Boys Soccer Preview

By Adam Sarsfield

Returning coach Matt Schembri strives for perfection in the upcoming soccer season. Falling one game short of making the CCS finals, the Westmont soccer team internalized the fact that they were two goals short of reaching a championship. Faced with the final year of his high school career, third-year captain Demsin Bet-Varda says, “we have a young team this year and that we trust every single one of the players to come on the field and do their jobs instead of just 1 or 2 [players] carrying the whole team.” The heartbreaking loss of last year has only fueled the team this year in their hopes of recreating the success they had playing together. 

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