The chance to experiment led Steve Zakuani to the Bellevue’s boys soccer sideline.
Could high-school players execute possession-based soccer and win?
The Wolverines are providing a resounding answer through an unbeaten season and their first Class 3A boys state soccer tournament berth since placing fourth in 1981. Bellevue (13-0-3) will play Peninsula (11-6-2) of Gig Harbor in the first round this week.
“This is what makes me proud,” said Zakuani, a former Sounders star left winger (2009-2013). “The ideas I had, the style I had, it works in high school, and the boys are having so much fun.