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Gatorade 2024 - 2025: Player of the Year

Boys Soccer - Delaware

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BOYS SOCCER

Tyler Cifa

Midfielder
SALESIANUM SCHOOL
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE
SENIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-10
Press Release

Peak Performance

13

Goals

7

Assists
“Tyler is a phenomenal player with great technical ability and tactical awareness. His touch on the ball is first class and that, combined with his competitiveness and desire to win, makes a worthy Player of the Year.”
Joe Manlove
Head Coach - Archmere Academy
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Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot-10, 155-pound senior midfielder scored 13 goals and passed for seven assists this past season, leading the Sallies (12-5-1) to the Division I state championship game. The 2024 Delaware High School Coaches Association Player of the Year, Cifa is a three-time state champion. He was also a United Soccer Coaches High School All-American selection.

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Academic Achievement

Cifa has maintained a 3.60 GPA in the classroom. He will attend Scranton University, where he will play soccer, beginning this fall.

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Exemplary Character

Cifa has participated in an internship at the Food Bank of Delaware, assisting with sorting food, managing donations and distributing goods to people in need. He has also volunteered locally at St. Joe’s Homeless Shelter and on behalf of the Arc of Delaware, which serves state residents with intellectual and developmental challenges, in addition to donating his time as a youth soccer coach and mentor.