If this off season changed anything for women’s soccer, it was everything. One of the changes entailed the loss of Coach Jason Dunn and the gain of the previous boys soccer coach; Coach John Roberts. Focusing on the new coach, the ex-Higley coach that lead the Lady Knights to a state championship plans to lead the 6th ranked Pumas to their first championship.  “I think expectations are high just because of the previous several years of the girls program here” Coach Roberts commented on this “they expect to be good every single year and so would I”.

To be good this year however, the Lady Pumas have to deal with another new challenge in the new division. This new division keeps some of Perry’s old rivals like ranked #11 Basha and the second overall ranked Hamilton. What changed however is the addition of the #4 ranked Desert Vista and ranked fourteenth overall Corona del Sol.  This new schedule forces the Lady Pumas to play 9 of their 13 games against top twenty-five teams while playing four of the top five team in the state.

To meet Coach Roberts expectations for the season, the girls team will have to prove their worth in this new division for the Lady Pumas as after a huge state playoff run last year, they will have to prove if they go what it takes to be on of the best around. In the words of Principal Serrano, “People ask me what sports at your school is good; girls soccer is one of them”.