Jesse Oakes
Photo of Millikan Girls and Boys Soccer all levels
An unstoppable group of athletes.
This is the perfect description of Millikan’s soccer teams in the 2023-2024 season. The boys and girls Millikan soccer teams saw enormous amounts of success at all levels of play in their Moore League Season, the league where all LBUSD Schools sports compete in.
The Millikan boys soccer varsity team won their season with a 8-1-3 record. Their closest competitor being Long Beach Poly who ended with a 7-3-2 record. A great season played by the boys who spent countless hours practicing and training and eventually winning it all.
“This group, when they were freshman, were very good. Our expectation was as they progressed through the program they would be a strong group all the way. As seniors I expected them to do well, but they have accomplished a ton of things this season,” said Millikan boys varsity coach and weightlifting teacher Mr. Schofield.
Boys junior varsity ended their Moore League with an amazing 10-1-1 season. When looking towards next year, Coach Schofield said “Every team, every year is a different dynamic – because everyone’s personalities are so different for each team it takes on its own identity. So it’s me figuring out what that team is, figuring out what buttons to push to get the most out of them.”
On another good hand the girls varsity soccer team ended their Moore League with a 12-0 season going undefeated. Only letting in two goals during their overall season battle. The runner up to the title was Wilson with a 9-3 record.
The Millikan girls varsity soccer team has multiple Seniors that are committed to colleges who led their team to this title and were able to finish their high school career on such a high.
Moore League offensive player of the year and Senior Captain of the girls varsity team, Audrey Stewart says, “Finishing the Moore League Season on a good note was super exciting especially being a senior. I’m glad I got to make those memories with my team.”
Not forgetting the girls junior varsity and frosh-soph overall season and their season coming to an end with an overall 14-1-1 record ending in first for junior varsity and a 5-3-1 winning record for frosh-soph. Both the girls varsity and junior varsity teams had matching shut out Moore League records going 12-0.
We can all conclude that this Moore League season went absolutely phenomenal for Millikan, and none of this would have been possible if we didn’t have such dedicated coaches and athletes putting in the work for the success.