YOUNG HARRIS, Ga. | Marco Micaletto has become the third former Young Harris College men's soccer player to sign a professional contract this year.
Micaletto has signed with South Georgia Tormenta FC. The Rome, Italy, product will join former Mountain Lion
Mikie Rowe, who recently signed with Tormenta.
Macauley King signed to play earlier this month with the Indy Eleven of the United Soccer League's Championship Division.
South Georgia Tormenta FC is located in Statesboro, Georgia, and is a member of USL's newly minted League One that begins play this spring. Micaletto played last summer for Tormenta FC, leading them to the Deep South Division championship team in 2018.
Micaletto played three seasons in a Mountain Lion uniform, scoring 21 goals and assisting on 12 others in 57 games in the Enchanted Valley. He helped the Mountain Lions to two NCAA Division II Tournament appearances, including a South Region title in 2017. Young Harris also won the Peach Belt Conference title in 2015 and captured the PBC Tournament title twice. Micaletto was named to the all-region team in 2017 and twice named to the All-Peach Belt team in his career.
Micaletto graduated from YHC in 2017 with a bachelor's degree in business communications and a minor in Spanish. He is currently completing his Masters in Sport Coaching at the University of Akron. After joining Akron University, Micaletto helped the Zips win the Mid-American Conference Tournament Championship in 2018. The Akron Zips also advanced to the Division I College Cup final in 2018.
Micaletto is the 10th former YHC men's soccer player to sign a professional contact. Besides Rowe and King, Anuar Kanan signed with Las Vegas Lights FC in 2017. Paco Craig signed with Louisville City FC in 2016, while YHC Athletics Hall of Famer Niall McCabe and Ilija Ilic signed in 2015 with the Louisville City. Craig, McCabe and Ilic led Louisville City FC to back-to-back USL titles in 2017 and 2018. Ilic will be a teammate of King in Indianapolis as he signed with the Eleven in the offseason. Lewis Hilton signed originally with the Charlotte Independence in 2016 and now plays for the USL's Saint Louis FC . Samuel Mansour and Khurram Shazad signed to play for the WSG Swarovski Wattens in Austria in 2015.
The Mountain Lions finished the season at 17-1-1 and ranked No. 7 in the final United Soccer Coaches Division II poll. The Mountain Lions captured their fourth Peach Belt Conference regular-season and tournament titles as they earned the No. 1 seed from the Southeast region in NCAA Division II Tournament in 2018. It was the fourth trip for Young Harris to the NCAA Tournament.
