19-03-2025
Ransom's Boada and Lourdes' Fique are the Miami-Dade Girls' Soccer Coaches of the Year
One of the two best teams in Miami-Dade County was a familiar face. The other was a newcomer to the upper echelon of Florida girls' soccer.
After guiding each of their teams to the final four this year, Lourdes Academy's David Fique and Ransom Everglades' Antonio Boada are the Miami Herald's Miami-Dade County Girls' Soccer Coaches of the Year.
After a one year absence from the state championship, Lourdes returned to the title game for the fifth time in six seasons and got to the Class 5A championship by dominating all other competition in Miami. The Bobcats went 9-0-1 against their Miami-Dade opponents and only lost two games all year, both to eventual team state champions.
Fique, the Herald's Miami-Dade County Girls' Soccer Coach of the Year for Classes 7A-4A, has now been to the state championship in three of his four seasons as Lourdes' coach. He has been one of the Herald's Miami-Dade Girls' Soccer Coaches of the Year in all four seasons leading the Bobcats. Fique was an assistant coach at Lourdes prior to taking over as coach in 2021 and was part of the Bobcats' last state title in 2020.
Boada, meanwhile, got the Raiders to the state semifinals for the first time by steadying Ransom Everglades through the expected ups and downs. After they slumped through a three-game winless streak to start 2025, the Raiders went undefeated the rest of the way until falling in the Class 2A semifinals. This is Boada's first time as one of the Herald's Girls' Soccer Coaches of the Year.
Boada, the Herald's Miami-Dade County Girls' Soccer Coach of the Year for Classes 3A-1A, has turned Ransom Everglades into a perennial postseason fixture in his three years running the program. This year was a culmination, but also maybe the start of something new.
