Boys varsity soccer team huddling up. Photo taken by Subin Bastola.
As the season has begun for the Malden Golden Tornadoes boys soccer team, they take on the field with a current record of 2-3-2.
Malden lost their first home conference game of the season on Wednesday, September 21st against Everett with a score of 5-2. Though, this year’s team is looking forward to getting a good record and possibly even exceeding their record from last year. The team is coached by head coach Jeremiah Smith.
This year the boys soccer team is lead by junior Patrick Pereira. He states that “this year’s team is very different from the previous year’s.” Last year the team had players who were well-known in school. Their stardom helped them have more support and encouragement whereas this year the team has to depend on one another.
The team has bunch of new players. Captain Pereira stated that “there are new players who played for JV last year and are still comprehending rapport of the team. The main goal of the team this year is to stay strong and beat Everett and get back in the Greater Boston League Championship. Pereira also stated that “as long as [they] work together as a team [they will] definitely make it to GBL.” Senior Samuel Pettigrew is very excited of this season, mentioning that the “team has lot of potential”, Pettigrew added that “the team just has to learn how to work together.” Pettigrew has been passionate about soccer since his childhood.
The boys soccer team played against biggest rival, the Medford Mustangs on Friday September 30th. Pereira added that “Medford has been a tough opponent for the last few years.” Though team defeated tons of other teams, but they were not able to beat Medford. Defender Pettigrew stated that, “the team has to be more defensive and provide chance for striker to score a goal.”
The boys soccer team is very confident. Although they had pretty rough start, they will work their hardest together there is no doubt that they will take the GBL and the State Tournament.
