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About the Team

Menlo School girls’ soccer has been a competitive force in the Peninsula and West Bay Athletic Leagues and a regular visitor to the Central Coast Section playoffs.

The Knights closed the 2023-24 regular season with two dominating shutout wins and earned an automatic bid to the CCS playoffs, where they lost in a tightly contested 1-0 match to Gunn. 

The Knights closed a historic 2019 season, earning a trip to the inaugural CIF-NorCal tournament after landing the CCS Div. I Championship. The Knights finished the season with an overall record of 20-2-2, winning their seventh CCS title in program history and their third in the past six years. In 2012, the team won its first CCS title outright and defended its league championship in 2013. The Knights returned to the title game, winning it in 2014 and 2016 and advancing to the final in 2015. Menlo shared a CCS Div. II championship three consecutive seasons 1988-1990.

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Head Coach

Ross Ireland

ross.ireland@menloschool.org

Assistant Coaches

Donoson FitzGerald

Cheryl Owiesny

Sal Argueta ’17

2019 Gatorade Player
of the Year: Sophie Jones

The Coach

Ross Ireland (Eighth Season)

Ireland punctuated his return to the Knights  with a Central Coast Section title in 2019, then repeated in 2021. He first served as head coach in 2015-2016 when he also led the Knights to a CCS Div. II Championship.

Before coming to Menlo as JV coach, he led Castilleja for eight seasons. Ireland brings years of international playing experience. He grew up playing soccer on the streets of Liverpool, then refined his skills as a player with St. George in Sydney, New Zealand’s National Youth Selection, FC Barcelona, and Southampton FC England. In 1994, he co-founded World Soccer Inc., a professionally run youth soccer organization and has coached many teams in the local area including Alpine, Stanford, Palo Alto, MVLA and PSV soccer clubs.

Team Schedule

 
Team Results Archive

Soccer News

 
Menlo's defense works to get the ball out of the box against Terra Linda on Tuesday
March 3 | Athletics

Second-half charge lifts girls’ soccer to NorCal win

Knights defeats Terra Linda-San Rafael in regional opener

 
2025-26 Varsity Girls' Soccer CCS Championship
February 28 | Athletics

Girls’ soccer captures CCS Championship

Back-to-back titles for Knights after 1-0 win over Crystal 

 
January 2 | Athletics

Student-athletes commit to play sports in college

Twelve set to continue academic, athletic careers at next level

 
Menlo senior Chuck Wynn delivered the go-ahead goal against The King's Academy, and finished the week with two assists.
January 24 | Athletics

Boys’ soccer pick up WBAL wins

Week of Jan. 19, 2026

 
January 24 | Athletics

Girls’ soccer hands Crystal first league loss

Knights post back-to-back shutouts

 
Declan Sitter scored the winner for Menlo against Sequoia on Monday.
December 8 | Athletics

Boys’ soccer defeats Sequoia 2-1

Week of Dec. 8, 2025

 
Class of 2025 student-athlete commits: Top row, from left: Will Hauser, Landon Pretre, Brady Kagan, Cooper Han, Joshua Benyo Baker, Ben S...
May 7 | Athletics

Sixteen Knights to continue athletic careers in college

The sixteen student-athletes represent 15 sports and head to 14 schools from Palo Alto to Winston-Salem to Chicago to Long Island.

 
Knights Leadership Council 2024-25
March 18 | Athletics

Knights Leadership Council Empowers Student-Athletes

Menlo School Athletics has re-launched its student-athlete advisory committee to develop strong leaders on the field and in the community

 
March 7 | Athletics

NorCal semifinals: Narrow loss for girls’ soccer

Knights fall to eventual NorCal champion in PKs

 
Menlo freshman Everleigh Porter works her way upfield against Sonoma Academy in the second half Tuesday.
March 4 | Athletics

Girls’ soccer makes 1st trip to NorCal semifinal

Knights defeat Sonoma Academy 1-0; advance to first NorCal semifinal in program history

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Honors & Awards

CCS Champions

1988, 1989, 1990; 2012, 2014, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2025, 2026

League Champions

1983, 1991, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2019, 2021

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Coaches

Head coach: Ross Ireland
Assistant coaches: Jorge Chen, Cheryl Owiesny

Girls’ soccer

CCS Champions

1988, 1989, 1990, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2025, 2026 

League Champions

1983, 1991, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2019, 2021

About the Team

Menlo School has been a competitive force in the Peninsula and West Bay Athletic Leagues and a regular visitor to the Central Coast Section playoffs. The Knights wrapped up a historic 2019 season, earning a trip to the inaugural CIF-NorCal tournament after landing the CCS Div. I Championship.The Knights finished the season with an overall record of 20-2-2, winning their seventh CCS title in program history and their third in the past six years.. In 2012, the team won its first CCS title outright and defended its league championship in 2013. The Knights returned to the title game, winning it in 2014 and 2016 and advancing to the final in 2015. Menlo shared a CCS Div. II championship three consecutive seasons 1988-1990.

 

2019 Gatorade Player of the Year: Sophie Jones

ABOUT THE COACH

Ross Ireland 

Ross Ireland talks with his team before the Menlo-Atherton game in his return as Menlo's head coa... Ireland made a splash, leading the Knights to a section title, in his return to Menlo. He first served as head coach in 2015-2016 when he also led the Knights to a CCS Div. II Championship. Before coming to Menlo as JV coach, he led Castilleja for eight seasons. Ireland brings years of international playing experience. He grew up playing soccer on the streets of Liverpool, then refined his skills as a player with St. George in Sydney, New Zealand’s National Youth Selection, FC Barcelona, and Southampton FC England. In 1994, he co-founded World Soccer Inc., a professionally run youth soccer organization and has coached many teams in the local area including Alpine, Stanford, Palo Alto, MVLA and PSV soccer clubs.