While the majority of New England’s Division 3 players stay local for college soccer, plenty head beyond the region as well. That stayed true during the 2022 campaign, when a Massachusetts-based midfielder brought home a national title and a Maine-based midfielder got All-American … [Read more...]
D3 Men: How Nick Boardman’s leadership sparked Williams’ dream run
Boiling a college soccer career down to one singular moment is an inexact science. There’s often no perfect answer, no clear front-runner that is leaps and bounds above the rest. But if there’s one moment that embodies what senior center back Nick Boardman (Greenwich, Conn.) brought to Williams, … [Read more...]
D3 Women: How Trinity’s Gabby Grattan finds balance to thrive as two-sport athlete
We live in an era of single-sport specialization, a fraught phrase that’s packed full of issues. But Trinity junior midfielder Gabby Grattan (Milton, Mass.) has always viewed that conversation differently, dipping her toe in several ponds. She was a three-sport athlete at Thayer Academy, earning 13 … [Read more...]
D3 Men: Who were New England’s top freshmen in 2022?
College soccer is a game that rewards experience, but that certainly doesn’t prevent the youth from carving out important roles. That framework applied to these 11 standouts, who we’ve arranged in a 3-4-3 formation. It helps spotlight New England’s best freshmen in 2022. They turned first-year hopes … [Read more...]
Best XI: Who were New England’s top D3 men’s players in 2022?
Who was the crème de la crème during the 2022 season? Answering that question is never easy, but we tried our best when reflecting upon the Division 3 men’s soccer season in New England. The end result is 11 players spanning nine programs, with two players apiece boasting Connecticut and … [Read more...]
Power Rankings: Who were New England’s top D3 men’s teams in 2022?
The standard for Division 3 men’s soccer in New England, year in and year out, is competing for an NCAA championship. Williams earned that right, though fell to UChicago when a trophy was on the line. And thus, for just the second time since 2014, national silverware didn’t come back to the … [Read more...]