Girls Soccer: Area's best will head to the pitch in FACA all-star classic

Tampa Bay's best senior girls soccer players will participate in this weekend's Florida Athletic Coaches Association all-star classic  at the University of South Florida. The West team, featuring players from Hillsborough, Hernando and Pasco Counties, will take on the East Friday at 6 p.m. The North will play the South at 8 p.m., and  consulation and championship games will be played Saturday at 10 a.m. and noon, respecitvely. 

Here's the roster for the West squad, coached by Sickles's George Arroyo and Wharton's Dennis Vukorep (area players in bold):

F Hayley Emerson, Fort Myers

F Abby Meckley, Plant 

F CiCi Gonzalez, Steinbrenner

F Brooke Smith, Eustis 

F Taylor Valley, Steinbrenner

M Alexis Rodriguez, Sickles 

M Baylee Dozark, Wharton

M Emily Belanger, Wharton

M Mallorie Pickersgill, Nature Coast 

M Brittany McNickle, Wharton

M Jackie Simpson, Newsome

D Sienna Brooks, Sickles

D Jessica Frank, Estero

D Haylie Gutierrez, Riverdale

D Rachael Swisher, Ida Baker

D Diana Rosquete, Sickles 

D Joelle Stewart, Land O'Lakes 

D Arielle Le-Tran, Land O'Lakes

GK Amanda Kopale, Ida Baker

GK Emily Ball, Freedom

Teams in post

• Freedom High School
• Land O' Lakes High School
• Nature Coast Technical High School
• Newsome High School
• Sickles High School
• Steinbrenner High School
• Wharton High School