ALEX KUSHEL | Forum Publishing Group

May 13, 2009

 Michael Hinden has a good reason for missing his upcoming high school graduation ceremony. He will be finishing up a two-week stay in Berlin, where he is slated to try out for a number of German soccer teams.

"I have been training hard the last few months, six days a week," said Hinden, a student at Western High School. "This is what I have wanted to do since I started playing. I’m ready for this chance."

Hinden played for the Plantation Eagles Soccer Club the past four years after previously playing in Davie. He led the Under-18 boy’s team in goals and assists this past season.

"I knew Plantation ran a good program and the club could help me play at a higher level and take me on the track where I wanted to be," said Hinden, who began playing soccer when he was 8 years old. "The Eagles club is much more competitive and serious and one of the more well-organized clubs in South Florida."