All-decade team: Livingston County's best boys soccer lineup for the past 10 years

Three members of Brighton’s 2023 state Division 1 runner-up boys soccer team are among the 11 players selected to Livingston County’s best starting lineup over the past 10 years.

Devlin McGinnis, who led the Bulldogs to the state final, is the only player still active in high school to make the team.

While putting the team together, there was an effort to make a lineup that reflects the usual alignment of one goalkeeper, four defenders and three midfielders and three forwards. For this exercise, we went with only three defenders because the talent base in the county was top-heavy up front.

Josh Adam

► School: Brighton

► Senior season: 2020

► Position: Defender

► Accomplishments: Adam was the only defender on the 2020 all-state Dream Team. He was a three-time first-team all-county selection who made the second team as a freshman. He contributed eight goals and three assists as a senior while earning county Player of the Year for the second time. He plays for Michigan State University.

Blake Barribeau

► School: Brighton

► Senior season: 2014

► Position: Midfielder

► Accomplishments: Barribeau was the county Player of the Year and a third-team all-state selection in 2014. He scored 14 goals and three assists as a senior before moving on to play at Oakland University. He has since become a professional golfer .

Charlie Burchfield

► School: Brighton

► Senior season: 2023

► Position: Goalkeeper

► Accomplishments: Burchfield earned second-team all-state honors after backstopping Brighton to the 2023 state championship game. He split duties in net all season before playing every minute in seven postseason games, allowing only four goals and registering four shutouts.

Reese Elmy

► School: Pinckney

► Senior season: 2022

► Position: Defender

► Accomplishments: The 6-foot-6 Elmy was an imposing figure in the middle of a Pinckney defense that allowed only 16 goals in 17 games his senior year. He made first-team all-county twice. Elmy was also a key contributor to the offense, scoring eight goals and 12 assists.

Michael Kramer

► School: Brighton

► Senior season: 2021

► Position: Forward

► Accomplishments: Kramer led the county in scoring as a senior with 21 goals and 13 assists, earning all-state honorable mention and all-region honors. Kramer was the county’s Player of the Year in 2021. He scored 37 goals and 19 assists during his three-year career.

Devlin McGinnis

► School: Brighton

► Senior season: 2024

► Position: Forward

► Accomplishments: McGinnis was the driving force behind Brighton’s run to the 2023 state championship game, scoring the winning goals in the regional championship and state semifinals . He made the all-state Dream Team as a junior and was the county’s Player of the Year by scoring 22 goals and six assists. He has 34 goals and 16 assists entering his senior season.

Tony Rizzo

► School: Hartland

► Senior season: 2017

► Position: Midfielder

► Accomplishments: Rizzo made second-team all-state as a senior after receiving honorable mention as a junior. He scored 16 goals and 12 assists for a 2016 Hartland team that won its first district title since 1998. Rizzo had 12 goals and 12 assists as a senior.

Colin Robertson

► School: Brighton

► Senior season: 2023

► Position: Midfielder

► Accomplishments: Robertson came out for the high school team as a senior after playing only at the club level. He was a major addition that made it possible for Brighton to reach the 2023 state championship game. He made second-team all-state after scoring eight goals and a team-leading 15 assists.

Charlie Sharp

► School: Brighton

► Senior season: 2018

► Position: Forward

► Accomplishments: Perhaps the greatest player to come out of Livingston County, Sharp scored a school-record 42 career goals at Western Michigan University before turning pro. At Brighton, he was a Dream Team selection and county Player of the Year in 2018 after scoring 28 goals and eight assists.

Chris Vernon

► School: Brighton

► Senior season: 2022

► Position: Defender

► Accomplishments: Vernon made first-team all-county three times, making a major leap after playing on Brighton’s freshman team in ninth grade. Vernon brought a level of strength and toughness to the game that made difficult to play against. Brighton allowed more than one goal only six times in 20 games his senior year.

Brady Walker

► School: Hartland

► Senior season: 2017

► Position: Forward

► Accomplishments: Walker became only the second first-team all-stater in Hartland history as a senior when he scored a county-high 21 goals. As a junior, he scored 33 goals to make third-team all-state and lead the Eagles to their first district championship since 1998.

Contact Bill Khan at wkhan@gannett.com. Follow him on X @BillKhan

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