Daegu’s Denali Clites dribbles againsst King’s Gigi Garcia and Kay Schwartz-Ybarra. (Photo by Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes)
What a difference a week made.
Daegu’s girls soccer team took a 9-0 pounding against E.J. King, one of the teams the Warriors will face in the Far East Division II, starting Monday at Yokota.
But that same Daegu team got a huge confidence boost last weekend in the Korea Plate Tournament at Incheon. Denali Clites, a senior striker, earned Most Valuable Player honors for a Warriors side that won its three matches, including the final 1-0 over Dulwich College Seoul.
“I never expected this,” Warriors first-year coach Don Park said. Clites got the match’s lone goal off an assist by freshman teammate Mila Buettner. Alayna Rice was named the tournament’s best defender.
But what does it mean for the Warriors moving forward?
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