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Seconds Soccer

T he 2016 season marked the start of a new era in Assumption passion in matches providing amusement to teammates and

boys soccer: for the first time in over a decade the team was moments of sometimes fear and sometimes astonishment on
being led by someone other than Joe Pannuzzo. It is timely and the sidelines.
fitting to acknowledge the wonderful contribution Joe made to The mud of Yarra Valley, as much as the game, which was gritty
the game at ACK for many years. and well fought out, will be well remembered by all. As indeed
As the new coach, a parent, I developed a young team reflecting will the windy wings of Essendon’s Tullamarine venue where the
where the talent base within the school was to be found. team played and ran throughout a hard-fought game to go down
Developing a style of play based on control and speed, the team narrowly. Most of the better results were achieved on our home
could mix it with the best opponents when playing at their best. grounds where the support was strong and much appreciated.
Unfortunately, consistency lacked on occasion, letting some With the growing number of students playing soccer, there is an
excellent play go unrewarded. automatic growth in the atmosphere and pride that surrounds
Everyone showed the capacity to play the type of football needed the teams at all levels, but especially at the higher levels.
to win and the side was excellently led by Nicholas Brincat with Starting the season with a big victory set expectations high, but
support from Nicholas Bayne and many others. Frank Fedele those expectations were not met. But they could be achieved
and Daniel Archer both deserve a mention as do Matthew De with hard work in 2017 and beyond, hopefully in the premiership
Francesco and Michael Fairweather. Michael Bongailas, Anthony division.
Francis and Alex Gayapersad each had occasion to display their Jimmy Watt - coach

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