Prep All-Star Games Set For Charleston

The inaugural “Clash of the Carolinas”, title sponsored by Columbia United FC, will take place on Saturday, July 7 at Daniel Island’s Blackbaud Stadium, home of the USL First Division Charleston Battery.

This high school All-Star match will feature 32 of the top boys and girls seniors in North Carolina and South Carolina. Kickoff for the girls match is 3:00 p.m., with the boys game set to start at 5:00 p.m. The games are sponsored by the South Carolina Soccer Coaches Association and the North Carolina Soccer Coaches Association.

The All-Star games will be followed by a professional soccer match slated for 7:30 p.m., between the Charleston Battery and the Puerto Rico Islanders.

Coaching the North Carolina girls all-star team will be Larry Bosc (East Mecklenburg), Doug Kidd (Watauga) and Rob Wilcher (TC Roberson), while the girls coaches are Herk DeGraw (Grimsley), Izzy Hernandez (Broughton) and Zack Osborne (Page).

South Carolina’s girls coaches are Gwynne Armstrong (J.L. Mann) and Tom Reilly (Academic Magnet) and the boys coaches are Frank Ridlehoover (Gaffney) and Dick Smith (T.L. Hanna).

Rosters for the two all-star games can be found online at www.scsoccer.com.