Abington Friends School

About the Program: Varsity Boys Soccer has a long history at AFS dating back to intramural play in the early 20th century before assuming its current interscholastic status after the reintroduction of coeducation in the mid-1970’s. Since 1981, AFS has been a member of the Friends Schools League where the Kangaroos have traditionally fielded competitive teams, including 11 FSL playoff berths and 2 League champions. Each season’s Varsity roster is typically comprised of 15-18 players from 9th through 12th grades who have either participated on AFS’s Middle School Boys Soccer teams or entered the community as upper schoolers. An additional 12-15 players compete as the Junior Varsity team. The Varsity Boys Soccer season starts with preseason training in late August and concludes with League and State postseason tournaments in early November.

AFS Varsity Boys Soccer Most Recent Season (2022):

• Finished 2022 season 5-9-0 overall.
• MJ Kiernan ’23 earned 1st team All Friends Schools League honors for second year.
• Calder Small ’23 earned All Friends Schools League Honorable Mention.
• Six seniors capped their AFS careers in 2022 season.
• MJ Kiernan ’23, Cameron Benfer ’24, Ruairi Rossi ’24 & Marcus Ceralde ’25 were leading scorers.
• Lost 1-0 to Friends’ Central in FSL Quaker Cup Tournament.

AFS Varsity Boys Soccer Program Highlights:

• Charter member of Friends Schools League Boys Soccer, tied MFS 0-0 in Sept. 1981 in 1st-ever FSL match.
• Friends Schools League Champions in 2002, 1984.
• Friends Schools League playoff appearances in ’06, ’05, ’02, ’00, ’96, ’95, ’91, ’87, ’84, ’83, ’81.
• Graduates have played collegiately (AFS grad. year) at Ursinus (’20 & ’03) Pitt-Johnstown (’18), Susquehanna (’16), Hartford (’14), Holy Family (’12 & ’04), Swarthmore (’10), St. Joseph’s (’04), Drexel (’96).
• 25 players have received All-Friends Schools League recognition since 2010.
• All head coaches since 2005 have had collegiate playing and/or coaching experience.
• Warren Richards, a former Division 1 collegiate player, named head coach in May, 2023.