Word: soccering
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Rogers, an eighth grader at the K-12 Bronxville School in Bronxville, N.Y., was starting for the varsity boys’ soccer team, and some argued that it was too much, too soon. But with the Broncos down, 2-0, to North Salem in his first game, Rogers provided his rebuttal, seamlessly transferring a high pass from his chest to his foot and burying the ball in the bottom right corner...
...Today, Rogers is a freshman forward on the Harvard men’s soccer team, and no one is arguing about whether he belongs. Never looking back after that fateful first game, he put together a stellar career at Bronxville, including a senior season in which he set school records with 44 regular-season and 15 postseason goals and led the Broncos to their first ever New York State championship. Rogers also excelled at a high level with the Albertson Soccer Club in Long Island, N.Y., one of the most elite club teams in the nation...
...striker had an answer just minutes later. Receiving a nifty pass from classmate Scott Prozeller, Rogers blazed past the Stony Brook defenders on a breakaway and lofted a shot into the top left corner to tie the score and announce his arrival on the collegiate soccer scene...
...According to LoHud.com’s high school soccer blog “Just Kickin’ It,” when Rogers was deciding between playing college ball at Harvard or Duke, Akpan—who once faced the same dilemma—was a major factor in swinging Rogers towards the Crimson...
Despite a 2008 season in which he scored 10 goals, became the Harvard men’s soccer team’s all-time leader in points, and was named both a First-Team All American and a semi-finalist for college soccer’s top honor, Andre Akpan felt that he underachieved. “I don’t want to say that I had a bad season, but it’s definitely something I want to improve upon next year,” Akpan said last December.One of the main reasons for his disappointment...