LCH soccer nishes a winning season; may head to playo s

By Suzan Filipek

When David Brown saw the potential for greatness years ago, he told the principal at Larchmont Charter High School (LCHS) that her upand-coming soccer team was going to put her school on the map.

“I think she was shocked,” said Brown, coach of the varsity girls’ soccer team at LCHS at Lafayette Park.

It turns out he wasn’t wrong about the team.

Last year, the team, called the Timberwolves, went to the CIF (California Interscholastic Federation) city championship for the first time. The players finished in second place.

By mid-season, they’d numbered first in their league and eighth in the city with nine wins, zero losses and 99 goals scored.

The season ended Jan. 23, after the Chronicle went to press, but Brown was confident the 19-member team, which is in the Ocean League, will make it to the playoffs in February. He also thinks they have a chance for the state championship that takes place soon thereafter.

The team’s mix of top scor-