Thirty-seven of the nation’s elite boys high school soccer players will participate in the first annual High School All-American Game on December 10, 2011, in Birmingham, Alabama, at 6:00 PM CT at West Campus Field on the campus of UAB. 

The players selected represented their high school teams during the fall season and are players that received top all-state recognition and in many cases National Soccer Coaches Association of America All-America status.

Supported by the NSCAA, adidas and Eurosport, the game is being held the same weekend and same city as the men’s NCAA Division I College Cup.  The participants arrived yesterday and today and will attend the College Cup semi-final games this evening as well as the championship game on December 11.

Players were chosen from a list of players on a national watch list.  A committee of 20 coaches from across the nation nominated and voted for the players.  The coaches were chosen based on their coaching achievements. This event is the first of what is hoped will become an annual event with the addition of a similar girl’s game next year.

The game will be streamed live via the internet at http://coachesaid.com/article.aspx?id=10972 starting at 5:00 PM CT with pre-game activities.  There is a $10.00 charge to watch the game.  There will be no on site admission charge for the game.

The list of participants and coaches is below.  The website is http://www.highschoolsoccerallamerican.com.

West All-American Team

Players
Brad Carabajal – Eldorado High (Albuquerque, N.M.)
Sean Conerty - Forest Hills Central (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
Ryan Gross - Davis High (Davis, Calif.)
Karsten Hanlin - Cherry Creek (Greenwood Village, Colo.)
Neil Henley - St. Xavier High (Louisville, Ky.)
Ryan Howe - Boylan Catholic (Rockford, Ill.)
Femi Hollinger-Janzen - Bethany Christian (Goshen, Ind.)
Qudus Lawal - Chicago Mather (Chicago, Ill.)
Deven Mason – Eldorado High (Albuquerque, N.M.)
Dustin Munger – McMinnville High (McMinnville, Ore.)
Joe Naughton – Marquette  Jesuit (Milwaukee, Wis.)
Shane O’Neill – Fairview High (Golden, Colo.)
Chase Rau – Sparta High (Sparta, Mich.)
Jose Rodriguez – Warsaw  High (Warsaw, Ind.)
Jeff Rose - Sacramento Jesuit (Sacramento, Calif.) (injured)
Jacob Scearce – Ballard High (Louisville, Ky.)
Jason Stacy - Forest Hills Central (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
Dalton Stark – Quincy Sr. High (Quincy, Ill.)
Victor Zamora – Boylan Catholic (Rockford, Ill.)

Coaches
Matt Longo  – Quincy Sr. High  (Quincy, Ill.)
Terry Michler – CBC High (St. Louis, Mo.)
Paul Rose – Sacramento Jesuit (Sacramento, Calif.)

East All-American Team

Players
Jonathan Campbell – Greensboro Day (Greensboro, N.C.)
Ben Citrin – Sidwell Friends (Washington, D.C.)
Donovan Cole – Portage High (Portage, Ind.)
Vince Conti – DeMatha Catholic (Hyattsville, Md.)
Dakota Edwards – Sayville High (Sayville, N.Y.)
Matt Foldesy - St. Ignatius (Cleveland, Ohio)
Donovan Fraser - Half Hollows Hills West (Dix Hills, N.Y.)
Tucker Hackett - Daniel Hand High (Madison, Conn.)
Alex Kapp - Iona Prep (Amawalk, N.Y.)
Jameson Lochhead - Ridge High (Basking Ridge, N.J.)
Darius Madison – LaSalle College (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Jared Martinelli - Cumberland Valley (Mechanicsburg, Pa.)
Curtis Oberg – Sidwell Friends (Washington, D.C.)
Kyle Parker - Marvin Ridge (Waxhaw, N.C.)
Michael Parker - DeMatha Catholic (Hyattsville, Md.)
Ntokozo Tshuma – Episcopal High (Alexandria, Va.)
Austin West – Canterbury School (Ft. Wayne, Ind.)

Coaches
Rick Jacobs – Former St. Benedict’s Prep (Newark, N.J.)
Mike McLaughlin – St. Ignatius (Cleveland, Ohio)
David Pinkham – Gilford High (Gilford, N.H.)

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