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SOCCER







                                                                                     The  1966  Soccer  Team  was  perhaps  the  best
                                                                                  that  Moses  Brown  has  ever  fielded.  The  starting
                                                                                  team  included  three-year  lettermen,  and  Co-
                                                                                  Captains  John  Watson  and  Tom  Ferguson,  and
                                                                                  seniors  Larry  Tingley,  Dave  Piccus,  Chico  Rou-
                                                                                  main,  John  Femino and John  Lewis. Juniors Alan
                                                                                  Hill,  Bobby  Freedman,  Rick  Moeller  and  Sopho­
                                                                                  more Chip  Celestino  rounded  out the  team.  The
                                                                                  1967  Co-Captains  Bill  Roland  and  Dave  Steere
                                                                                  also  have  returning  several  promising  players  in
                                                                                  Tom  Hough,  Dave  Raphael  and  Nat  Earle.
                                                                                    High  points of the season  can  be found  in  vic­
                                                                                  tories  over  Pomfret,  a  loss  last  year,  and  St.
                                                                                  George's  which  before  this  year  an  M.B.  soccer
                                                                                  team  had  never  beaten  since  soccer's  revival
                                                                                  six  years  ago.  The  team's  finest  hour  came  at
                                                                                 Tabor  Academy  November  8  on  a  cold,  windy,
                                                                                 rainy  afternoon  when  they  knocked  undefeated
                                                                                 (8-0)  Tabor  from  the  unbeaten  ranks  at  Marion,
                                                                                 Mass.  Bobby  Freedman  tied  the  score  eliminat­
                                                                                 ing  a  1-0  deficit  after  nearly  three  periods  of
                                                                                 scoreless  play. Two goals  by  Chico  Roumain  and
                                                                                 one  by  Tom  Ferguson  closed  out  the  scoring.
                                                                                   The game  was a  veritable  blend  of teamwork,
                                                                                 talent  and  that  element  of  subdued  determina­
                                                                                tion  which  marked  the  1966  season;  which  left
                                                                                the  team  with  a  near-perfect  9-1  record,  and
                                                                                whi ch  was  a  tribute  to  the  coaching  of  Mr.
                                                                                Smyth.








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