About 33 freshmen gathered on the Business School Field yesterday afternoon to meet. Yardling soccer coach Andrew "Poley" Guyda and run through a few light drills.
Guyda said they "straggled out three or four at a time and for the most part wore only street shoes," but he expects the turnout to double by the time serious practice gets under way at the end of the week.
Tabor Academy provides the season's opener on October 6. The prep schoolers are usually weak. The Yardlings tripped them 2 to 0 last year and 2 to 1 the year before. Guyda offered no predictions as to whether this year's team would better last year's record of six wins, four ties, and three losses, but given a few more players like Exeter's star center forward Mauricio Toro this should not be difficult.
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