The final games of the 2022 high school soccer season will take place Sunday when the Mercer County Soccer Hall of Fame/Glenn “Mooch” Myernick Senior Games cap the fall campaign as some of the county’s top senior girls’ and boys’ players head to Al Cowell Sr. Field in Hamilton’s Veterans Park to display their talents for local fans once more before graduation. The Princeton and Robbinsville High boys’ team came up a little short in their state semifinal games Tuesday, making all invited players eligible to participate. After paying tribute to Hall of Famer Bob Rostron, who passed away in January, the high school senior girls’ game will kick off the day’s action at noon. The high school senior boys will cap Sunday’s festivities with a game scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. High school players should plan to arrive ½-hour ahead of game time for check in. The overall event honors the memory of Mooch Myernick, who grew up playing soccer in Lawrence before going on to earn national and international acclaim ahead of his sudden death in 2006. Myernick, who was an All-America in high school and college; a Hermann Trophy winner; an Olympic team member; the No. 1 draft pick of the North American Pro Soccer League and a two-time World Cup assistant coach, was inducted into the United States Soccer Hall of Fame in 2015. With the help of sponsors like the Mercer Soccer Hall of Fame; the Mooch Soccer Program; NJM Insurance; Bob Smith Soccer Academy; RSword; Ciro Baldino of Conte’s Pizza; Richard Fornaro of Fornaro & Francioso, Counselors at Law; Dino Spadaccini of the Spadaccini Law Firm; the Ancient Order of the Hibernians Club; Tony Rosica & Greg Harvell of Keller Williams Premier Real Estate; Marsilio’s/Rossi’s Bar and Grill; plus Premier Key Abstract, the Mooch Senior Games are free to the public. The teams, coached by Mercer Hall of Fame members, are divided into Red and White squads to commemorate Myernick’s Lawrence High school colors. Like the coaches, the referees for these matches donate their time in hopes that all might enjoy one more fun day of soccer before sports head indoors for the winter. MOOCH SENIOR GAMES ROSTERS Girls’ Red Team Saanvi Kumar (WW-P North); Meg Balerna, Maya Raghunandanan, Kayla Raghunandanan, Arden Galvelis (Pennington); Gabriella Smith, Zunica Zubah (Trenton); Chloe Salapatas, Sofia Romanelli, Eva Ouyang, Noelee Cha (Peddie); Gabbi DeMarco, Sophie Cammarata, Grace Weissenberger, Rachel Shumsky (Hightstown); Ava Tabeart, Marina Zaldarriaga, Nadia Mauger (Princeton); Martha Olorunnisola, Lauren Fanning, Amanda Hoglund, Jadelyn Sayraef (Allentown); Maddie McIntyre, Ellie Turchetta, Jesslyn Bentum (Lawrenceville); Emily Gamboa Ordini, Landen Jovolos, Olivia Picerno, Sydney Gonzalez (Ewing); Isabella Conte, Ava Riley, Carissa Scelza (Hamilton West). Girls’ White Team Reilly Klein, Mia Garofalo, Mia Tramo, Tegan Fairfax (Steinert); Shelby Ruf, Reese Overman, Makenna Graham, Sophia Zhou (PDS); Allie Devlin, Madison Poe, Sam Raics, Kailey Jacobs (Hun); Keziah Thankachan, Isla Levy, Ahana Joshi, Shaili Holden (WW-P South); Bridget Cutty, Emma Wilke, Kaitlin Wilke (Nottingham); Clara Mayer, Charlotte Barnes, Gianna Azarra, Chloe Livechhi (Hopewell Valley); Reagan O’Mara, Isabella Lynch, Riley Cunningham, Jamie White (Notre Dame); Michaela Little, Liliana Calderone (Lawrence); Caileigh Guzik, Sofia DiMeola, Stella Cerniglia, Ella Moir (Robbinsville). Boys’ Red Team Stamatis Golfinopoulos, Brady Le, Owen Eldridge (Lawrenceville); Parker Gordon, Miguel Tafur, Sebastian Rincon, Edison Pillco (Hightstown); Radesh Sankaran, Jacob Nielsen, Adham Mohamed, Animesh Chauhan (WW-P South); Tyler