Plymouth’s Rebollo headed to MUAC

PLYMOUTH – Plymouth soccer player Abe Rebollo has made a decision to head to Marian University’s Ancilla College to continue his education and be a part of the Charger soccer team.

A short distance away MUAC was a natural choice for the Plymouth grad.

“It was good to be close to home with my family,” said Rebollo. “I felt like it was a good fit and the soccer program as well.”

The Charger program has seen its share of success on the national level over the years and the challenge isn’t lost on Abe.

“I think that playing at a college level instead of high school is a little intimidating,” he said. “It’s a different level there. It’s exciting. It’s going to be a huge accomplishment for me to play at that level.”

The Chargers feel that Rebollo will be a good fit as they work to retool the program.

“(Ancilla coach Kirk Weiss) told me that I should get a lot of playing time since they are building up fresh,” said Rebollo.

Abe has a future in mind that would involve him helping other young players reach their potential.

“I’m going to study physical education,” said Rebollo. “I want to be a teacher and maybe one day work my way up to be a soccer coach.”

“I’ve been playing soccer my whole life,” he said. “I’ve been around it for a lot of years and I just feel like it would be really nice in my future to get into coaching and see people built up.”

Rebollo started early on his soccer path, a game that has been very important to him.

“Even in my free time I’ve played,” he said. “Something about that just makes me want to keep playing after high school. I started playing when I was in first grade.”

Abe was the captain of the soccer team and was also a member of the Spanish Club.

For the Rebollo family soccer has become a sort of way of life. The son of Pascual Rebollo and Clotilde Diaz, Abe had four older brothers, Jesus, Hector, Fernando, and Uriel who all played soccer at Plymouth.

“All my brothers played when they were in high school,” said Abe adding with a laugh. “I wouldn’t say it was competitive. I think I’m the best player in my family.”

Abe also wants to be a role model for those back home.

“I really hope that people in my community see what I’m doing in college and say that I’m going far.”