Boy's Soccer Team Cut Because Lower Grades

Eduardo Cano, International Studies Academy, Wat it do, ISA? (Fall 2006):

This year, the ISA boy’s soccer team was cut because not enough students with passing grades signed up.

“[Students] need to communicate with their teachers and look for help when they need it,” said Dennie Marenco, Dean of ISA and former coach of the boy’s soccer team. “We may have had a great opportunity to be a good team and represent the school in a great way.”

Soccer is the most popular sport in the world with millions of fans. There are 32 international teams that compete for the World Cup every four years. However, it is only in the US where the game is called soccer. In other countries, soccer is called football or futbol in Spanish-speaking countries.

According to Dean Marenco, the boy’s soccer team may resume next year, if the students have the grades. The girl’s soccer team will begin in the spring. “[The girls] are taking the education more important than the boys,” Marenco said. “The boys have the opportunity to do the same thing.”

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