An Inside Look At Cleveland’s Newest Championship Contender!

Late yesterday, NEO Sports Insiders broke the news that we will be in attendance this Saturday at 2pm at Rocky River High School to cover Cleveland’s newest Championship Contender, the red hot Cleveland Ambassadors of the highly prestigious WPSL.

They are off to a red hot start and tearing up the league as they rise through the standings.  The Ambassadors are currently 3-1-1 within league play, and 4-1-2 overall.  The have won their last two games by a combined score of 13-1.

 

Now is your chance to learn a little bit more about the team.  The below facts about the players were brought to us by Caleb Fortune of the Cleveland Ambassadors.  The notes are in true “Coach / GM speak” and we here at NEO Sports, wouldn’t want them any other way. THANK YOU CALEB!

Goalkeepers

 

#45  Madi Less – GK / Cincinnati / Medina Highland HS (notes: She has amazing ball handling skills, dating back to her incredible play in high school in basketball.  )

 

#50 Sophia Braun – GK / Oakland (notes:  went to Rocky River HS & won state championship)

Defenders

 

#14 Nicolette Griesinger – Dayton / Strongsville HS (notes:  won national championship with Cleveland Utd youth club / injured last season w/ACL injury.  Incredible individual who has been active in helping others from little kids around Cleveland in camps to supporting premier players in area)

 

#17 Maria Collica – Butler / Solon HS (notes:  2nd game back after ACL injury.  All Star last season in WPSL.  Comes from a sporty family, older brother successful wrestler in college, father wrestling coach)

 

#23 Lindsay Sands – St. Louis / Amherst Steele HS (notes:  athletic & very fast winger, converted to right back this WPSL season because of speed & scored great goal in last game)

 

#98 Sydney Leckie – Ohio U / Medina HS (notes:  very technical passer, has averaged over 40 passes per game this season.  Plays in midfield in college but as a left back in WPSL season.  Does great job of overlapping & providing a lot to the attack)

 

#4 Kori Chapic – Penn State alum / West Geauga HS (notes: Captain on the team.  At Penn State was national finalist.  WPSL conference all-star 2017.  Very athletic & driven individual who uses her talents to invest in others.  Accepted West G HS coaching job to give back to community.  Great leader & indispensable to our program & what we’re trying to achieve in Cleveland)

 

Midfielders

 

#20 Gabrielle LoPresti – Cincinnati / Walsh Jesuit HS (notes:  competitive box-to-box midfielder, won 4 state titles in high school & never lost a HS game)

 

#40 Evie Lavelle – St Louis / Magnificat HS (notes:  completed 52/52 passes [100%] in last game, amazing on ball & rarely gives it away.  Great mentality & focus to be consistent all game)

 

#10 Allison Stucky – Illinois alum / Brockville Broadview Hts HS (notes:  total team orientated player, solves problems, can use both feet, often won’t notice her because she’s doing the simple things so well & is a key player)

#37 Grace Bahr – Wisconsin / Brockville Broadview Hts HS (notes:  very creative midfielder, great left foot – has scored good goals & made several quality assists this season.  Called up to U18 & 19 USA National Team camps when younger)

 

#15 Ashley Meier – Virginia Tech alum / Strongsville HS (notes:  Captain on the team.  Had option of going pro & into draft after hugely successful college career but chose not to.  Humble & one of the nicest people you’ll ever meet but an amazing athlete & player.  Last season scored 13 goals in 8 games & finished as top scorer.  WPSL conference all-star 2017)

 

#22 Sarah Krause – Pitt / Valley Forge HS (notes:  one of the best playmakers Cleveland has produced!  Does incredible tricks & skills but turns them into goals & assists and is highly productive. So far in 6 games this season has 3 goals & 4 assists.  Completed 66 passes in last game- team high)

 

#7 Serina Kashimoto – Butler alum / Japanese (notes:  going pro in Germany and leaving early July.  Incredibly technical but one of main assets is how well she defends – nobody will ever talk about that because of how good she is on the ball but very much gives everything both sides of the ball.  WPSL conference all star 2017)

 

#28 Sofia Rossi – Wake Forest / Walsh Jesuit HS (notes: very technical player with huge potential)

 

Strikers

 

#6 Halle Stelbasky – Butler / Walsh Jesuit HS (notes:  her movement in & around the box is incredible – never stops making great runs and as a result has scored in every game this season [8 goals in 6 games].  She is a ‘team’ striker, which is rare.

 

#77 Anna Rico – Walsh Jesuit HS (notes:  youngest player on the team at 17. scored 31 goals in 26 games for Ambassadors youth club winning state tournament, Midwest Regional League & several other events)