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CCBC Essex Soccer Assistant Coach Having a 'Blast'

Scott Buete, a member of the Baltimore Blast since 2007, joined the Knights staff this season.

Scott Buete was born in Arizona and moved to Bowie with his family when he was about 8 years old.

But by then Buete, who attended , had been playing soccer for about three years.

“I played around age 5 in Arizona and then joined a club in Bowie. I also played basketball and baseball as well,” said Buete, who grew up in Old Bowie.

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Those early years with soccer helped pave the way for a pro career for Buete, a former star at Bowie High under head coach Rich Kirkland. After graduating from Bowie High in 1999, he played at the University of Maryland from 1999 to 2003 and was an All-American for the Terps.

Since college, the White Marsh resident has played pro outdoor soccer for the Chicago Fire, Atlanta Silverbacks, Charleston (SC) Battery and FC Tampa Bay. And since 2007 he has played indoor soccer for the Baltimore Blast.

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“I have been all over the place. It is kind of hard to move around the country," said Buete, now 31. “After each season I would pack the car and leave the next day or two for Maryland.”

Buete said after his playing career he would like to coach and to that end he is an assistant this fall with the men’s soccer team at CCBC Essex.

“One of our players from the Blast, Robbie Aristodemo, had coached there. Robbie was helpful getting me into coaching. He urged me to contact CCBC head coach Rick Zinkand," Buete said.

CCBC Essex improved to 8-0-2 following Thursday’s 2-1 win over CCBC Catonsville. The Knights are also ranked 19th in the country in the latest NJCAA Division I poll.

“They are a good team. They want to work together,” Buete said of Essex.

But, while Buete begins his coaching career, he is far from being done with his playing days.

Being away from his Bowie roots was part of the reason he turned to the indoor game with the Blast.

“Playing indoors … I did not know that is what I wanted to do. I was an outdoor kind of guy. Even before I started [with the Blast] I questioned it. People say it is rough on your body playing indoors,” he said.

Buete said the Blast kept pursuing him.

“I thought it would be nice to be close to home. I decided to jump in and do it,” said Buete, who has been part of two title teams with the Blast. “It takes a long time to learn [the indoor game].

“I am happy to do it. It is the one thing I have enjoyed the most in my soccer career. My family has been able to come up to the games. In past years I rarely saw them.”

Buete, who lives with a Blast teammate, has been back to Bowie High at least twice as a speaker at soccer banquets. One of his former Bowie High teammates, Eric Anewalt, has been a coach with the Freestate Soccer Alliance.

The Blast open this season at home Nov. 12 against Syracuse and Buete hopes to play for several more years.

“I want to play until I can’t walk anymore,” said Buete, a midfielder limited to four games last season. “In the last year or so I have had some injuries. I have to take it year-by-year.

“I was not able to contribute last year [with the Blast] because I had two knee surgeries during the season. My passion is still right now to play. I will know when to hang it up.

WOMEN’S SOCCER

CCBC Essex lost 2-0 Sunday to visiting Cape Fear Community College in a non-conference contest.

The loss came after the Knights (5-4-1) topped Frederick Community College, 1-0, on Thursday. Sophomore forward scored the game’s lone goal in the win.

CCBC Essex hosts College of Southern Maryland at 6 p.m. Tuesday before traveling to Howard Community College on Thursday.

CROSS COUNTRY

Freshman finished fifth out of 64 runners for CCBC Essex on Friday in the Goldey Beacom College Fall Classic in Wilmington, DE.

Gauvin (Loch Raven) finished the race in 22 minutes, 1 second. Four other runners finished the race in less than 30 minutes for the Knights, which finished seventh overall and second among community colleges.

The Knights next race comes on Oct. 22 in the Hood Invitational in Frederick.

Essex-Middle River Patch editor Ron Snyder contributed to this story.

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