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Here’s the 2024 Lexington All-City Boys Soccer Team

jared peck
·2 min read

The Lexington Herald-Leader and Kentucky.com are proud to present the 2024 All-City High School Boys Soccer Teams as voted on by the nine coaches of Lexington’s varsity KHSAA programs.

Henry Clay’s Marco Messerli was chosen as Lexington boys soccer player of the year.

Messerli, a senior forward, helped lead the Blue Devils to the 42nd District and 11th Region championships with 16 goals and a team-high 17 assists.

Henry Clay remains alive in the boys state soccer tournament and will play Oneida Baptist in the semifinals at 8 p.m. Thursday at Paul Laurence Dunbar High School.

Messerli received six of the possible nine player of the year votes from the city’s coaches. Henry Clay teammate Connor Taylor got two top nods and Lafayette’s Max Jacobs got the other. Both joined Messerli on the All-City First Team.

Other first-team honorees were Frederick Douglass’ Delfin Iteriteka and Juan Piedra Figueroa, Dunbar’s Walter Claudio and Christian Delgado, Lafayette’s Meshaki Shendela, Lexington Catholic’s Bruno Monero, Sayre’s Braeden Collett, and Tates Creek’s Edwin Luna Martinez.

Players were nominated and voted on by the city’s coaches, who ranked their first- and second-team choices. Each team got five nominees. Twenty-two points were allotted to their player of the year, 21 to the next player, and etc.

Henry Clay’s Marco Messerli celebrates a goal against Frederick Douglass in a 6-0 win at The Farm on Aug. 29. Messerli was named 2024’s Lexington player of the year by the city’s coaches.
Henry Clay’s Marco Messerli celebrates a goal against Frederick Douglass in a 6-0 win at The Farm on Aug. 29. Messerli was named 2024’s Lexington player of the year by the city’s coaches.

2024 ALL-CITY BOYS SOCCER TEAMS

First- and second-team players listed in order of coaches’ vote points; player of the year votes in parentheses. D-defender; F-forward; GK-goalkeeper; M-midfielder.

FIRST TEAM

Player of the year: Marco Messerli, F, Henry Clay (6), 174.

Walter Claudio, D, Paul Laurence Dunbar, 147.

Delfin Iteriteka, GK, Frederick Douglass, 144.

Max Jacobs, F, Lafayette (1), 140.

Braeden Collett, F, Sayre, 134.

Connor Taylor, M, Henry Clay (2), 128.

Christian Delgado, M, Paul Laurence Dunbar, 117.

Edwin Luna Martinez, D, Tates Creek, 112.

Bruno Monero, M/F, Lexington Catholic, 103.

Juan Piedra Figueroa, M, Frederick Douglass, 102.

Meshaki Shendela, F, Lafayette, 100.

SECOND TEAM

Braden Cundiff, F, Henry Clay.

Rafael Pimentel, F, Bryan Station.

JT Martin, F, Paul Laurence Dunbar.

Ombeni Shendera, D/F, Frederick Douglass.

Emmanuel Bolia, M/D, Bryan Station.

David Rodriguez, D, Lafayette.

James Barnett, M/F, Lexington Catholic.

Levin Guzman, F, Tates Creek.

Ethan Long, 26 D, Henry Clay.

Diego Martinez, GK, Paul Laurence Dunbar.

Enoch Nsabimana, M, Tates Creek.

HONORABLE MENTION

Bryan Station: Steven Green, Joaquin Guerrant, Luke Majors.

Frederick Douglass: Ammar Alsiraj, Keegan Nash.

Henry Clay: Will Potter.

Lafayette: Michael Matsakis, Abdullah Bahrani.

Lexington Catholic: Gaeven Harris, Kalen Osting, Carson Witajewski.

Lexington Christian: Josiah Behnke, Cade Crager, Lane Brown, Cecil Hollen, Jackson Haynes.

Paul Laurence Dunbar: Zahid Diaz.

Sayre: Roman Abedi, Tate Ashmun, Jack Steinberg, Will Woodworth.

Tates Creek: Andy Ferring, Joshmar Balbuena Lara.

Here’s the 2024 Lexington All-City Girls Soccer Team