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FSA, Glastonbury HS striker Alec Hughes verbally commits to UMass

Alec Hughes while playing for Glastonbury High School in Connecticut. (courtesy photo)As some college soccer programs trend increasingly international when recruiting, the bulk of Fran…

D1 Women: UMass hitting all the right notes under Jason Dowiak

UMass just had an eight-game unbeaten streak snappedn. (UMass Athletics)Whatever Jason Dowiak is doing out in Amherst, Mass., is working. In his first season as…

Hangin’ Out With … UMass midfielder Davis Smith

Thom Kendall/UMass AthleticsWhat a freshman season it was for UMass midfielder Davis Smith. The standout from Amherst, Mass., was named a Third-Team All-American, First-Team All-Region player…

Fran O’Leary has UMass men’s soccer on the rise

Fran O'Leary is entering his fourth year of leading the Minutemen. (courtesy photo)When Fran O’Leary was hired by the University of Massachusetts in 2015, he…

NEP Boys: All-American midfielder Nathaniel Cardoza bound for UMass

Nathaniel Cardoza (courtesy photo)The praise comes fast and heavy for Nathaniel Cardoza, an All-American and All-New England midfielder bound for UMass. At first, the plaudits…

New Hampshire cements itself atop D1 men’s weekly rankings

Toby Howell of Brown. Courtesy photoCrunch time is here in Division 1 men’s soccer. In reality, that means the field of contenders, pretenders and failures…

Boston College, UNH put together strong week to surge up weekly rankings

Boston College's Callum Johnson.One subtle storyline this year in Division 1 men’s soccer is just how strong the America East is. Case and point: Three…

As November approaches, top teams set sights on conference tournaments

Boston University's Jerry Ozor (courtesy photo)As the weather slowly cools and November comes into view, college soccer programs are starting to think more and more…

At season’s midway point, local D1 men’s powerhouses struggling

UMass is surging. (courtesy photo)If anyone tells you that they predicted UMass-Lowell, Providence College and Boston College would be struggling like this with half of…

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