Charlie Booth spent the 2019 season at URI after previously playing for Bryant. (Stew Milne)Nearly 21 months ago, Charlie Booth (Concord, Mass.) had a sports hernia operation, missing his entire senior year at Bryant University. The center back already recorded 47 career starts and a All-Northeast … [Read more...]
Dave Kelly takes over at CCSU: “We’re going to rebuild”
Dave Kelly has been with CCSU since 2013 when he as an assistant coach. (Steve McLaughlin Photography/CCSU Athletics)As a program, Central Connecticut State hasn’t recorded a winning season since 2011 and now has logged six straight losing campaigns. They’re tough-to-swallow facts that frame a … [Read more...]
Jaydah Bedoya leaves Tabor early to join UConn’s Class of 2020
Jaydah Bedoya emerged as one of the NEPSAC's top forwards in recent years. (Maddie Malhotra/New England Soccer Journal)The University of Connecticut already has several top local Class of 2020 players arriving for next fall’s transition to the Big East, with NEFC standout Lucy Cappadona (Marlboro, … [Read more...]
What Mac Steeves changed ahead of Hartford Athletic’s 2020 season
Mac Steeves is entering his third professional season and second with Hartford Athletic. (Luke Stergiou/New England Soccer Journal)Last season with Hartford Athletic, Mac Steeves (Needham, Mass.) noticed how certain teammates seemed to never get injured or sick. How did guys like midfielder Nicky … [Read more...]
Cole Venner returns home, transfers from UConn to Vermont
Cole Venner spent the last three years at UConn before deciding to transfer. (Stephen Slade/UConn Athletics)Ever since he was 14, Cole Venner (Burlington, Vt.) has played soccer away from home. It began with his time at NEPSAC Class A powerhouse Berkshire, where he competed under former head coach … [Read more...]
Notebook: Jasson at preseason, Puckerin training stint, O’Brien in Ireland
Andres Jasson is one of three Connecticut natives in New York City FC's preseason camp. (NYCFC Twitter)New York City FC enters a new era in 2020 under head coach Ronny Deila, and the Norwegian is already putting faith in the club's budding academy. A trio of Connecticut natives saw considerable … [Read more...]
Transfer Tracker: Where are local players heading for 2020?
A new program awaits Callum Johnson, a longtime staple of Boston College's midfield. (John Quackenbos/BC Athletics)As busy as college coaches are on the recruiting trail each offseason, they’re not only trying to secure commitments from potential freshmen. Another avenue, and sometimes a lucrative … [Read more...]
Has a door of opportunity opened in the NESCAC?
Amherst midfielder Ignacio Cubeddu is pursued by Tufts midfielder Aidan Welsh. (Jacob Kupferman/NCAA Photos via Getty Images)Wesleyan coach Geoff Wheeler called this a seminal moment in NESCAC soccer, while Bates coach Tyler Sheikh dubbed it a milestone moment. Bowdoin coach Scott Wiercinski was a … [Read more...]
NWSL College Draft: Which locals got selected?
Aerial Chavarin was named a Second Team All-American this fall at Yale. (Yale Athletics)The National Women’s Soccer League held its College Draft on Thursday as part of the United Soccer Coaches Convention in Baltimore, and three players with ties to New England were selected. They all went in the … [Read more...]
Kevin Nylen returns to Massachusetts roots as Boston University coach
Kevin Nylen has spent the last eight years in Florida before returning to the Boston area. (Michael Berlfein)When Kevin Nylen (Ipswich, Mass.) originally went to Miami, Fla., to become an assistant coach at Florida International University in 2012, he had a conversation with his wife, Michelle, … [Read more...]
How can Josh Shapiro rebuild Harvard as he departs Tufts?
Josh Shapiro enters Harvard after spending the last decade at Tufts. (Courtesy of Tufts Athletics)The first week of Josh Shapiro’s time as Harvard head coach has been, in a word, busy. Appointed to the role on Monday, his acclimation to life in Cambridge, Mass., has included everything from getting … [Read more...]
Recruiting: Pierre Spiegel to UMass Lowell, Phillips Exeter trio decides
Pierre Spiegel arrived at South Kent for the 2019-20 season from a Development Academy background. (Mike Gridley/NESJ)One of the region’s top uncommitted Class of 2020 players has a college soccer home, as South Kent defender Pierre Spiegel (Amherst, Mass.) has enrolled at UMass Lowell for the … [Read more...]
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