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Writing a preview for the Central Connecticut Conference is no easy task. The CIAC’s biggest league, the CCC is jam-packed with teams that have reason to be optimistic headed into the 2026 season.
There are so many, in fact, that some barely got a mention in this story, if any at all, despite … [Read more...]
It’s time for our positional watch list series’ final stop in Connecticut.
The CIAC boys goalkeepers.
It’s a position group that featured plenty of top-end talent a year ago, including Farmington’s Dante Fierro and Xavier’s Andrew Sobieski, who backstopped two of the state’s strongest programs and … [Read more...]
If you’re invested in the English Premier League, there’s a solid chance you spent your Friday morning setting your fantasy lineup for the first matchweek.
So the idea dawned on us — what if we ran a fantasy league for the 2026 New England scholastic soccer season?
Our two writers, Sam Robb O’Hagan … [Read more...]
There’s a good chance that one of Connecticut’s four girls’ soccer state champions will come from the Southern Connecticut Conference.
The SCC, widely regarded as one of the CIAC’s top leagues, is unique in that it has equally strong representation across the state’s four divisions. Since 2019, the … [Read more...]
As we’ve written about before in our positional watch list series, a vast majority of the top CIAC boys players a year ago were seniors.
That means a new group of Connecticut stars is on the way in 2026. Exciting, yes. But hard to predict? Also, yes.
The defenders are especially unclear headed into … [Read more...]
It won’t take long, when talking to folks in and around the CIAC, to encounter frustration with the coverage afforded to the Fairfield County Interscholastic Conference.
Perhaps another word for it is envy.
The FCIAC, a 16-member conference made up of schools located in the Connecticut panhandle, … [Read more...]
In 2025, the St. Joseph and New Canaan girls’ soccer teams spent the entire season ranked somewhere inside the top six of our statewide rankings in Connecticut. At one point, the Cadets and Rams were our No. 1 and No. 2 teams, respectively, in the CIAC. Both were serious state title contenders in … [Read more...]
The best part about the preseason? Making bold predictions.
We’re less than a month away from the scholastic season kicking off in New England, which means it’s time to go out on a limb. Maybe even a few limbs.
Our writers, Matt Doherty and Sam Robb O’Hagan, each made a handful of bold predictions … [Read more...]
As we wrote about in our CIAC boys forwards watch list, many of Connecticut’s top players a year ago were seniors. That, in theory, means the CIAC is about to usher in a new group of stars in 2026.
In regard to the forwards, that appears to be true.
In regard to the midfielders? Not so much. A … [Read more...]
One of the themes of our positional watch list series during its time covering the CIAC girls was the prevalence of impactful returning players. Many of the top girls performers in Connecticut a year ago were non-seniors.
It’s the total opposite on the boys side.
Of the 26 All-State players from … [Read more...]
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