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Playing soccer is part of the family for Princeton’s Yocelyn Robledo: 2026 BCR Girls Soccer Player of the Year · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Playing soccer is part of the family for Princeton's Yostlin
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  Robledo twenty twenty six BCR Girls Soccer Player of the Year.
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  Written by Kevin Hieronymus, This article is being read by
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  an automated voice brought to you by Everlett. When you
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  grow up in the Robledo family, you're going to play soccer.
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  Jose Robledo passed on his love for the game to
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  his kids, Juan, Viviana and now Yoslin. Joslin, who was
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  a junior sweeper for Princeton this spring, said the sport
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  of soccer is a way to bring all the family together.
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  My dad played when he was younger, and it's a
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  connection we have. He showed us how to play when
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  we were growing up, and he's just been teaching us
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  what we know. Yoslin started kicking soccer balls around when
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  she was four or five and says soccer is the
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  only sport she's ever played, and she plays it well.
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  Princeton coach David Gray said it's hard to quantify Robleto's
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  contributions to the success of Princeton's twenty twenty six soccer season. Robledo,
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  he said, anchored the Tigris' defense that had ten shutouts
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  this season and was often their last chance at stopping
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  an attack. For all of her accomplishments, Robledo is the
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  twenty twenty six BCR Girls Soccer Player of the Year.
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  Robleto said she's learned different things from watching her brother,
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  a twenty eighteen PHS graduate, and sister twenty twenty two
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  play for Phs. From my brother, I've learned determination and
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  how if I'm not doing too good to not put
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  my head down, keep my head up and to fight
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  on the field, she said. From my sister, I've learned
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  her toughness and how to push people around. The Tigrises
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  started the season on a nine game win streak, finishing
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  seventeen to seven while playing for a regional championship. Robleedo
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  said it was nice to reach the finals, but she
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  was hoping for more. It was a good season, my
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  favorite so far, Robleto said. In a team with many contributors,
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  with four different players with eight goals or more, Gray
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  said Roberto stood out for her defense. She just showed
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  up consistently as a defender, great tackling without committing fouls,
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  he said. Roberto, a five foot Dynamo explains her role
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  as sweeper. So I was the sweeper so that technically
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  I would stay back a little farther than the rest
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  of the defensive lines. If a player would pass them,
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  I would have their backs. She said. It takes your hardest,
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  even when you're tired. You have to give that extra
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  push to defend, and sometimes it means even your body
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  Robleto looks to take her game up a notch next season.
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  My goal for next year is to be more confident
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  in my soccer skills. I almost reached that confidence this year,
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  but it wasn't quite there, she said,