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Jonathan Sigal has covered soccer in New England since 2016, ranging from youth to the pros. A Rhode Island native, he attended Boston University. You can email him at [email protected] or follow him on Twitter @JonathanSigal.
As ideas for the future of American soccer are tossed around, Owen Finberg, the head boys coach at South Kent, has an ambitious prediction that — in a way — takes a page out of the prep school playbook.
“I think within the next five to 10 years, if not sooner, all the MLS teams are going to have a … [Read more...]
When Yale head coach Rudy Meredith ponders where Division 1 women’s soccer stands in America, he points to the 333 schools competing in the NCAA, and more specifically the 2017 championship match.
Stanford downed UCLA, 3-2, in a title game that featured four national team-level players:
U.S. players … [Read more...]
What role does Division 1 men’s college soccer play in advancing the American game? That simple question lingers for U.S. Soccer as three-term president Sunil Gulati (Cheshire, Conn.) bids adieu and a new leader emerges at the Annual General Meeting on Feb. 10 in Orlando, Fla. But whoever takes over … [Read more...]
When asked about coaching education, Jason Dewhurst, director of coaching for FC Stars, starts rattling off stories. There’s his friend who flew to Houston three times to receive a U.S. Soccer coaching license. Dewhurst has heard that the ‘A’ and ‘B’-level courses fill up within an hour, and he … [Read more...]
When Beachside academy director Paul Melitsanopoulos talks about the state of the Development Academy, he speaks about the league with acclaim.
"From my perspective, there is nothing in the country that can resemble the DA from a soccer standpoint, from a competitive standpoint, from a preparation … [Read more...]
We’re still roughly well out from the 2018 college soccer season, but it’s never too early to look ahead to locals who could make their name known in the Division 1 ranks.
From that, New England Soccer Journal presents its Top 50 rankings of D1 Women’s players to keep an eye on this coming this … [Read more...]
Back when Alex DeSantis was weighing his college soccer options, UMass wasn’t even on his radar screen.
As a local kid from Belchertown, Mass., just a 20-minute drive away from the Amherst campus, he wanted to venture farther away from home. That’s why Stonehill College, a Division 2 school, and … [Read more...]
When the next president of U.S. Soccer is elected in February, there is a strong chance that connections to New England will remain atop the federation.
The current president, Sunil Gulati, announced he is not running for reelection when his third term runs out. He grew up in Cheshire, Conn., helped … [Read more...]
When Kyle Martino talks about his roots in Westport, Conn., the excitement in his voice raises a notch or two. He talks about the "pride and passion" he felt playing for Staples High School, where he was named Gatorade National Player of the Year in 1999. There are stories of playing indoor with the … [Read more...]
Zach Dedrick is the type of player that college coaches dream about. At least that’s how Paul Melitsanopoulos, academy director at Beachside Soccer Club, puts it when asked about the center back and captain of their U-17 Development Academy side.
“He’s not a guy who pops out on the stat sheet, but … [Read more...]
While much focus tends to fall on the Division 1 ranks, the vast majority of college soccer players find themselves at Division 3 programs. There are 418 programs, after all, spread throughout the country.
Here in New England, that trend is furthered by the fact that eight conferences call the … [Read more...]
Through soccer, life, or happenstance, Greg Conrad and Luke Finkelstein’s journeys have seldom had more than one degree of separation.
The starting point, though, is in Peabody, Mass., where they grew up mere miles apart and eventually found their way onto the same Aztec team, a youth club on … [Read more...]
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