Watch list: The top high school boys teams and players
The high school soccer season kicks off across New England this week. Teams did indeed have a chance to compete last fall, but it was…
Massachusetts H.S. standout Caleigh Christensen charts course for Merrimack
More than three decades later, there will be another Christensen playing high-level college soccer. Nipmuc (Mass.) High School two-sport standout Caleigh Christensen made it official…
Preparing for new season offers excitement, hope
The month of August is my favorite month as a soccer coach. In a span of a few weeks, I go from coaching our residential…
Why we need high school soccer to flourish
The U.S. soccer landscape is going through one of its most important and intriguing time periods in its history. With the men’s national team failing…
New England’s best earn All-American honors
Dartmouth defender Wyatt Omsberg (Scarborough, Maine) headlined a trio of New England-based players named to NCAA Division 1 men’s All-America teams. Omsberg earned his second…
Soccer Dad: Ideas for offseason training
Here we sit in December. In New England, the soccer fields are closed for the winter. Thoughts are shifting to holiday gifts and gatherings. But…
Volunteer Coach: How keys to tournament opened new doors for us
In last month’s column, I focused on four key ingredients that a team would need in order to make a deep run in the MIAA…
From winless season to tourney run, resurgent Westfield girls complete dramatic turnaround
Westfield (Mass.) High girls soccer captain Kaela Mochak often thinks back to her freshman season a year ago, when the Bombers failed to win a single…
Soccer Nutrition: Keeping tabs on nutrition trends
I recently started working with a high school soccer player who sought me out because he noticed his energy toward the end of practices and games…
Volunteer Coach: Tournament teams need these critical elements
The month of November is tournament time for high school coaches. It is my favorite time of the year because it is filled with all…
With a freshman in goal, Suffield (Conn.) High girls eye first Class LL championship
There was a sense of uncertainty surrounding the Suffield (Conn.) High School girls soccer team heading into the 2017 season The Wildcats were coming off…
Volunteer Coach: Suggestions to maximize your pregame warm-up
September marks the beginning of the fall high school season here in Massachusetts. As I prepped for the 2017 season, one of the topics that…
