Independent School League: 10 uncommitted Class of 2022 standouts
As the new year begins, a fair number of Class of 2022 players around New England are expected to start announcing verbal commitments. The recruiting…
ISL Girls: How a 2020 season Best XI would’ve looked
Even without an Independent School League season in 2020, we can still wonder what could’ve been in the Boston-area prep school league. There were plenty…
ISL Boys: How a 2020 season Best XI would have looked
Even without an Independent School League season in 2020, we can still wax poetic on what could've been in the Boston-area prep school league. There…
ISL Boys: 5 storylines that would have shaped the 2020 season
We've known for nearly three weeks that the 2020 Independent School League season, on account of the COVID-19 pandemic, won't occur this fall. Schools maintain…
ISL cancels league slate, schools could still play later this fall
The traditional Independent School League season won’t take place this fall, several sources confirmed to New England Soccer Journal, continuing the COVID-19 pandemic fallout across…
Top 15: BB&N, Miss Porter’s lead final NEPSAC rankings of 2019
Back in preseason, we conducted a preseason coaches poll for NEPSAC girls soccer. It allowed coaches to anonymously vote on who they felt the region’s…
Class B tournament predictions: Pingree, Rivers the teams to beat
The draw is out for the NEPSAC Class B tournament, and there’s plenty to unpack. Both of last year's finalists, Tabor Academy and Thayer Academy,…
What’s driving increased depth, parity in ISL soccer?
Heading into the final two weeks of the Independent School League regular season, just six points separate the teams in first and seventh place. Much…
Top 10: Miss Porter’s cruising out west, Thayer Academy leading ISL
The 2019 NEPSAC season has passed the halfway point, and a clearer sense of which teams could make a tournament run has begun to emerge.…
Notebook: Nobles remains undefeated, Pingree thriving, Andover’s big win
There's always a bit of pressure on the defending champion in any sport, regardless of age or level. They enter with heavy expectations and lingering…
Prep Notebook: Cushing starts strong, Class A contenders, ISL teams
Cushing is yet to record a winning season this decade, though efforts to change that under first-year head coach Julia Allain are looking solid so…
Standouts from first New England Prep School Preseason College Showcase
This past Sunday, at the FC Stars facility in Lancaster, Mass., a Division 3 coach remarked to New England Soccer Journal how he never knew…
