SCHOOL PROFILE
Head coach Craig Sanborn
Photo by Jane Haslam
NYSPHSAA Class AA
Enrollment: 3,200
Athletic Director: Dave Goddard
2012 finish: 22-1 (No. 5 NSCAA poll, NYSPHSAA Class AA champs)
Senior David Verdis
Photo by Jane Haslam
20 (3 as varsity coach)
Career record: 43-15-1
Notable team achievements: NYSPHSAA Class AA champs in 2012,
beating perennial contender Brentwood in the final, 2-1... Former Arlington coach Gary Montalto, who led the program for 31 years prior to his retirement in 2009 and gained more than 500 coaching victories and three state titles, was the 2006 National Soccer Coaches Association of America Coach of the Year.
Notable soccer alumni: Defender Chris Szanto played professionally in the ASL, MISL and USISL, and was on the 1987 U-20 U.S. National Team that competed in the FIFA World Youth Championships in Chile. In 2002, he was named to the Atlantic Coast Conference's 50th Anniversary Team for his success at North Carolina State.
Notable non-soccer facts about school: Arlington baseball coach
Al Hammell was a 28th round pick of the New York Mets in 1992 and played four minor league seasons... The Arlington Admiral Marching Band has competed in regional and national events through Bands of America, most notably being ranked 23rd in the nation at the 2004 Grand National Championships in Indianapolis. The band also placed second at the 2004 BOA Eastern Regional, winning the award for outstanding visual performance.