Tafrow, Elliot Morris, Jacob Reilly, Dennis Chaykovskyy (Steinert); Gavin Nau, Manny Thacher, Michael Muscente, Andrew Halko (Hopewell Valley); Ruben Hernandez Parral, Michael Changoluisa, Josh Hernandez (Trenton); Archie Smith, Azariah Breitman, Connor Hewitt, Nicolas Holmelund (Princeton); Platon Trofimchuk, Travis Schubert, Evan Skinner, Tomasz Majkut (Lawrence); Mark Gavrish, Ayomide Talabi, Ben Shaffer (Hamilton West). Boys’ White Team Thomas Sharkey, Alvaro Carnicer Cozar, Topher Kelley, Dustin Liu (Pennington); Elias Martinez (Ewing); Jelani Cine (Peddie); Scott Jordan, Dominic Scotto, J.P. Navroski, Cedric Mbachu (Allentown); Todd Devin, Owen Yakoby, Hart Liu Nowakoski (PDS); Brody Kaplan, Nick Grippa, Mitchell Shapiro, Ethan Pagani (Robbinsville); Will Lynch, Luigi Barricelli, Isaac Bustamante, Antonio Mandreucci (Notre Dame); Diego Pena, Luciano Verduci, Max Frost, Marius So (Hun); Dylan Rodas, Valentino Vilchez Flores, Dylan Garnica (Nottingham); Gideon Lubin, Jai Garg, John Agogliati, Sarthak Chauhan (WW-P North); Edgar Lima, Justin Berzosa (Thrive Charter). NOTRE DAME ALUMNI GAME Notre Dame’s Mike Perone Field will host their 1974 & 1975 state championship teams when the Irish hold their annual alumni game from 5-8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 27, the night before Thanksgiving. The event will be open to all of the Irish’s soccer alumni with a pre-game ceremony honoring the 50th anniversary of those champions. A food truck will be on hand, and there may be some light refreshments on the sidelines. There is a registration link on ND’s website for interested participants. BOB SMITH SOCCER ACADEMY The Bob Smith Soccer Academy will celebrate the Grand opening of its new indoor location Saturday, Nov. 23 at 150 Woodward Road in Manalapan (formerly Sportika) with an open house, welcoming all players, parents and coaches to see the new facility. Travel league teams, ages U9 and up, will also have an opportunity to get in free, 30-minute games Saturday from 8:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Boys’, girls’ and adult teams can take part, using a four-team, 7-v-7 format. An opponent and a game ball must be brought. There will be a $15 referee fee per team. To reserve your spot, visit www.bobsmithsoccer.com and look for the Open House tab. You will need to choose a time slot and field location, Type in the team name, gender and age, then click on control & enter to put in a second team. If changes are needed, contact Bob Smith at (609) 468-7208. Bob Smith Soccer Academy is also accepting registrations for its Men’s Indoor Winter Travel League. The first eight-week session will be Sundays, Dec. 1, 2024-Jan. 26, 2025. The second eight-week session will be Sundays, Feb. 2, 2025-March 30, 2025. The time period for both sessions will be 5-8 p.m. There will be a Men’s Over 30 division and a Men’s Open (18+) division. The league format is for 55-minute, 7-v-7 games. Team’s game-day opponents will be decided five days in advance of each contest based on the previous week’s results and standings. This guarantees competitive games each week. Player cards are not required. Age specific guest players are allowed. The costs are $1,575 per team, plus a $25 referee fee. That equates to under $20 per player per game. Referees are to be paid in cash before each game. If paying by credit card, the credit card company will charge you a 3.65% fee, making the total $1,632.49. If paying by cash or check, the $1,575 team fee can be mailed to Bob Smith Soccer (36 Blairmore Drive, Hamilton, NJ, 08690) within two weeks of registration. For further information, contact Bob Smith at (609) 468-7208.