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The calculus for all of the teams in our NEPSAC preseason top 10 is different headed into this season.
The introduction of the “Open” tournament — an Elite 8-style postseason competition — in NEPSAC boys soccer gives New England’s top prep teams a totally different end to strive for. The first- and … [Read more...]
This was not an easy story to put together.
Far from it. As always, there’s a plethora of talent returning to the NEPSAC — and there's even more arriving, from incoming postgraduate students to exciting underclassmen. It’s not a good time to be sorting through the New England prep soccer scene and … [Read more...]
With the MIAA and CIAC seasons set to kick off next week, you may have noticed there’s been… quite a lot of coverage of Connecticut and Massachusetts soccer over the past few days. It’s officially that time of year.
Our preseason rankings and best XIs have all been released for the MIAA and CIAC on … [Read more...]
We’ve already released our CIAC boys preseason top 10, which highlighted the teams we think are clear contenders headed into the season, which starts on Tuesday.
Now it’s time to highlight the teams who just missed the cut, what we’ll call the “next 10.” These are the squads ranked 11-20 in our … [Read more...]
One of the cool parts of the Connecticut boys soccer landscape, at least in the opinion of this particular writer, is the significant turnover year after year.
Because so many of the top boys players in the CIAC every year are seniors, the hierarchy at the end of one season usually looks quite a bit … [Read more...]
With so much of the region’s top talent competing full-time at the MLS Next level, our CIAC boys preseason best XI offers an opportunity to highlight a group of players that is perhaps overlooked in the modern landscape.
Eight of the players in this story compete at the ECNL level in the spring; … [Read more...]
The Connecticut high school soccer season kicks off in exactly a week. Get back to us if you find out where the summer went.
With the CIAC campaign fast approaching, it’s time to conclude our preseason coverage. On Monday, we released our CIAC girls preseason best XI. On Tuesday, we released our … [Read more...]
A year ago, there was little doubt in my mind about the top three teams in Connecticut as I put together our CIAC girls preseason top 10. Because, ultimately, it looked as if the traditional powers in the state would remain at the top.
But the 2025 season ended with a quite remarkable feat: all four … [Read more...]
Over the past couple of weeks, we've put together best XIs for three of Connecticut's strongest conferences — the FCIAC, CCC, and SCC — as part of our league preview series.
Now it's time to reveal our preseason best XI for the CIAC at large.
Inevitably, many of the players featured in those … [Read more...]
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — I’d been excited to watch the Next Step preseason event at Mount Saint Charles since I heard about it during the summer. The games don’t count, of course, and many of the teams will have evolved quite a bit by the time the ones that do arrive.
But with the defending NEPSAC Class B … [Read more...]
Earlier this week, we previewed the Founders League boys season, which looks like it’ll be a continuation of that league’s historical standing as the NEPSAC’s power conference.
Now it’s time to cover the league often compared to the Founders — the Independent School League.
Noble & Greenough’s … [Read more...]
The discussion over whether the Founders League or Independent School League is the best in NEPSAC boys soccer is a constant one.
But it’s hard to argue — thanks to Taft, of course — that the Founders League isn’t on top headed into 2026. The last three Class A title games have featured a Founders … [Read more...]
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