Boca Adds Six To PDL Roster – Prepares For In State Rival
May 29, 2003
The Jersey Shore Boca soccer club announced today that it has signed six additional players to the club’s Premier Development Team roster including Penn State University standout Chad Severs. The Boca PDL side will travel to Trenton on Saturday May 31st for a 5:30pm start against the South Jersey Barons.
The Jersey Shore Boca soccer club announced today that it has signed six additional players to the club’s Premier Development Team roster including Penn State University standout Chad Severs.
The Jersey Shore Boca PDL team (0-1-0) will travel to Mercer County College in Trenton on Saturday May 31st for a 5:30pm twilight start against in state rival the South Jersey Barons.
Severs, who hails from Ocean City NJ, started all 24 games for Penn State as a sophomore. He led the Nittany Lions in scoring in 2002 with 17 goals and 3 assists. Severs garnished NSCAA Regional All-American and first team All-Big Ten Conference honors in his second year.
As a freshman, Severs started in all 20 games and tallied 5 goals and 5 assists. For his efforts in 2001 he was named the Big Ten Conference Co-Freshman of the Year as well as taking second team All-Big Ten Conference honors.
In addition to Severs, Jersey Shore Boca has also added Giafranco Tripicchio (Princeton University), Adam Sthay (Loyola Marymount), Andrew Cottrell (Lafayette College), Tom Poznanski (Monmouth University) and Jimmy Gaven (Seton Hall University) to their PDL roster.
“I am pleased with the talent level of our team. The team is built around our older players such as Dan Annan, Kemal Kansu, Ed Decker, Adam Curtis, and Mike Hayes,” said David Vaudreuil head coach of Boca’s PDL team.
“Our line up for Saturday is very strong. The questions are going to be are we fit enough and will the lack of playing time together be a factor. We are very talented and experienced in the back and if we have the legs should be very dangerous going forward” Vaudreuil continued about Boca’s second PDL game.
Jersey Shore Boca was awarded a PDL franchise from the United Soccer Leagues in November of 2002. Boca will play a provisional 12 game PDL schedule in 2003.
The Premier Development League is the only national men’s U23 amateur league in the United States. PDL rosters can have up to twenty-six players, eight of which can be over the age of 23. PDL rosters must also contain at least three players under the age of 19.
Designed to help develop players for professional careers, the PDL allows elite high school and college players to compete in a “pro”-like environment without losing their college eligibility. The PDL was also granted Olympic Development Program status by the United States Soccer Federation in 2001.
Jersey Shore Boca has been a fixture in the soccer community since 1978 and is one of the most respected soccer clubs in New Jersey. The club is celebrating its 25-year anniversary during 2003.
Boca is also a three-year member of the United Soccer Leagues elite youth Super Y-League.
For more information about Jersey Shore Boca log on to the club’s new official website at www.jerseyshoreboca.com
The complete Jersey Shore Boca 2003 PDL Schedule:
Sunday – May 4th at Brooklyn Knights (L 2-4)
Saturday – May 31st at South Jersey Barons – 5:30pm
Saturday – June 7th home vs Rhode Island Stingrays – 2:00pm
Sunday – June 8th home vs Vermont Voltage – 2:00pm
Sunday – June 15th at Albany Blackwatch – 7:30pm
Friday – June 20th home vs Brooklyn Knights – 6:00pm
Saturday – June 21st at Vermont Voltage – 7:30pm
Friday – June 27th at Rhode Island Stingrays – 7:30pm
Saturday – June 28th home vs Worcester Kings – 6:00pm
Saturday – July 5th home vs Albany Blackwatch – 5:00pm
Friday – July 11th home vs Jersey Falcons – 6:00pm
Friday – July 18th at Cape Cod Crusaders – 8:00pm
All Home games played at Ocean County College, Toms River, NJ
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