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Rookie Season - MetalTS - 2026-02-18
After a great first season in the SSL Academy, playing for Port Royal F.C, it was time for Thomas Schwarte to move on.
Getting drafted to C.S. Rova Mpanjaka as a Round 1 13th pick Thomas was ready to show what he could do for his team in the minors league.
In pre-season Thomas would go on to change his position from his LWB role to the LB role as a request from his coaches.
As it is only a small positional change not much was to be learned for Thomas and from the get go he would be a starter for Rova.
Racking up 22 games as left back with an average rating of 7.25 in these games Thomas was one of the players that helped Rova secure their 3rd spot in only their second season playing in the minor leagues.
In total Thomas was ranked as one of the top 50 players in the league based on this rating, whilst getting player of the match one time.
With his 1 goal and 11 assists in his rookie season Thomas contributed to 20% of the goals scored by Rova in their season. Together with a passing percentage of 85% we can see that Thomas is a player to look forward to in the future.
One of the other things that stood out for Thomas in his rookie season were his interceptions. He had 61 interceptions which places him 8th in the league overall.
The thing that Thomas would like to look at to improve is his crossings. With only 19% of his crossings reaching his target this will be one of the things the coaches will look at to train Thomas for the coming season.
After having signed a new deal after his rookie season Thomas will be a player of Liffeyside/Rova for the coming 3 seasons. We hope to see Thomas make his debut in Liffeyside somewhere in the coming seasons and see what he brings to the table in the Major Leagues of the SSL.