Beachside center back Albion Bacaj will stay in Connecticut for college soccer, with the Chappaqua, New York native recently committing to Sacred Heart University in the Class of 2021.
Bacaj is part of Beachside’s U-19 MLS NEXT team, becoming their latest player to book a Division I soccer future next fall. Others include Dartmouth-bound forward Phineas Callahan (Norwalk, Conn.), Northeastern-bound midfielder Connor Lawlor (Fairfield, Conn.) and Manhattan-bound forward Yasin Choukri (Wilton, Conn.).
Bacaj, who was slated to join Kosovo’s U-17 national team last spring before the COVID-19 pandemic complicated travel, is eager to join the Pioneers.