He gets it on the athletic field, in school, from friends and even
from strangers. He can’t escape it. And he probably never will. When you
share your name with one of the best NFL quarterbacks of all time, it
just comes with the territory. Tom Brady is the quarterback of the New England Patriots. The Tom Brady we are talking about, though, is the starting goalie for the Woodstown High School
soccer team. The senior Wolverine hears about his famous name all of
the time. And he means all of the time. “Every person I meet,” Brady said sternly after a Gloucester County Summer Soccer League game earlier in the week. “It’s bad.”
However, he’s learned to deal with it and roll with the punches — and punchlines. Brady has even taken the light-hearted stance that the New England QB shares a name with him and not the other way around. Oh, and Brady is a ... Giants fan. While he can’t escape the jokes, Brady the soccer player is making a name for himself in the Tri-County Conference and throughout South Jersey. Last year, his first on the varsity team, Brady set the school record for wins in a season with 20 and recorded seven shutouts as the Wolverines captured the Diamond Division title and reached the NJSIAA South Jersey Group I final.
He was named to the Diamond Division First Team and got consideration for earning all-South Jersey honors. At the South Jersey meeting where coaches voted for the team, having the same name as the Patriots Super Bowl winning QB may have even helped his cause.
Each coach gets the chance to make a case for their player, but it goes by alphabetical order by school. So that means Woodstown head coach Darren Huck is one of the last guys to voice his opinion. Wondering if anyone was still listening when it was finally his turn, Huck got up and said Tom Brady threw for over 5,000 yards and for 42 touchdowns.
However, he’s learned to deal with it and roll with the punches — and punchlines. Brady has even taken the light-hearted stance that the New England QB shares a name with him and not the other way around. Oh, and Brady is a ... Giants fan. While he can’t escape the jokes, Brady the soccer player is making a name for himself in the Tri-County Conference and throughout South Jersey. Last year, his first on the varsity team, Brady set the school record for wins in a season with 20 and recorded seven shutouts as the Wolverines captured the Diamond Division title and reached the NJSIAA South Jersey Group I final.
He was named to the Diamond Division First Team and got consideration for earning all-South Jersey honors. At the South Jersey meeting where coaches voted for the team, having the same name as the Patriots Super Bowl winning QB may have even helped his cause.
Each coach gets the chance to make a case for their player, but it goes by alphabetical order by school. So that means Woodstown head coach Darren Huck is one of the last guys to voice his opinion. Wondering if anyone was still listening when it was finally his turn, Huck got up and said Tom Brady threw for over 5,000 yards and for 42 touchdowns.
