Michael Suski is quick to call 2017 a "crazy year" — and you can’t blame him once he starts to explain why. Last March, he trained with Dinamo Zagreb. He impressed so much that the Croatian side wanted to sign him. There also was a training stint with the Philadelphia Union’s academy in the spring, … [Read more...]
How to navigate the New England club soccer landscape
The club soccer landscape is a complicated one. As elementary a statement as that is, it’s perhaps the simplest way to summarize a growing industry that’s difficult to sort through. Directors of coaching and technical directors say there’s a landing spot for everyone, but are matters really that … [Read more...]
NEP Boys: All-American midfielder Nathaniel Cardoza bound for UMass
The praise comes fast and heavy for Nathaniel Cardoza, an All-American and All-New England midfielder bound for UMass. At first, the plaudits come from Bryan Harkin, Cardoza’s coach on his GPS Massachusetts 2000 NPL team. "He raises his game in the ones that matter the most," said Harkin, who also … [Read more...]
NEFC team cements club soccer legacy in New England
All you have to do is mention "the Indiana house" to NEFC’s 1999/2000 NPL team, and the laughs start. It’s nostalgia for two weeks from the summer of 2017 they’ll never forget, and for good reason. They ended with lifting a U.S. Club Soccer National Cup trophy. What happened before then, though, is … [Read more...]
FC Stars depart girls Development Academy for ECNL
For roughly the past decade, top-end girls soccer players have called the ECNL home. That status quo was somewhat disrupted this past fall with the inaugural girls Development Academy season, but yet another shift in the youth soccer landscape is coming. FC Stars of Massachusetts, one of three girls … [Read more...]
How Boston Bolts’ striker Christian Pulselli committed to Michigan
The Development Academy scoring leaderboards typically are sprinkled with players from MLS clubs or traditional hotbeds in New York, California and Texas. Seldom, if at any point, do the nation’s top goalscorers call New England home. Christian Pulselli (Pembroke, Mass.) of the Boston Bolts has … [Read more...]