Pre-Season Wrap Up

The 2015 pre-season has come to an end and when the Bobcats take the field for the first time on September 1st there will be many new faces.

Team after Allegheny Trail 5K run

Overall we will only be returning 12 players from last years team that finished 3rd in the CAC with a record of 10-6-3.

New to this years squad will be eleven new freshman, two transfers, three former walk-ons, and the return of one player who red-shirted the last two seasons for medical reasons.

The freshman class should be able to adjust to the college game fairly quickly as they are all high-level club players.  Three former Bays Academy players; KJ Davis, Kelvin Tata, and Hunter Jarmon will make immediate impacts.  Tata and Jarmon will be plugged in as starters in the mid-field while Davis works his way back into form as he is just seven months removed from ACL surgery.  Two more starters; Carvell Akuffo and Serigne Gueye will join the young Cats line-up after spending the past season playing with nationally ranked Baltimore Celtic.  Akuffo will be a much needed target forward while Gueye will lend his playmaking abilities to the midfield.  Another pair of teammates; Carlos Caro and Sergio Gomez from the Pachuca Dragons will be key defensive additions as Gomez will look to take the right back spot and Caro will compete with returning All-Region goalkeeper, Hassan Mostafa, for the starting job between the pipes.  Former MD All-State selection and Potomac soccer player, Guy Nabo will combine with Akuffo to make a formidable front line.

In the transfer class, former NC Fusion Academy player and Coker College transfer, Erik Casterline will round out the back-line as the left-back.

Back in the line-up for the first time since the fourth game of the 2013 season will be junior, Jonathan Lippitt.  Lippitt, a former MD All-State selection, started the first 4 games of his freshman campaign before being forced to the sidelines for almost 2 full seasons with injuries.  He looks sharp and is feeling good right now, so hopefully his injuries are a thing of the past.

Rounding out the newcomers are Freshmen; Kevin Vickery and Mario Fonseca, JUCO transfer; Elliot Quinteros, and former Walk-ons; Mack Naughton, Jose Montano, and Basluel Mekonnen.

Deep Creek Open Winners: Andrew Bergamaschi
 Elliot Quinteros, Mack Naughton, and Kevin Vickery