Mount Savage native gaining interest as college soccer prospect

Mount Savage – The native of Mount Savage and Mountain Ridge Rising Senior Jesseca Kline arouses the interest of many university football programs after spending the last decade playing the high -level trip and club football.

Kline has a chance to become the first female football recruit from division I to Mountain Ridge since 2016.

Kline does not hold any offer but has received the interest from 15 division I and 11 Division II programs, also holding interests of 31 schools in Division III and several JOCO and NAIA schools.

“It is an honor to represent the region in any division, in particular D1,” said Kline. “I love playing football, but my academics are very important to me. I am looking for the right adjustment for me to balance academics, athletics and costs, which could be a D2 instead. ”

Niven Hegeman was the last recruit of Division 1 minors, signing with the University of Maryland.

The big defender was the player of the region of the region in 2014 and 2015 and went 29-1 to the Appalachian Mountain Athletic Conference (AMAC) in his career, losing his first high school match against Hampshire.

Hegeman spent the following four seasons in Maryland and played 35 games for the terraaps with 26 departures.

Kline played five of her six years of club football in leagues sanctioned, winning two Cup of State championships and three finalists.

In 2022 with BVBIA (BVB International Academy) from Morgantown, Kline’s team finished first in Virginia-Western.

The BVB Academy is the International Academy for Borussia Dortmund in Bundesliga with locations across the United States.

The Kline team has become one of the two girls in the history of the BVBIA Club to reach the Usys National League (United States Youth Soccer), in competition at the conference of the Great Lakes against the teams of Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, New York and Pennsylvania.

“I think Jesseca has a great personality, she is a hard worker,” said Bvbia head coach Kernell Borneo. “Certainly understands the game as well as a level of engagement, being able to drive more than an hour to train in Morgantown.”

After the first year of Kline, it was proposed to participate in the Midwest ECNL (Elite Clubs National League) division as part of the Super Y.

The ECNL is considered the higher level of football for young people while the Super is one of the leading summer leagues.

In Super Y Play, Kline scored a goal and added a pair of assists, leading her team to a third place and a place in the national championship.

Due to the lack of players available, his team could not compete among the nationals.

During the second year of Kline, she participated in the Olympic development program and reached the identification event of the Eastern Region, a timid level of the interregional event which provides the national team selection basin.

While Bvbia changed the leagues, Kline joined the best classified team in PA West, FC 814 Energy in Altoona, Pennsylvania.

“From the point of view of skills, I would say that decision -making,” said Travis Delio, Kline’s coach, about the improvement in two years he worked with her. “She has always had a good skills base. His decision -making has improved and his desire to be more involved in the game because of his confidence in his level of competence. ”

Kline played her second consecutive season at the Great Lakes National League conference, leading FC 814 to its best national classification in North America (12th).

FC 814 obtained a place in the qualifiers for the USYS 2023 national championship, considered one of the oldest and most prestigious young football tournaments in the country.

Kline obtained the winning assistance in the first match and took the duration of the field for a goal refusing the tackle in the 75th minute, guaranteeing a 2-1 victory and winning the seeded in the semi-finals.

After abandoning the first semi-final match in penalties, and the second 1-0, Kline’s game at the defender prevented all score opportunities and allowed his team to fill a return victory of 3-2.

“My biggest advantage of playing club football would be for me to be a better versatile player,” said Kline. “They focus more on the little stuff and control the ball at your feet. They are also very important with confidence and believing that you can beat someone in-head with confidence and you excite you. Girls are fantastic and always favorable.”

His father Dave Kline has been involved in traveling travel for 15 years and does not think anyone in the region has played in two national championships.

During the first season of Kline on Varsity in Mountain Ridge last fall, she led minors in goal (63%), goals by SOG (50%), plated (74%), duels / challenges in-head (73%) with beats up to three defenders, completion passes (67%), and passes before (66%).

Dave Kline said that he had acquired the IsportAlysis statistics in England, which calculates the statistics according to the minutes played.

Kline was on all statistical rankings except one, except one, for points and finished second on minors and 22nd locally with 14.

In particular, Kline did not start a match last season.

“I think the biggest difference is the level of play, and all the teams play football possession,” said Jesseca Kline about the comparison of club football at high school. “In the National League, everyone trains and trains all year round. The final decision -making and the passage are essential because the speed of the game is fast. ”

Kline spent the following winter playing in the YMCA U19 Boy’s Winter winter league, scoring nine goals in eight games.

Several Mountain Ridge Boys players were part of the team, including Owen Cooper, Trey Idol and Austin Simpson.

Kline then joined his BVBIA team which won three games during the university teams, including Division II West Virginia Wesleyan and the Hagerstown Community College, which was a quarter of the region 20.

“We really push our girls to play at our level to understand the level of competition and what it takes to play at the college level,” said Borneo.

They also beat the Christendom College of the USCAA (United States Collegiate Athletic Association) which reached the national championship in 2024.

The Kline team equaled division II Fairmont State, also trained by Borneo.

Kline participated in the regional championships in the East last weekend in Aldie, Virginia, where her team beat the third of the country before falling into the fourth row team.

“One is the speed, something she certainly has,” said Delio about what separates the prospects of the college of secondary players. “Some people can train it, some people naturally have it. I think they have a little of both, naturally fast but also improving speed. This is a major element, especially in women’s football. If you are fast, a trainer will find you.”