Tuesday, April 14, 2009

USC Men's Soccer Program sign 5-Players From Florida


Five student-athletes from Jacksonville, Florida signed Letters of Intent to play men’s soccer at USC Salkehatchie on Monday. The players are Emir Begic, Gregory Egan, Ahmo Ibrahimovic, Adnan Osmanovic, and Brian Sheffield. “This is the largest number of players who have ever signed for one of my teams at the same time,” according to USC Salkehatchie Head Soccer Coach Bill Glass. The signing took place at Englewood High School in Jacksonville.

Emir Begic graduated from Englewood last year where he was a defender on the boy’s soccer team. He was named MVP for the Englewood boys soccer team two years running (06 - 07 and 07-08). He also plays on the Jacksonville Jaguars U-19 club soccer team. Begic will major in Accounting in college and intends to pursue a career in business.

Gregory Egan, another defender, is graduating from Wolfson High School where he was named Rookie Of The Year in his freshman year and later MVP. He was captain of his team at Westside Soccer Club and was named MVP there. Egan intends to obtain his college degree in Ocean Transportation and hopes to Captain a cruise ship one day.

Ahmo Ibrihimovic is a 2008 graduate of Englewood and also plays for the Jaguars club team. He is a goal-scorer who likes playing up top. Ibrihimovic will major in Physical Education and wants to teach and coach soccer at the high school level in the future.

To learn more about the other players signed and to read the entire story, go to www.uscsalkathletics.com
The website will be updated this Friday, April 17th.