{"id":40157,"date":"2025-09-03T15:59:56","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T19:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/?p=40157"},"modified":"2025-09-18T18:41:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T22:41:14","slug":"sharks-look-to-capitalize-on-last-years-playoff-appearance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/sharks-look-to-capitalize-on-last-years-playoff-appearance\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharks Look To Capitalize On Last Year\u2019s Playoff Appearance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Miami Dade College men\u2019s soccer team is looking to launch its second act, a year after returning to the national soccer scene after a three decade-long hiatus.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last year, the Sharks finished with a strong 13-5-2 record and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/sharks-soccer-season-ends-in-kansas\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">qualified for the National Junior College Athletic Association playoffs.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> They lost in their first round matchup to Arizona Western College, a heartbreaking double overtime 2-1 loss.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now the Sharks, who were ranked No. 14 in the country before dropping out of the Top 20, are poised to build on last year\u2019s momentum.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u201cYeah, I mean, we want to compete to try and win a league championship, and win a regional championship, and win a national championship. I mean, why else would you play if you don\u2019t want to win?\u201d said Miami Dade College head coach Giuseppe DePalo.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The team stumbled a bit at the start of this season going 2-4-2 while playing four teams that were ranked in the top-ten of the national polls.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They tied top-ranked Iowa Western Community College 1-1 in their first game, lost 2-0 to second-ranked Indian Hills Community College, defeated Monroe University, who started the season ranked 10th in the nation, 2-0 and tied eighth-ranked Illinois Central College 2-2.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DePalo believes the challenging matches will serve the team well later in the season when they start to click.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe\u2019re pretty sound defensively,\u201d DePalo said. \u201cOur goalkeeping is good, our defending is good, and our midfield play has been pretty solid as well.\u00a0 So [we just have] to put the final pieces together up front.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To get back on track, the Sharks will count on an experienced group that includes 19 returning players. Among the standouts are forward Facundo Ochoa who was tops on the squad with six assists and added 13 goals and sophomore Cheick Dounkasse who leads this year\u2019s squad with three goals. Goalkeeper Samuel Cavo led the team with 26 total saves in 10 games.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Giuseppe was Coach of the Year and Calvo was tabbed Keeper of the Year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition, Cavo, Ochoa and defenders Jeremy Levivier and Agustin Bezara earned first-team All-Conference honors.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI think we have a better team than last year,\u201d said defender Agustin Sinelli. \u201cI think we have more depth. Last year, we had a good season, but [in] the end, we couldn&#8217;t get the results we wanted. I think this season, we have a lot more potential to win everything.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That nucleus will blend with 16 freshmen including defender Daniele Malanga from Italy and midfielder Matteo DePalo, who is Giuseppe\u00a0 DePalo\u2019s son.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cDuring the preseason, I really saw our potential, and I think that we&#8217;re a really good team that [can] just improve from this point,\u201d Matteo DePalo said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i>Click<\/i><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.us19.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=4fc6146412415baee32007fd7&amp;id=b5cd3712dc\"><i> here<\/i><\/a><\/span><i> to subscribe to our bi-weekly newsletter, The Hammerhead. For news tips, contact us at mdc.thereporter@gmail.com.\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Miami Dade College men\u2019s soccer team is looking to launch its second act, a year after returning to the national soccer scene after a three decade-long hiatus.\u00a0 Last year, the Sharks finished with a strong 13-5-2 record and qualified for the National Junior College Athletic Association playoffs. 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