{"id":129231,"date":"2025-10-10T11:27:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T15:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riverheadnewsreview.timesreview.com\/?p=129231"},"modified":"2025-10-10T11:27:53","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T15:27:53","slug":"swr-boys-soccer-stays-perfect-after-revenge-win-over-kings-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riverheadnewsreview.timesreview.com\/2025\/10\/129231\/swr-boys-soccer-stays-perfect-after-revenge-win-over-kings-park\/","title":{"rendered":"SWR boys soccer stays perfect after revenge win over Kings Park"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ever since the Shoreham-Wading River boys soccer team lost, 6-1, in the Suffolk County Class A semifinals against Kings Park last year, the group that returned was determined to right the ship and compete for a championship they felt they rightfully deserved.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With a proven leader in new head coach&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/riverheadnewsreview.timesreview.com\/2025\/07\/127574\/new-swr-soccer-coach-braga-brings-a-winning-tradition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dani Braga<\/a>, the Wildcats have stormed to a 12-0 start&nbsp;in regular-season play \u2014 and show no signs of slowing down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI think these guys needed a strong voice,\u201d Braga said. \u201cThe talent on this team is unmatched. We have the ability to play with anyone, but I felt like maybe the accountability was lacking. We quickly took care of that this season.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since that playoff loss, SWR hasn\u2019t dropped a single match, including summer competition in the <a href=\"https:\/\/riverheadnewsreview.timesreview.com\/2025\/07\/127407\/swr-soccer-team-has-visions-of-a-state-title\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Town of Brookhaven league<\/a>, where they won the championship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNobody liked how our season ended last year,\u201d midfielder Andrew Stiene said. \u201cThat\u2019s probably one of our worst losses in the history of the soccer program here. 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On Sept. 27, SWR faced perennial powerhouse Garden City in a non-league matchup. Garden City, the reigning&nbsp;Class AA state champion, entered the game having lost just twice in four years \u2014 but left with a rare defeat after&nbsp;Matt Thomsen&nbsp;converted a penalty kick late in the first half for a&nbsp;1-0 SWR victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt was a major win for the program,\u201d Braga said. \u201cBut I told the boys it doesn\u2019t mean anything really. We want a championship. There\u2019s no time to celebrate. We have bigger goals to accomplish this season.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The biggest test of <a href=\"https:\/\/sectionxi.org\/schedules\/?league_id=954%2C1945%2C1946%2C1947%2C1948%2C1949%2C1950%2C1951%2C1952%2C1953%2C1954%2C1955%2C1956%2C1957%2C1958%2C1959%2C1960%2C1961%2C1962%2C1963%2C1964%2C1965%2C1966%2C1967%2C1968%2C1969%2C1970%2C1971%2C1972%2C1973&amp;school_id=4487&amp;level_id=2&amp;start_date=2025-10-10&amp;end_date=2025-12-10&amp;gender_id=1&amp;sport_id=6&amp;gender_id=1&amp;color1=27387E&amp;color2=E2202C&amp;bg_color=F9F9F9&amp;no_title=no\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the season<\/a> came three days later against Kings Park \u2014 the team that knocked them out of the playoffs last season. Feelings of revenge flowed through every player\u2019s veins, vividly remembering the loss they suffered just a season ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe all remember that like it was yesterday,\u201d forward Zach Makarewicz said. \u201cWe wanted nothing more than to beat them and to prove that we were a better team this season.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But early on it was a case of same-old, same-old. The Wildcats gave up two goals in the first half and were unable to find an answer \u2014 oftentimes hitting the post or sailing their shots past or over the net.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At halftime, Braga\u2019s fiery speech echoed through the stadium. He encouraged the boys to play within themselves and make the right play. He screamed for effort, and he got it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Makarewicz scored twice in the second half \u2014 the first goal off of a throw in that he nonchalantly tapped with his foot past the keeper and then later scored off a header following a free kick in the Kings Park zone.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve been playing with each other since we were little kids,\u201d Makarewicz said. \u201cWe all had trust in each other to get back in the game. I got my opportunities, and I took advantage of them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That was Makarewicz\u2019s 14th and 15th goals of the season<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMakarewicz is that perfect blend of athlete and soccer player,\u201d Braga said. \u201cHe can do things that a lot of people can\u2019t just with his pure athleticism. His speed puts him in a position to make a play and his soccer IQ allows him to find the goals.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The game went into the golden goal overtime. In the second ten minute period, Makarewicz rolled the ball over to Stiene, who found space and buried it in the corner of the net for the victory. Stiene ripped his shirt off in celebration and ran over to the student section to get embraced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIncredible moment for us,\u201d Stiene said. \u201cWe fell behind, but nobody quit fighting. We all believed we could still win the game. I\u2019m glad we found a way to win, but we don\u2019t want this to be the highlight of our season. We want that championship.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The team followed up its dramatic victory with a 7-0 rout at Sayville on Thursday, Oct. 4. Makarewicz netted a hat trick to give him 18 goals on the season, putting him second in Suffolk County.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With three games remaining on the schedule this season, the Wildcats are eyeing the&nbsp;Class A playoffs&nbsp;\u2014 and possibly the school\u2019s first-ever&nbsp;state title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are never going to look past the next game,\u201d Braga said. \u201cWe\u2019re never going to get too high or too low. To be a champion, you have to take it one game at a time. I\u2019ve done it before as a coach, and I know what we need to do. As long as the boys buy in, which they have, the sky is the limit for this group.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ever since the Shoreham-Wading River boys soccer team lost, 6-1, in the Suffolk County Class A semifinals against Kings Park last year, the group that returned was determined to right the ship and compete for a championship they felt they rightfully deserved.&nbsp; With a proven leader in new head coach&nbsp;Dani Braga, the Wildcats have stormed&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":331,"featured_media":129289,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1743,37],"tags":[732,18145,124,13186,16529,10822],"coauthors":[16616],"class_list":["post-129231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured-story","category-sports","tag-boys-soccer","tag-dani-braga","tag-high-school-sports","tag-premium","tag-shoreham-wading-river-3","tag-swr-wildcats"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>SWR boys soccer stays perfect after revenge win over Kings Park - Riverhead News Review<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/riverheadnewsreview.timesreview.com\/2025\/10\/129231\/swr-boys-soccer-stays-perfect-after-revenge-win-over-kings-park\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SWR boys soccer stays perfect after revenge win over Kings Park - Riverhead News Review\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ever since the Shoreham-Wading River boys soccer team lost, 6-1, in the Suffolk County Class A semifinals against Kings Park last year, the group that returned was determined to right the ship and compete for a championship they felt they rightfully deserved.&nbsp; 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