Freitag signs 7 for next season

IU men's soccer coach Mike Freitag signed seven high-school seniors to national letters of intent yesterday for the fall 2007 season.\nThe recruiting class has four National Soccer Coaches Association of America All-Americans, including prized recruits Andrew Adlard and Michael Roach. The Hoosiers also signed Rich Balchan, Tyler McCarroll, Michael Munroe, Alec Purdie and Max Weston.\n"This is a class of winners," Freitag said in a news release. He added that many of the players in this class have won championships, either in high school or at the national level.\nAdlard, a midfielder-forward from Brookfield, Wisc., is a two-time NSCAA All-American and lead his high school to the Wisconsin state championship game as a senior. His club team, Chicago Magic, was rated the No. 1 youth team in the nation.\nRoach, a forward from St. Louis, was named an NSCAA All-American and led his No. 4 nationally ranked high school, Chaminade College Prep, to a Missouri state championship. \nThe class includes four players from Indiana high schools. McCarroll and Balchan led Carmel to a 23-0 record a No. 2 national ranking en route to capturing the state championship in 2006. Purdie led Elkhart Central High School to a runner-up finish in the state tournament last season and was named a NSCAA All-American. \nMcCarroll, Balchan and Purdie all played club soccer for the Carmel United Soccer Cosmos coached by former IU players Juergen Sommer and John Swannwith.\nMunroe, whose brother is IU goalkeeper Chris Munroe, played goalkeeper for North Central and won a state championship in 2005.\nRounding out the class is Ohio native Weston, who led Worthington Christian to the Ohio state championship.\nFreitag said in a statement he was excited for the new players to join the team.\n"We are very proud to have players from within our state help us continue to build upon our 'tradition of excellence,'" Freitag said. "Our staff is very excited for next fall to integrate this outstanding incoming class with our strong returning group of player"