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Article: TRYOUT TAKES SCHMIDT CLOSER TO HIS SOCCER GOAL.(News)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
- Article date:
- December 24, 1998
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Byline: Jim Inghram Daily News Staff Writer
There's plenty to do for students on Winter Break: snowboarding, relaxing, working, training with the under-18 national soccer team.
Not all will have the opportunity to do all that, unless you're Casey Schmidt.
Schmidt, a senior at Newbury Park High and a forward on the Panthers' soccer team, received his invitation to try out shortly after Thanksgiving.
He goes to the camp at the Olympic Training facility in Chula Vista beginning Monday and returns on Jan. 6.
``When I found out,'' Schmidt said. ``I couldn't believe it. I started jumping up and down I was so excited.''
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