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…
Prep Girls: Who’s joining which programs for 2020-21?
By the time mid-April rolls around, most prep school soccer programs know which players will attend school the following year. Admissions decisions are released, financial…
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 A tournament predictions: Could an upset be in the cards?
The draw is out for the NEPSAC Class A tournament, and there's a lot to digest from the tournament committee's selections. After winning Class A…
Top 10: Buckingham Browne & Nichols climbs, Berwick enters
The final days of the NEPSAC regular season are here, and teams are making some moves with tournament season right around the corner. There's a…
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…
Brooke Mulroney thriving in increased role for Thayer Academy
Brooke Mulroney (South Weymouth, Mass.) gives up about 6 inches to Tabor Academy’s Cat Barry (Hingham, Mass.), a senior and University of South Carolina commit…
Top 10: Thayer, Choate trending up at opportune time
There are only a couple weeks left in the regular season, and NEPSAC teams are fighting tooth and nail for a spot in the postseason.…
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 Girls: 2019 coaches poll, players to watch, league overviews
Ahead of the 2019 season, New England Soccer Journal's preview of NEPSAC girls soccer is here. Taking an over-arching view, we've assembled our preseason coaches…
Day schools face structural disadvantages in NEPSAC soccer
Editor's note: This story appears in the August 2019 edition of New England Soccer Journal as the cover feature. A scan through the NEPSAC’s boys…
