seventh. The top three spots have been secured for Brooklyn Latin, Emma Lazarus and Law & Tech. The top four teams in the league make the playoffs. This goes into the final game of the season. A 9-3 win against Pace is what started it all, and after that game, they beat first place undefeated Brooklyn Latin 2-1 and Orchard Collegiate 7-1. They won their next three games in a row. This is where iSchool began to bounce back. They lost their first three out of seven games, including a 2-1 loss to WHSAT, which will come into play later, a 4-3 loss to Emma Lazarus, and a 5-1 loss to Lyons Community. The NYC iSchool soccer team had a rough start to the season this year. The NYC iSchool soccer team played their biggest game of the year against Law & Tech on October 25th, but the result did not even matter. We also seek funding and sponsorship opportunities that can be beneficial to local programs of sport and physical activity within Calderdale.All throughout practice, you could see their determination. We offer CPD opportunities for coaches, volunteers, parents and teaching professionals, this helping to promote sport and physical activity opportunities for all. Our Priorities are to enable Children and Young People to participate in safe, enjoyable and meaningful sport & physical activity at all levels, and to increase participation of Children and Young people, enabling and encouraging them to become more active. Calderdale Sports Network ( CSN) aims to support local programs of sport and physical activity operating within the Calderdale area, by providing expert knowledge, experience and guidance.
