UNC Tar Heels 2018

EHaz · Dec 31, 2018

Thank you! I agree with you about Olivia. She was groomed to be a pro. Her technical abilities and understanding of the game is extremely well developed for her age. She already has a deal with Nike and I believe her trainer wants her to go pro as well. We'll see. a 1-2 punch of her and Sentnor would've been interesting to see.

Soccerhunter said: ↑

Welcome EHaz... (says you're new with three posts..) Do post often!

I like you take. But I am always inclined to try to look at both sides. Sentnor has been a phenom for a few years. She played a few U15 international tournaments in and last year (Sept 2017) started with the U16s in Germany as a 13 year old. This last year she mostly played with the U15s and traveled to an international tournament in China (where she was named tournament MVP) and got a look with the U17 team this fall. The intriguing thing is that when really young kids playjng up 2 or 3 years it is often because they are large early developing athletes. Sentnor is small for her age. (In videos from this past summer she is slight and appears to be about 4'11". Her height is not listed anywhere I can find it.) So it will be interesting to see how she develops as she will likely (if she hasn't already) encounter a growth spurt soon. I guess the bottom line is how she will be as a player once she has achieved her adult eight (and this is one of those risks of committing early.)

As to Moultrie, it is true that her dad has taken her (12 years old this last summer) to several European pro teams where she spent a week each scrimmaging with the Olympique Lyon and Bayern Munich U17 girls, and Paris St.-Germain with the U17 boys. It certainly looks like what some of us predicted a year ago when she committed to UNC that the chances of her going to college to play soccer are increasingly slim.
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Soccerhunter · Dec 31, 2018

A random note to close out the 2018 UNC season...for men's soccer.

I see that after a great 8-year run at Creighton, ex long-time UNC coach Elmar Bolowich has resigned to take over a youth club in Jacksonville, Florida. A bit strange where an internationally known coach with a superb record at UNC and with his 8 years at Creighton, Nebraska (producing 6 trips to the NCAA with 2 final fours, an elite 8 and 2 sweet 16s) ... resigns to go to a youth club in the US. I always have liked Bolowich personally and wish him well.