2018 Green Valley Girls Soccer Capsule

League: Class 4A Desert

Head coach: Catherine Davis, sixth season

2017 record: 17-3-1 (7-3 Southeast/second)

Returning letter winners (starters): Eight (six)

Top athletes: MF Devyn Parsons (Sr.), D Taylor O’Neill (Sr.), MF Hailey Thomas (Sr.)

Outlook: Last year’s Sunrise Region champions bring back six starters, though they’ve got some big losses to overcome.

Parsons (8 goals, 5 assists), O’Neill (6 goals, 5 assists) and Thomas (5 goals, 2 assists) return to help lead the Gators.

“After winning the Sunrise Region championship and going to the state tournament last year, we graduated a large class of seniors like many other programs in the valley,” Davis said. “We are extremely excited about the fresh, young talent on our team and look forward to making another deep run into playoffs.”