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Local Soccer Notebook 6/30

Jeremy Payne has been officially named head coach of the Eastern University men’s soccer team after serving in the role on an interim basis after Mark Wagner retired from the post in March. Payne starred at Messiah College in his playing days and was an assistant under Wagner for two years. He becomes just the third head coach of the program in the last 27 years.

Recent YSC Academy graduate Fred Gil has been officially announced as part of the incoming recruiting class at the University of South Florida. He joins Philadelphia Union Academy teammate Josue Monge (Philadelphia, Pa.