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34 | November 9, 2017 | The Homer Horizon SPORTS<br />
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David Napoli is a senior at<br />
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for the boys soccer team.<br />
How did you get started<br />
playing soccer?<br />
I first started playing soccer<br />
when I was 6 or 7. I<br />
started off in the [American<br />
Youth Soccer Organization]<br />
leagues and came up through<br />
travel ball with Homer<br />
Hawks, which I met most of<br />
my friends on the Lockport<br />
team. I went to Raiders [Futbol<br />
Club], which [is where]<br />
I learned most of my skills<br />
probably from. Now, I’m<br />
with Chicago Fire South and<br />
played it all four years for<br />
high school.<br />
What is it about the sport<br />
that you love?<br />
I love it so much because<br />
every game you get a new<br />
opportunity to prove yourself,<br />
make a difference and<br />
there is a new spark and<br />
your teammates. You try<br />
and go out there and win every<br />
game to the best of your<br />
ability.<br />
What is the biggest thing<br />
you’ve learned from coach<br />
Beal?<br />
From coach Beal, the<br />
biggest thing I’ve learned I<br />
think it’s probably to play<br />
your heart out and play the<br />
best you can. Anyone can<br />
be better than anyone else<br />
on any given day, so there<br />
is no underdog, there is no<br />
favorite in every game. I’ve<br />
learned a lot of technical<br />
skills, and he’s been great at<br />
preparing us for games and<br />
preparing us to be the best<br />
player we can be.<br />
What is your best memory<br />
from senior year?<br />
My best memory was<br />
probably winning the PepsiCo<br />
[Showdown] championship.<br />
It was a great experience,<br />
and last year we came<br />
up short again. We lost to<br />
Fenwick in the championship.<br />
This year, we got the<br />
opportunity to come back<br />
and win the tournament.<br />
What did that feel like to<br />
win?<br />
Well, coming up short<br />
was great motivation. We<br />
came in, we weren’t seeded<br />
... That served as motivation<br />
for us to show up and prove<br />
that we deserved a spot to be<br />
seeded. It proved that we can<br />
be a better team than everyone<br />
though we could be.<br />
What is your favorite pumpup<br />
song before a game?<br />
I would say bands would<br />
be The Amigos and Imagine<br />
Dragons. Those would be<br />
two of the biggest ones. We<br />
listen to a lot of Spanish music;<br />
it gets us in the groove<br />
before games.<br />
What was a funny moment<br />
from this season?<br />
We had a lot of funny moments.<br />
The funniest person<br />
on the team is [Zacary] Fox.<br />
Specifically funny moments,<br />
I guess just before each<br />
game, he would just get us<br />
all in the mood to play and<br />
ready to have some fun. We<br />
all kind of did that to each<br />
other, and we all kind of<br />
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helped each other get ready<br />
for each game.<br />
Do you have plans to play in<br />
college?<br />
I would like to play club.<br />
I’m trying to go to a four-year<br />
university like Iowa, Iowa<br />
State or the University of Illinois,<br />
but some of them don’t<br />
exactly have soccer teams<br />
competitively, but they do<br />
have soccer clubs. I’m going<br />
to try out for it, but it’s not<br />
my main focus for college.<br />
Do you have any hobbies<br />
outside of soccer?<br />
I like playing fantasy<br />
sports. Our team has a fantasy<br />
premiere league. I like to<br />
go out with friends and play<br />
other sports. Sometimes go<br />
[footgolfing]. It’s like golf,<br />
but you kick a ball into a<br />
hole. The nearest place is in<br />
Schererville, Indiana.<br />
What is your favorite food?<br />
My favorite food — that’s a<br />
tough one — I would have to<br />
with a nice steak dinner with<br />
mashed potatoes and broccoli.<br />
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