Both the boys and girls programs with their 2022 state championship trophies
It was a banner year for the NHS boys soccer program. A 2nd consecutive state title, national recognition in the polls, and many players taking home post-season awards including Academic All-State, All-Conference, All-District, All-State, and All-American. But the crown jewel of the season is upon us. It is time to vote for the Goal of the Year! We’re glad you could join us on this journey to find the most impressive tally of the 2022 season. Who will join the wonder strikes of 2019 (Jack Miller), 2020 (Brady Horn), and 2021 (Adam Eberhart). Time and your votes will tell.
Each year the bracket has grown. Innovation is the name of the game. Last year, there were 2 new elements to tournament. Those innovations (listed below) have been kept for a second year. This year the innovation is that all goal descriptions are directly on the YouTube video. So if you have trouble keeping up with the play, read the description below each video to help orient your viewing.
The goals have been randomly seeded. No more arguing with the committee (of one) on what seed you got. An impressive goal might have been given a #15 seed. This can lead to upsets galore!
The JV programs get in on the action. We have 64 goals in the bracket. 48 come from Varsity contests with 16 coming from JV contests. We have 8 JV Black and 8 JV Gold entries. These Cinderellas just might take down a seasoned blue blood or two a la Florida Atlantic
Check out the bracket HERE. Without further ado, let’s get to the voting. For Round 1, it will take some time to get through all the videos. Each goal is roughly 20 seconds in length and there are 64 of them. Make sure to set aside 20 minutes and watch each clip with an undivided attention. Who doesn’t enjoy going down YouTube rabbit holes from time to time? Don’t worry, as we progress through the rounds, goals will be eliminated and the amount of time for voting greatly decreases. It really is just this first round of voting that takes a long time.
Click on the links below for each Region to access the YouTube Playlist. The playlists are set up to have competing seeds as back to back videos. Play two videos, pause to make your selection, and then move on to the next pair of videos. This year, the description of each goal is directly in the YouTube video description
Enjoy the amazing goals.
Cast your votes on these Google Forms. Make sure to vote for all 4 regions. Let’s get as much participation as possible this year!
Voting for Round 1 will be closed Wednesday, April 12th at 11:59 PM. Get your votes in now. Round 2 will open up Thursday, April 13th in the morning after round 1 votes have been tabulated.