Vaila Barsley
Sophomore
Defender / Midfielder
Great Yarmouth, England / Flegg High School
As A Freshman In 2006: Made a dynamic debut in
the BIG EAST, starting 18 games and netting four goals and an
assist … selected to the All-BIG EAST third team … a third team
Freshman All-American and second team All-Northeast Region
selection by SoccerBuzz Magazine … also garnered All-Northeast
Region Second Team recognition from the National Soccer Coaches
Association of America (NSCAA) … scored first-career goal at
Fairfield (Sept. 5) … headed home the game-tying goal to force
overtime at Syracuse (Sept. 15) … assisted on the game-tying goal
at Pittsburgh (Sept. 22) … scored the first St. John’s goal en
route to a 3-1 win over Seton Hall (Oct. 13) … header off a corner
kick gave the Red Storm a 1-0 victory over South Florida (Oct.
20).
Before St. John’s: Played for the Under 17
England National Team … played for the Arsenal Reserves and the
Norfolk Ladies at the club level … attended the Arsenal Ladies
Soccer Academy … Arsenal Reserves were runners-up of Reserve League
South 1 and winners of the Reserve League Cup … Norwich City Ladies
were the Eastern Region’s premiership winners and league cup
winners in 2005-06.