Bunker Hill reached the NJCAA National Tournament final in 2015. (Bunker Hill Community College)As high-profile Division III programs like Amherst and Williams cancel their fall 2020 seasons on account of the COVID-19 pandemic, a NJCAA powerhouse from Boston also won’t compete this year. Bunker Hill … [Read more...]
Recruiting: Arkam Traore bound for Colby in Class of 2021
Arkam Traore will be joining his brother at Colby next year. (Courtesy photo)It’ll be a family affair at Colby in 2021, with midfielder/defender Arkam Traore (Manchester, N.H.) making his verbal commitment to the Mules. It’s the same NESCAC program where his older brother, Kevin, played in 15 games … [Read more...]
Sydney Segalla verbally commits to Boston College for Class of 2022
Sydney Segalla drives at PDA defenders during an ECNL game. (Courtesy photo)The Class of 2022 at Boston College now has a second local standout, as Connecticut FC forward Sydney Segalla (Salisbury, Conn.) has verbally committed to the ACC program. Segalla, whose older sister Lauren is a redshirt … [Read more...]
Reaction: Amherst becomes third NESCAC program to cancel 2020 season
Amherst head coach Justin Serpone consoles German Giammattei after the 2019 national final. (Jacob Kupferman/NCAA Photos)Amherst men’s soccer, aside from forward Dane Lind and midfielder Cutler Coleman, didn’t have many serious losses from its 2019 team that lost the national final against … [Read more...]
Trinity holds out hope for 2020 season: “It’s just so difficult to predict”
Trinity midfielder Avee Vadgama passes upfield against Wesleyan. (Trinity Athletics)The window is still open, according to Trinity men’s head coach Michael Pilger. That’s the latest takeaway from an onslaught of COVID-related announcements from Division III schools across New England. On Wednesday, … [Read more...]
New MLS youth league eyeing mid-September start
Boston Bolts center back Ludovico Rollo gets physical against Seacoast United. (Evan Scales/New England Soccer Journal)During the usual life cycle of a Boston Bolts season, the club’s oldest academy teams would be returning from San Diego, Calif., after U.S. Soccer’s flagship summer … [Read more...]
NEWMAC: Babson plans ahead as Mount Holyoke, Wellesley cancel season
Babson standout Ryan Grund earned NEWMAC Rookie of the Year honors in 2019. (Babson Athletics)The Division III soccer landscape in New England took one step forward and two steps back Tuesday – particularly in the NEWMAC – as college athletics encountered further COVID-19 constraints. Mount Holyoke … [Read more...]
Revolution II nearing debut after USL League One season suspension
Revolution II and academy players go through warmups before a training session. (Revolution Communications)Had the 2020 season gone as planned, Revolution II would have already played 14 games during its inaugural USL League One season. But, as the COVID-19 pandemic has reinforced, the best-laid … [Read more...]
Could a USL League One team come to Maine? Portland investors hope so
USL League One side Forward Madison has taken American pro soccer culture by storm. (Justin Nuoffer)The professional soccer footprint in New England could soon grow, with a local ownership group aiming to bring a USL League One franchise to Portland, Maine for 2022. The effort is spearheaded by … [Read more...]
MAAC: Fairfield, Quinnipiac face adjusted schedule for 2020
Fairfield defender Olivia Homan made the MAAC All-Rookie Team in 2019. (Steve McLaughlin)A modified college season continues to take shape at the Division I level, with the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference announcing plans Monday in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The MAAC, an 11-team … [Read more...]
Williams won’t play in 2020: Takeaways from another NESCAC decision
Williams midfielder Rick Usami navigates out of traffic against Babson. (Alex Dolan/New England Soccer Journal)Two out of 11 NESCAC schools won’t be playing soccer this fall, as Williams announced Monday that students will return to campus without game competition. The development comes one week … [Read more...]
Reaction: Bowdoin cancels 2020 season amid COVID-19 pandemic
Bowdoin midfielder Drake Byrd has 10 goals and four assists across the last three seasons. (Bowdoin Athletics)When members of the Bowdoin men’s soccer team gathered on a Zoom conference call earlier this week, head coach Scott Wiercinski said it felt more like a funeral or wake than teammates … [Read more...]
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