{"id":89357,"date":"2024-11-13T15:32:15","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T15:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/?p=89357"},"modified":"2024-11-13T15:32:34","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T15:32:34","slug":"hs-soccer-recaps-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/hs-soccer-recaps-24\/","title":{"rendered":"HS Soccer Recaps \u201824"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0First of all, it was another historic day for our Network as <em>ATVN<\/em> broadcast for the first time in our history the District XI boys \u2013 and girls \u2013 soccer championship live!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The student-athletes did not disappoint with the Northampton girls winning their first ever title (more on this team in a moment) and the Parkland boys team outlasting the K-Kids through 2 overtimes and a sudden death shootout.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was yet another example of a continuing theme for us at the <em>Astound Television Network<\/em> as we continue to broadcast more high school sports to our viewers than ever before once again this year!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you missed the outstanding efforts by both playoff teams, here\u2019s highlights of both the girls and boys 4A championship games\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Astound TV Network Sports:<\/strong> Northampton vs. Emmaus (11\/24)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/BTOOsAMB3CY\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BTOOsAMB3CY?si=73lPZ5i3mTFZUx4b\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Astound TV Network Sports:<\/strong> Parkland vs. Northampton (11\/24)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/QCW_Am6KUHo\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QCW_Am6KUHo?si=0nk4FiQ-e9WYRvfF\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Northampton girls Head Coach Mike Missmer shared a story with me which I retold on a recent edition of \u201c<strong>SportsTalk<\/strong>\u201d prior to the soccer playoffs commencing and I wanted to highlight the accomplishment of his team from earlier in the year, here in an email he shared with me\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My 2007 Western Lehigh United girls, probably the smallest club to ever earn a spot at the US Soccer National Presidents Cup, finished 5th in the Country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1st time in our club history since 1989 for any team to make the National Championship.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our entire goal this season was to compete for our first PA State Championship. We achieved that goal after 120 minutes of overtime and a PK shootout in Philadelphia.\u00a0 After winning the State title we went to WV for the US Regional Championships where we went undefeated against other State champions until the final, losing 1-0 to WV.\u00a0 With 4 US Soccer regions in the country they take the finalists from each to create the 8 team National Championship tournament in KS.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After flying to Kansas (our first time we flew anywhere as a team) we went 1-1-1 beating the US Southern regional champions and earning a draw with the very talented US Far West Regional Champions (Who are in the final being played as I write this)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The teams we faced were all academy and ECNL kids &#8211; all stacked with high level college commits&#8230;\u00a0 we have <\/span><strong>no<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> kids committed to college yet and only a few even looking to play after HS.\u00a0 We are just a bunch of HS players, some who have yet to, and some who didn&#8217;t even make their HS teams.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Through the entire State, Regional, and National tournaments we lost a total of TWO games.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Congratulations to both the Northampton girls and Parkland boys programs on an outstanding year!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The views expressed in this blog are<\/span><\/i> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Astound Broadband or any other agency, organization, employer or company.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0First of all, it was another historic day for our Network as ATVN broadcast for the first time in our history the District XI boys \u2013 and girls \u2013 soccer championship live! 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