KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Dec. 28, 2023) – United Soccer Coaches announced on Thursday the Team Ethics and Sportsmanship Award recipients for high school programs competing in the fall season.
Fourteen fall high school boys and girls teams received the United Soccer Coaches Platinum Team Ethics Award for completing the entire 2023 fall season without receiving either a yellow or red card.
In all, 72 fall season boys and girls teams received either the Platinum, Gold, Silver or Bronze version of the High School Team Ethics and Sportsmanship Award, which recognizes teams that exhibit fair play, sporting behavior and adherence to the laws of the game, as reflected by the number of yellow caution cards or red ejection cards they are shown by referees throughout the season based on the number of cards accumulated divided by the number of games played (i.e., 5 cards divided by 20 games played is 0.25 or 25%, which qualifies for a Silver Award).
Sixteen teams were recipients of the Gold Award, which is awarded to teams with a percentage of cards ranging from 1-10%.
A total of 31 teams claimed the Silver Award, which is given to teams that accumulate a percentage of cards ranging from 11-30%, while the Bronze Award went to 11 teams, which is presented to teams that accumulate a percentage of cards ranging from 31-50%.
A complete list of recipients and level explanation follows:
- Platinum: No cards accumulated during the season
- Gold: Percentage of cards accumulated during the season ranging from 1-10%
- Silver: Percentage of cards accumulated during the season ranging from 11-30%
- Bronze: Percentage of cards accumulated during the season ranging from 31-50%
2023 United Soccer Coaches High School Fall
Team Ethics and Sportsmanship Award Winners
Platinum
School Coach Program
| Atlantis Charter School | Joseph Keiser | Girls |
| Bayport Blue Point High School | Robert Schimpf | Boys |
| Bentworth High School | Tyler Hamstra | Girls |
| Bishop Canevin High School | Andy Folmer | Girls |
| Christian Life School | Alan Krass | Boys |
| Dover-Sherborn High School | Evren Gunduz | Girls |
| Fitchburg High School | Chris Kitchin | Girls |
| Fort Kent Community High School | Douglas Cyr | Girls |
| Heath High School | Matthew Offers | Girls |
| La Plata High School | Kevin Barry | Girls |
| Lawrenceburg High School | Bill Offutt | Girls |
| Madison Consolidated High School | Janet Hertz | Girls |
| Mashpee Middle High School | Patricia Morano | Girls |
| Morse High School | David Beauregard | Girls |
Gold
School Coach Program
| Attleboro High School | Peter Pereira | Boys |
| Blackhawk Christian High School | Tim Kintz | Girls |
| Cleveland High School | Miles Christian | Girls |
| Holy Spirit High School | Sean Matteo | Boys |
| Hudson High School | Spencer Fortwengler | Girls |
| Leavitt Area High School | Chris Cifelli | Girls |
| Lyman Memorial High School | Mark Morello | Girls |
| Mansfield High School | Kevin Smith | Girls |
| Muhlenberg High School | Daniel Houck | Girls |
| Needham High School | James Odierna | Boys |
| New Haven High School | Dean Trainer | Girls |
| North Yarmouth Academy | Ricky Doyon | Girls |
| Red Hook Central High School | Jason Pavlich | Girls |
| Walkersville High School | Paul Bryan | Girls |
| Winchester High School | Rick Emanuel | Girls |
| Yarmouth High School | Andrew Higgins | Girls |
Silver
School Coach Program
| Avon Grove High School | Christian Dunn | Girls |
| Bishop Chatard High School | Ashton Balch | Girls |
| Bishop Watterson High School | Scott Dempsey | Girls |
| Cape Elizabeth High School | Branden Noltkamper | Girls |
| Circleville High School | Joseph Stitt | Girls |
| Columbus North High School | David Young | Girls |
| Conestoga High School | Deane Mariotti | Girls |
| Crystal Lake South High School | Brian Allen | Boys |
| East Bladen High School | Jay Raynor | Boys |
| Frankfort High School | Isaac Field | Girls |
| Gwynedd Mercy Academy High School | Bill Dailey | Girls |
| Hamilton Southeastern High School | Greg Davidson | Girls |
| Harrisburg High School | Eric Christensen | Girls |
| Highland High School | Bill Zufall | Girls |
| Lakeside Lutheran High School | Eric Dorn | Boys |
| Lower Merion High School | Nicholas Severini | Boys |
| Lynbrook Senior High School | Joshua Berlin | Boys |
| Madison High School | Marc Dovico | Girls |
| Maryvale Preparatory School | Colin Devlin | Girls |
| Medford High School | Rocco Cieri | Girls |
| Olentangy Liberty High School | Chris Allen | Girls |
| Park Ridge High School | Dylan Evans | Girls |
| Pickerington North High School | Jeff Sever | Girls |
| S.S. Seward Institute | William Steele | Boys |
| Saint John’s High School | Kurt Swanbeck | Boys |
| Southern Boone High School | Wade Vandelicht | Boys |
| Swampscott High School | Adam Bailey | Boys |
| Twinsburg High School | Michael Lally | Boys |
| Upper Sandusky High School | Keith Miller | Boys |
| Valhalla High School | Sandro Prosperino | Boys |
| Windham High School | Michael Hachey | Boys |
Bronze
School Coach Program
| Belleville-New Glarus | Robert Gentilli | Boys |
| Celina High School | Ryan Jenkins | Boys |
| East Boston High School | Jayson Smith | Boys |
| Festus High School | Austin Burgert | Boys |
| Garrett High School | Doug Klopfenstein | Boys |
| Hopkins School | Joseph Addison | Boys |
| Methacton High School | Bret Smith | Girls |
| Moses Brown School | Eric Aaronian | Boys |
| Springfield High School | Adam Sloan | Boys |
| Wabash High School | Bill Benysh | Boys |
| Warrensburg High School | Matthew Bax | Boys |