Central High Girls' Soccer Team Gets First Win In Nearly Two Decades

TUSCALOOSA, AL — The Central High School girls' soccer team pulled off a historic win Tuesday night, representing the school's first in almost two decades.

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Tuscaloosa City Schools points out that until this year, it had been more than 15 years since Central High School had a girls’ soccer team, with the first girls’ soccer team in 19 years playing in its first game Tuesday night against Holy Spirit High School.

The 14-member Lady Falcons won the match, 1-0.

“The girls were thrilled but exhausted,” Central High girls' soccer coach Daniel Morton said. “We don’t have that many substitutes, so many had to play the whole game. Even though they are still learning the game and how to play together, they played extremely hard and I couldn’t be more proud of them for that.”

Morton explain that for many of the team members, it’s their first year playing soccer for CHS, mentioning that there have been girls who played soccer at Central in years past, but they played on a co-ed team instead of an all-girls team.

“Many of the girls have played co-ed with us for years, and I was excited to see them have a girls’ team like they deserve,” Morton said. “It was a big priority for me as a coach going into this season. I believe that both the girls and the boys deserved to have their own teams to compete in our area.”

The Central High girls’ soccer team will return to action Tuesday at home against Northridge High School at 3:30 p.m.

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