By Dave Utnik for News & Messenger/InsideNova.com (photo by John Boal)

Crissy Parker and Breiana White have played soccer together for so long now that neither one wants this summer to go by too quickly.

In the fall, for the first time in their all-star careers, the former Hylton High School teammates will become rivals with Parker making her college debut at George Mason and White headed to Virginia Commonwealth.

"It’s going to be hard," White said. "We’ve been teammates ever since my freshman year. My ninth grade year I looked up to her a lot and she took me under her wing. I’ve learned a lot from her."

That makes this summer with the Northern Virginia Majestics Super 20 team sort of special.

The familiar career path they’ve traveled together for more than four years will take them in different directions—at least temporarily—so Parker and White are determined to make the next month a memorable one.

The Majestics are a first-place team and there is already talk about qualifying for the national championships in Chicago.

By Dave Utnik for News & Messenger/InsideNova.com (Photo by John Boal)

The field finally opened up just the way Brittany Klippstein prefers it. The Northern Virginia Majestics Super 20 midfielder had the ball in her possession and about 30 yards of leg room to work with.

She was right in her comfort zone.

Klippstein has been lining up long-distance shots since her days as an all-state performer at West Springfield High School and she didn’t pass up the opportunity on Wednesday by looping a well-timed blast just underneath the crossbar to finish off the Majestics’ 3-1 victory over NOVA FC at Hellwig Park.

"I hadn’t really gotten a chance to shoot the whole game," she said. "I shoot better from farther out than close in."

And that makes midfield the perfect position for Klippstein, a rising sophomore at Lynchburg College who combined for 11 goals and three assists last fall as the Hornets went 21-1-3 and reached the round of 16 in the NCAA Division III Tournament.