As the boys varsity soccer team prepares to kick off it’s regular season matches in a positive fashion, they are hopeful for an improved season compared to last year as they went 2-11-1.

Their two wins came against the West Springfield Spartans and the Thomas Jefferson Colonials.

So far, the boys have come out on top of one of their two scrimmages.

They lost to the Marshall Statesmen by a score of 2-0. Nonetheless, the boys bounced back and  defeated Hayfield Secondary School with a score of 6-1.

They showed their resilience by rebounding after their loss against Marshall to absolutely destroy Hayfield in what seemed like a one sided game.

Junior Rudy Flores led the Atoms to victory against Hayfield with a big goal. Flores showed off his great ball control and is ability to score.  

As the first regular season game was at home on March 13 against the Robert E. Lee Lancers, the boys are working their hardest in practice in order to do their best come game time.

Sophomore varsity goalkeeper Diego Aquice thinks that their team is very balanced and needs to work hard to reach their full potential.

“I need to practice a lot more, since I missed most of our practices due to a concussion I had,” Aquice said.

Aquice also thinks that he has made improvements from last year and looks to show them off all of them in upcoming games.

“I feel like I am able to communicate better than I did last year but I can still use some improvements,” Aquice said.

Following their first game, the Men’s Soccer team will be squaring off with the Fairfax Rebels at home and the South County Stallions away.

The goalkeeper is very excited and confident about their home opener.

“I feel like it will be an easy win. All we have to do is communicate with each other and give 120% throughout the game. If we do all that, then it will be an easy win,” Aquice said.