
Eastern Nazarene College forward Charlie Swann, the NECC's Player of the Year in 2019. (Jim Pierce)
In the men’s soccer locker room at Eastern Nazarene College, multiple flags are displayed, acknowledging the seven nationalities represented on the team.
There’s a Spanish flag. A Brazilian flag. Plus others from England, Costa Rica, Nepal, Colombia and the United States.
“It’s a thing of strength, not division,” said coach Mark Bell (Hanover, Mass.), “and it only got better as it went along.”