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BOYS SOCCER

Jose 'Lalo' Castro

Midfielder
BENTONVILLE HS
BENTONVILLE, ARKANSAS
SENIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-6
Press Release

Peak Performance

8

Goals

14

Assists
“Jose Castro is such a game-changer. I think he is a complete player. He reads the game well, attacks with and without the ball and has an incredible shot.”
John Marshall
Head Coach at Bentonville West High
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Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot-6, 165-pound senior midfielder scored eight goals and passed for 14 assists this past season, leading the Tigers (9-7-1) to the Class 7A state tournament. A First Team All-State selection, Castro was the Class 7A West Conference Newcomer of the Year as a sophomore in 2015. He opted to play club soccer as a junior and was a member of an FC Dallas team that won the 2016 U.S. Soccer Development Academy Under-16 national championship.

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Academic Achievement

Castro has maintained a 3.42 GPA in the classroom. He has signed a national letter of intent to play soccer on scholarship at Oral Roberts University beginning this fall.

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Exemplary Character

Castro has volunteered locally as a youth soccer coach. "Jose Castro is such a game-changer," said John Marshall, head coach of Bentonville West High. "I think he is a complete player. He reads the game well, attacks with and without the ball and has an incredible shot."