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D1 Women: Ranking New England’s top 25 college soccer players

By Jonathan SigalMarch 30, 2021

Payton Linnehan
Penn State forward Payton Linnehan scores against Michigan. (Craig Houtz)

With Division I soccer back in full swing, we’ve been mulling over several big-picture questions about New England’s collegiate landscape.

A leading one: Who are the region’s top players? And how do they stack up against each other?

There’s no perfect answer, of course, but an outline emerges when you sort through the weeds and really dive into the specifics. For our purposes, we did that by factoring in D-I impact, long-term potential and overall talent level. Even though that process is naturally subjective, it helps to determine a pecking order.

Sorted No. 1 through No. 25, and with a collection of honorable mentions, here’s our look at New England’s top D-I women’s players. For consideration, players simply needed to have a New England hometown.

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