Season Wrap Up

Before I give my season wrap up I want to again let all our LM Soccer Alumni know that we will be holding our rescheduled "Alumni Game" on Friday, November 25th (the day after Thanksgiving), on the turf at Arnold Field starting at 11 AM. We will play among ourselves as we already have 20 players coming out. We would like to get at least 10 more so if you haven't already contacted me please email me at bubdavidson@comcast.net with your name & graduation year, This way I will have an accurate count to better make up the teams, and also have your email address to pass along any last minutes changes.
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District Playoff Results from yesterday:

#1 Conestoga beat #5 North Penn 2-1
#2 Henderson beat #3 C.R. North 5-0
* Conestoga & Henderson will play each other in the District Final on Saturday, 5:30 PM, at Great Valley
* C.R. North will host North Penn on Saturday in the 3rd place game @ 7 PM

#6 Neshaminy beat #7 Lower Merion 3-1
#8 C.B. East beat #4 Pennsbury 2-0
* These 2 will play each other for the 5th State Playoff spot on Saturday at 2 PM @ Neshaminy
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Looking Back
LM went into the 2016 season having graduated 11 seniors from 2015, including 7-8 starters. A conservative prediction would be that they would hope to finish somewhere in the top 3 or 4 in the Central League, and secure a District 1 playoff spot. They accomplished that, and much more. They recorded 10 regular season shutouts, finishing 14-2-2 overall. They were in a 2 horse race for the Central League title with powerful Conestoga (ranked as high as #2 in the nation), until they lost to Radnor 2-1 in the next to the last league game. They finished their league play traveling to Conestoga for a night game and took the highly ranked Pioneers to OT before falling 2-1, good for a 2nd place Central League finish.

After a 1st round bye, the Aces beat Wissahickon 3-1 in the 2nd round, and went on to the District 1 quarter-finals before losing a 2-1 OT  heartbreaker to #2 seed West Chester Henderson, after being ahead 1-0 with less than 3 minutes to go in regulation. The Aces' final record was 15-4-2, scoring 46 goals and allowing only 16. If not for a few badly timed injuries in the playoffs who knows what could have happened. Looking at the finished product, I'm one LM Soccer Alumni who is very proud of this team.

I will continue to post all the District 1 & State Playoff results, All-League selections & other honors, Alumni Game Info, and more. Thank you all for your continued support for Lower Merion Soccer.