Before Tuesday night’s match versus Miramonte, the Acalanes boys soccer team and fans celebrated their five senior players:  Jake Boselli, Lucas Dissman, Lucian Krage Zillas, Colin Sohn, and Evan Sverak.  Emotions ran high as the Dons took the pitch for a spirited performance.  The home team had several scoring opportunities early in the match but the scoreboard still showed zeros…

The Dons traveled to Moraga on Thursday night to take on the Campolindo Cougars.  As usual, the match against our cross-town rival was filled with drama and high-energy play. The referee was very busy calling fouls and handing out yellow cards like candy on Halloween. Campo got on the scoreboard early in the match as they looped a kick just…

The Dons varsity boys soccer team faced a challenging pre-season schedule and didn’t post a victory until their fifth match as they started with an 0-2-2 record.  However, featuring a team with numerous underclassmen, the team has since been on a roll and now sits at 7-3-3 overall with a stellar 6-1 league record.  The Acalanes squad travelled to Martinez on Tuesday night…

The Freshmen Boys Soccer team had a busy schedule with games against College Park, Berkeley and San Ramon Valley in the past week. All games were highly contested and the Dons had a successful outcome. The team is coming together well and every game is  exciting. In particular, the victory against College Park was the sweetest.  The boys are entering their last two…

The JV Boys soccer team continued their season with another win last Saturday vs Deer Valley. Score 1-0 Goal Luke Wilson (assist Santi Vignoles). Tuesday they played College Park 1-3 (Goal Bryan Lurie). 3rd game last week was well fought against Alameda. Final score 1-3 Goal Kyler Roberts (assist Jeremy Lara). They beat Alhambra 2-1 tonight then plan to beat…

There were goals aplenty on a wet Acalanes field Tuesday night as the College Park Falcons flew in to take on the Dons in an action-packed league match. The Acalanes squad put on quite an offensive display as five different players scored goals! The goalfest started just three minutes into the match when Dons midfielder Colin Sohn corralled a ball in…

The Freshman Boys Soccer team had a convincing 4-0 victory against Deer Valley Saturday morning. Andres Dukes opened the scoring 5 minutes in the match with one of his 3 goals on the day. Zachary Birrell also netted a goal to complete the scoring for the Dons. Caleb Nguyen had another shutout at goal, with accolades to a strong defense that gave up…

On a crisp winter night in Concord on Thursday, the Dons varsity boys took the pitch against the Concord High Bears and emerged with a convincing 2-0 victory.  The Dons dominated possession of the ball throughout the game with some nifty ballhandling by midfielders Colby Ebner, Colin Sohn, and Lucian Krage Zillas along with forwards Ben Pecci, Niko White, and Lucas…

JV Boys played well in a narrow 2-3 loss to Clayton Valley last Tuesday. Harry Zimmerman played shut down defense on the outside, stealing the ball from numerous opponents and then passing the ball forward to teammates. Kyler Roberts made great passes forward putting pressure on Clayton’s defense. Santi Vignoles also put consistent pressure on the defense, threading passes forward…

Twas two nights before Christmas, when all through the house,  not a creature was scoring, not a Knight or a mouse. The stockings and shinguards were put on with care,  in hopes that a victory would soon be there. When late on the field there arose such a clatter,  The Dons scored again and the rest didn’t matter!  As they…