Meet the 2023 girls soccer teams
Here is the Commercial Appeal’s Allmetro girls soccer teams. The team’s are split up into first and second team.
Player of the year Allie Broadway
Midfielder | Evangelical Christian | So.
Evangelical Christian School dropped its first two games of the season and sophomore midfielder Allie Broadway was confident the Eagles were going to turn it around.
They didn’t lose the rest of the season, ending an 18-game win streak with a state championship in a 2-0 win over St. George’s in October. Broadway helped the Eagles win their first Division II-A state championship since 2016. She is The Commercial Appeal’s 2023 Girls Soccer Player of the Year.
“It was so exciting,” Broadway said. “We kind of owed it to ourselves because of how much work and effort we were putting in and it was really exciting to finally do that accomplishment together.”
Broadway scored 21 goals and had 22 assists this past season with the Eagles. She was also named to the all-region tournament team, all-state tournament team and was named the region MVP.
“Every game, I just thought it was another reset and another game,” Broadway said of why she had such a strong season.
When things started rough, Broadway said the team had a meeting with coach Jordan Thompson and had to figure out how to turn things around. Sure Broadway believed ECS could turn things around, but the rest of the team needed to believe it too.
Once they did, Broadway knew the Eagles were going to have success this season.
Broadway is just a sophomore so her recruitment hasn’t picked up much yet. But after a season of 20-plus goals and assists and another season with her club team, Lobos Rush, which is in Collierville,
she’s confident she can attain her dream of playing Division I soccer.
“A lot of our team was returning players and we had a lot of chemistry together,” Broadway said of why she was confident about the team’s title run. “I think it was just really fitting.”
Here’s the rest of The Commercial Appeal’s 2023 All-metro Girls Soccer Team.
First Team Laila Mcnamee
Goalkeeper | Houston | Jr. Mcnamee had a 0.33 goal against average for the Mustangs this season. She also had 10 shutouts and allowed just 10 goals all season.
Mary Clark Consolo
Forward | St. George’s | So.
Consolo led the team with 25 goals this season. She also had three assists, helping St. George’s to a 13-5-1 record this year.
Ali Howard
Forward | Briarcrest | Jr.
Howard scored 18 goals and had six assists during her junior year for the Saints. She helped Briarcrest reach the Division II-AA quarterfinals this past season.
Payton Biggs
Midfielder | Tipton-rosemark | Fr. Biggs led the Rebels in goals this season, scoring 39 goals in her freshman season. She also had 25 assists, both team highs, including five game-winning goals.
Batie Casey
Midfielder | St. George’s | Sr.
Casey scored 14 goals and led the team with 18 assists for the Gryphons this year, helping them reach the Division II-A state championship game.
Ellett Smith
Midfielder | Houston | Jr.
Smith, a Vanderbilt commit, scored 13 goals and had seven assists this season for the Mustangs, helping them reach the state tournament.
Molly Browne
Defender | Hutchison | So.
Browne helped Hutchison’s defense to 11 shutouts and scored five goals and had four assists this season. The Sting reached the Division II-AA state tournament this year.
Mckenzie Campbell
Defender | Collierville | Sr. Campbell helped anchor a defense that conceded 26 goals this season. She helped the Dragons reach the Class AAA semifinals this season.
Hallie Mcbride
Defender | Houston | So.
Mcbride was named to the Class AAA all-state team. She helped Houston’s defense concede just 10 goals and one loss all year.
Elle Weathersby
Defender | St. George’s | Fr. Weathersby anchored a defense that conceded 18 goals this season. She scored seven goals herself this season and had seven assists.
Second Team
Goalkeeper: Abby Lankford, Briarcrest, Sr.
Forward: Stormi Boles, Lakeland Prep, Fr.
Forward: Anna Laura Howard, Evangelical Christian, Sr.
Forward: Hayden
Northpoint, Sr.
Midfielder: Michelle Betancourt, Harding Academy, Jr.
Midfielder: Scarlett Cowles, Houston, Fr.
Midfielder: Tori Davidson, Tiptonrosemark, So.
Defender: Caroline Gibert, Hutchison, Sr.
Defender: Isabella Mendieta, Arlington, Jr.
Defender: Ella Reynolds, Lakeland Prep, So.
Defender: Carson Wells, Briarcrest, Jr.
Coach of the year Jordan Thompson
Moneymaker,
Evangelical Christian
Thompson helped the Eagles to an 18-2 record in the 2023 season. The Eagles finished the year with a state championship over St. George’s in October, defeating St. George’s 2-0. It was ECS’S first state championship since 2016 and the program’s third overall.