By Ed Piper
La Jolla's boys soccer team, only one year removed from the Division 4 CIF title, opens its 2017-18 season at home Fri., Dec. 1.
Assistant coach Victor Zendejas, working with individual players in left field of the baseball field at Muirlands Middle School while head coach Marco Gonzales oversaw the varsity players scrimmaging on the field hockey rectangle, commented on the impending season at practice Wed., Nov. 29.
The Vikings, as usual, bring a lot of U.S. Academy and club talent to the pitch. Captains are Marco Furlanis and Luis Goehler, the one a center midfielder, the other a returning senior hailing from Halle, Germany. Goehler is a striker positioned out front of the forwards.
Also returning from last year's squad are Max Leonard, a hustling midfielder, and Jack MacDorman, a center midfielder. Another returner is junior Emiliano Godinez.
Lucas Stritzker, a junior newcomer to this year's varsity, was holding down one goal during the afternoon scrimmage. There is another goalkeeper for the Vikings he may have to contend with for playing time, according to Zendejas.
Noah Brown is a junior left or right back.
Zendejas said his son, Adrian, is now a goalkeeper for the MLS's Kansas City Sporting, which is in its team's offseason.
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