Area's best players set for NOW/Wave soccer showcase

The area's elite high school soccer players will be on hand to participate in the third annual Senior All-Star Game on Saturday, Jan. 22, at the U.S. Cellular Arena in Milwaukee, an event sponsored by MyCommunityNOW and the Milwaukee Wave.

Players from within the MyCommunityNOW coverage area will go head-to-head following the Milwaukee Wave's 6 p.m. contest against the Chicago Riot.

Schools represented include Brookfield Central, Brookfield East, Franklin, Germantown, Greendale, Homestead, Menomonee Falls, Muskego, New Berlin Eisenhower, New Berlin West, Shorewood, South Milwaukee, Wauwatosa East, West Allis Hale and Whitefish Bay.

Wave players will serve in the event as honorary coaches.The All-Stars will also be honored on the field during the Wave game.

Seniors from area teams are selected for the game by the MyCommunityNOW staff.

East roster

G AJ Schlitt, Germantown

F Kelmend Islami, South Milwaukee

F Mitchell Placek, Greendale

F Chris Gioffre, Germantown

F Antonio D'Amato, Franklin

MF Ty Taalbi, West Allis Hale

MF Ryan Gesme, South Milwaukee

MF Andrew Mahn, Shorewood

MF Nico Soto, Homestead

MF Andrew Bertran, Whitefish Bay

D Jackson Orin, Wauwatosa East

D Brandon Erny, Wauwatosa East

D Defrim Ramushevski, South Milwaukee

D Declan Gruber, Shorewood

D Riley McKenzie, Germantown

West roster

G Brandon Roesch, Muskego

F Dan Czernicki, Muskego

F Nick Cianciolo, Brookfield Central

F Paul Palmisano, Muskego

F Andrew Raymonds, Brookfield East

F AD Gonzales, Menomonee Falls

MF Luke Stoll, Muskego

MF Heng Vang, New Berlin West

MF Chris Haeberle, Brookfield East

MF Evan Krause, New Berlin Eisenhower

D Zak DeGrave, Muskego

D Anthony Scaffidi, Brookfield Central

D Bryan Franzen, New Berlin West

D Tim Antoniewicz, New Berlin Eisenhower

D Connor Hansen, Brookfield East