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Herbert Endeley of Totino-Grace is the Star Tribune boys' Metro Player of the Year

By DAVID LA VAQUE, Star Tribune, 10/25/18, 12:30PM CDT

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The talented forward scored 24 goals and had 11 assists this season.

“I’ve been in high school coaching since 1995, and he has a talent level I haven’t seen.” -- Totino-Grace coach Bill Vance on Herbert Endeley. Photo: MARK VANCLEAVE • mark.vancleave@startribune.com


Spending his formative years in Tanzania developed Herbert Endeley’s prowess on the soccer field and perspective in life.

“African kids don’t have as much as we do in the States, and they give their best effort in soccer because they know it’s their best chance at a better life,” said Endeley, who was born in the United States but moved with his family to Tanzania at age 4 and lived there five years. His father, Isaac, worked for the United Nations.

"That helped my intensity and effort. I learned that the more you give to the game, the more you get from the game.”

Endeley gave of himself through four varsity seasons at Totino-Grace, leading the Eagles to the Class 1A state championship last fall. They fell short of returning to state, but Endeley remained the catalyst with 24 goals and 11 assists. In fact, Totino-Grace was 41-0-1 the past three seasons when the dynamic forward tallied a goal or an assist.

“I’ve been in high school coaching since 1995, and he has a talent level I haven’t seen,” Eagles coach Bill Vance said.

That supreme talent makes Endeley the Star Tribune boys’ soccer Metro Player of the Year. He was also named Class 1A Mr. Soccer by the coaches association.

(See who else is on this year's All-Metro first and second teams.)

Don’t expect the attention to go the senior’s head, however.

“His style as captain was one of not asking others what he wouldn’t do himself,” Vance said. “My vision of him is from the last three weeks when he was carrying the ball bag from the locker room to the bus.”

In games, Endeley paired with forward Steevenson Lamarre to torment defenses. The Eagles went 12-0-1 in the Northwest Suburban Conference but fell in the Section 5 final to Blake.

“We knew it would be tough this season as defending champions,” said Endeley, who will play for Indiana, the No. 1-ranked team in men’s NCAA soccer. “But it motivated me to be the best player and person I could be.”


Past boys' Metro Players of the Year

2017: Matt Lindberg, Edina

2016: Ata Claremond, North St. Paul

2015: Suad Suljic, Minnetonka

2014: Suljic, Minnetonka

2013: Zach Neiberger, Minneapolis Southwest

2012: Justin Oliver, North St. Paul

2011: Mario Aleman, Spring Lake Park/St. Anthony

2010: Eric Miller, Woodbury

2009: David Rosenthal, Apple Valley

2008: Whitney Browne, Osseo

2007: Keido Pour, St. Bernard's

2006: Colin Monasterio, Wayzata

2005: Ryan Vint, Wayzata

2004: Geoffrey Myers, Robbinsdale Armstrong

2003: Myers, Robbinsdale Armstrong

2002: Aaron Witchger, Edina

2001: Chris Lange, Bloomington Jefferson

2000: Drew Roddy, Orono

1999: Bobby Lish, Mounds View

1998: Chad Morse, Maple Grove

1997: David Dulyx, Wayzata

1996: Marshall Morehead, Stillwater

1995: Kareem Aal, Minneapolis South

1994: Eric Otto, St. Paul Academy

1993: Leo Cullen, St. Paul Academy

1992: Duncan Susee, Bloomington Jefferson

1991: Matt Gerlach, Burnsville

1990: Jeff Kogl, Stillwater

1989: Manuel Lagos, St. Paul Academy

1988: Manuel Lagos, St. Paul Academy

1987: Gerard Lagos, St. Paul Academy

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